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Patrick Dunne
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Crowned Leader of the Year at the prestigious CIPS Supply Management Awards 2019 , Dunne is responsible for all of Sainsbury ’ s ’ procurement , as well as leading its cost base transformation . A graduate from the University of Ulster , Dunne spent almost 10 years as the Senior Vice President , Chief Property and Procurement Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance prior to joining Sainsbury ’ s . As part of his role with the latter , Dunne challenges the traditional role of the company ’ s procurement department from a service provider into a major value-adding contributor to the bottom-line and realises ambitious targets for procurement synergies and savings , in addition to leading an end-to-end review of the group ’ s cost base
Director of Group Property , Procurement & Cost Transformation , Sainsbury ’ s
RECOGNITION : JANUARY 2020