Professional Activities
I work with a range of organisations, providing contract research and consultancy. Themes of recent commissions centre on; procurement maturity, social value, collaborative procurement, and commercial development. All works is informed by, and informs, leading academic research and seeks to challenge the status quo.
Conference Roles
- Keynote talk: Blinded by technology? Exposing procurement’s strategic blind spots. PfHLive conference (CIH Annual Conference), Manchester Central, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (PfH Live, 2019)
Editorships
- International Journal of Public Sector Management (Guest Co-Editor; Public Procurement as a Policy Tool, 2016 - present)
- Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management (Guest Co-Editor; Novel methods in Purchasing and Supply Management research, 2016 - present)
- Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (Associate Editor, 2015 - present)
- British Journal of Management (Reviewer,, 2014 - present)
- Industrial Marketing Management (Reviewer,, 2013 - present)
- International Journal of Operations & Production Management (Reviewer,, 2012 - present)
- Journal of Business Ethics (Reviewer,, 2012 - present)
Examination Roles
- University of Bath, PhD (2023)
- University of Surrey, PhD (2022)
- Liverpool John Moores University, DBA (PhD, 2022)
- Lancaster University, PhD (2019)
- Manchester Metropolitan University, PhD (2018)
- Harper Adams University, PhD (2017)
- University of Birmingham, PhD (2017)
- University of Birmingham, DBA (2016)
- University of Salford, PhD (2016)
- University of Cardiff, PhD (2016)
- University of Liverpool, PhD (2015)
- University of Glamorgan, PhD (2013)
- Liverpool John Moores University, PhD (2010)
- Liverpool John Moores University, PhD (2009)
- Liverpool John Moores University, PhD (2009)
- University of West of Scotland, MSc (PGT, 2008)
- University of Paisley, MSc (PGT, 2008)
- Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, PGCert (2003)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Director of Studies (PGT) (2017 - 2018)
- Director of Studies (PGT) (2016 - 2017)
Media Appearances
- Finding the right future for your function, Procurement Leaders (Invited, December 2018)
- The Challenge of Value-based Procurement in the NHS, In-supply (Invited, October 2018)
- Titans or Networked - two very different supply chain scenarios, Supply Management (Invited, June 2018)
- The future of procurement and supply management in social housing, Procurement for Housing "insight" (Invited, June 2018)
- The future of procurement and supply management, Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (Invited, 2018)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Invited talk: Procurement for Housing, PfH Live conference (2018 - present)
- Equity Housing Group; Exploring social value across supply networks (2015 - present)
- Re:allies; Social housing procurement consortia (2015 - present)
- NW NHS Procurement Development; Value based procurement (2015 - present)
- KTP with Cartrefi Conwy. Commercial development of building maintenance service. Awarded A grade (2012 - 2013)
- Liverpool Mutual Homes; Procurement maturity (2014 - 2015)
- Cartrefi Conwy; Procurement development and maturity (2014 - 2015)
- KTP with NW Fire & Rescue Authorities. Funded by ESRC and TSB. Regional collaborative procurement. Awarded A rating. (2009 - 2011)
- KTP with Fusion 21. Funded by TSB and ESRC. Life cycle costings in procurement. (2009 - 2011)
- Invited talk: PfH Live 2014 (CIH conference) (2014)
- Invited talk: PfH Live 2014 (CIH conference) (2014)
- Invited talk: Chartered Institute of Housing (2013)
- CIH/Pfh live 2013 (2013)
- Procurement for Housing (2011 - present)
- Procurement Leaders (2010 - present)
- Knowsley Housing Trust and Knowsley Chamber of Commerce. (2010 - 2011)
- Cobalt Housing ( - 2010)
- Procurement for Housing ( - 2012)
- University of the West of Scotland ( - 2010)
- Invited keynote speech: "Commercialisation in the Social Housing Sector: Friend or Foe". Social Hou ( - 2013)
- CIPS Chester & North Wales Branch ( - 2013)
- Invited talk: "Power in B2B relationships". NW University Procurement Consortium, Conference On Uni ( - 2013)
- CIPS Merseyside ( - 2012)
- University of the West Scotland Business School, ( - 2010)
- NWDA and Splinter Design ( - 2009)
- Rolls Royce ( - 2008)
- Cobalt Housing ( - 2008)
- Achieve and Aspire ( - 2009)
- CIPS Merseyside ( - 2008)
- BAE Systems ( - 2008)
- 10th Pan-European procurement conference (Procurecon) ( - 2008)
- MedImmune ( - 2007)
- Rolls Royce ( - 2007)
- Pilkingtons ( - 2007)
- Sinopec Oil ( - 2006)
- 8th Pan-European strategic sourcing event (Procurecon) ( - 2005)
Professional Body Memberships
- IPSERA (Member of the Scientific Committee, 2020 - present)
- British Association of Management (Member, 2019 - present)
- Institute of Supply Management (Member)
- Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (Expert Panel Member - Syllabus review)
- Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2003 - present)
Publication Reviews
- Reviewer, Invited (Industrial Marketing Management, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (British Journal of Management, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Public Administration: an international quarterly, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Journal of Business Ethics, Pre-publication)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Supervisor to Bruce Pinnington, PhD. 2017. An Exploration of Antecedents to Value from b2b Collaboration.
- Supervisor to Colette Russell, PhD. 2016. Causal explanations in a failed public sector reform project; a morphogenetic approach of FireControl
- Supervisor to Emily Jervis, PhD. 2016. Overcoming institutional pressures and diffusing low carbon strategies in construction supply chains.
- Supervisor to Laura Menzies, PhD. 2015. Developing an older persons housing and integrated care strategy for older persons in North Wales
- Director of the Liverpool MBA 2016-2018