— Steve Caddell , Group Procurement Director , OCS Group UK

Looking to the future , Caddell has a clear understanding of the direction he anticipates his company to take over the next few years . “ We ’ re in the final stages of the last few remaining legacy contracts that were created as part of the outsourced arrangements ,” he says . “ Once we ’ re free of those , we will rebuild the supply chain and restructure it significantly . We want to build the highest performing supply chain within our industry and be seen as a beacon of best practice . We want to reduce our vehicle emissions , which in turn , would decrease delivery costs . It ’ s important that we look strategically at what we have to do in the supply chain and find the most efficient way of moving products from a manufacturer to the end user . Procurement is a process , not a function and something that should be done by the business , not done to the business . I hope in the future that it can be seen as a normal part of what we do , enabled by a small , expert team , not necessarily a function that stands on its own .”

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