SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION FUNDAMENTALS The firm has a global policy , delivered through offices in 70 countries divided into major regions . Each of these offers nine core services in 21 sectors from airports to technology . Clearly the importance of each of these sectors will vary depending on the region , but all of them are well represented in the Asia / Pacific ( APAC ) business , which covers the burgeoning aspirations of India and Vietnam as well as the mature markets of Singapore and Australia and New Zealand ( ANZ ).
The merger with DTZ presented an attractive opportunity to Stuart Smith , a procurement professional with more than 15 years ’ experience in property supply chain leadership , when he was appointed to the job of Chief Procurement Officer ( CPO ) APAC , based at Cushman & Wakefield ’ s Melbourne office . His role is to lead ANZ in procurement capability development as well as integrating APAC opportunities as part of the company ’ s unified regional programme of procurement initiatives and maturing category strategies . It was a huge opportunity to overlook a very large regional spend . “ I
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Stuart Smith
Chief Procurement Officer – APAC
Stuart Smith is an executive manager and project director offering proven success realising strategically important mandates for multibilliondollar businesses . He leverages a diverse , international career history that spans procurement , property and facilities management , organisationwide transformation and largescale program management to establish and implement effective operating models for future state success .
was also very interested in the ownership structure ,” Smith says . “ Being owned by a private equity firm meant that the whole organisation , not just procurement , was going through a transformation and a culture change . I could see that procurement would be a big part of that : I was keen to see how I could contribute to that journey .”
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