Chris Webb Email & Phone Number

Sheffield, GB

London, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Dubai

Contracted to provide procurement and technology consultancy services to leading hotel groups and technology providers. Assignments included authoring a procurement and materials management Standard Operating Procedures document, the implementation of procurement and inventory management technology in clients in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates and.

• Director of Operations – Marketboomer International - Dubai (June 2006 – May 2011)Responsible for global operations of this e-procurement solution provider. Responsibilities include the development and delivery of.
• Managing the implementation of eProcurement and Inventory technology in hospitality clients in UK, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Australia. Typical.
• Formation and management of the global shared services team providing implementation and operational support to global client base. (A virtual team of 17 people based in 4 different countries).
• Development and delivery of client solutions including system integrations, data consolidation and analysis services and both web and client based business applications by reviewing and mapping client business.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of procurement and cost control solutions for a specialist hospitality procurement consultancy. This role included developing and implementing appropriate procurement.
• Managing a national team of 20 Operations Managers
• Implementing processes to increase operations team earnings per hour by 15%.
• Delivering 25% cost of sales reductions to clients including Marriott, Thistle and Four Seasons Hotels groups.

Founder and CEO of an importer and distributor of European speciality foods. Responsible for the sourcing and global importation of food products and scrutiny of all marketing, purchasing and operational strategy.Key achievements include:o Overseeing continual and sustainable profit growth o Considerable expertise in overseas procurement

The formation and development of a food services distributor from start up venture to a group with annual sales of £5m working in three regional depots. Overall responsibility for business strategy with specific responsibility for procurement finance and management information systems.Key achievements include:o Profitable growth from start-up to annual.