Sam De Frates is a Vice President, Procurement - Mars Wrigely Europe and Central Eurasia at Mars. He possess expertise in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply management, strategy, stakeholder management and 11 more skills. He is proficient in French. Colleagues describe him as "Sam is an outstanding Procurement professional who has a reputation for delivering sustainable benefits in a number of large projects, whilst also leading a highly effective team. Sams stakeholders, peers and team rate him very highly and he is an excellent coach. Sam pioneered Category Management in Barclays and combines meticulous detail with the ability to execute excellence at pace. Sam is known as a Subject Matter Expert in the cards and plastic space and is known as an industry expert. This combination of outstanding skills sets Sam out from many colleagues and competitors" and "I have reported directly to Sam in both my capacity as Supplier Relationship Manager and latterly Head of Payments within Global Procurement at Barclays. Sam is an extremely talented Procurement professional with wealth of Category Management experience across numerous sectors, he is also recognised within Barclays as the catalyst for the drive towards World Class Procurement discipline. Sam is driven, dynamic, collaborative and motivated to do a great job and great results which makes him fantastic to work for and with."