Chris Holmes Location
- Basel, BS, CH
Chris Holmes Work
- 2025 - now Owner and founder @ Holmes Bluebird Advisors
- 2025 - now Procurement Pioneer Circle @
- 2025 - now Strategic Advisor @
- 2019 - now Sustainable Procurement Ambassador @
- 2020 - 2025 Senior Vice President Global Sourcing @
- 2016 - 2020 Global Head Procurement Strategy and Innovation @
- 2014 - 2016 Global Head Procurement Strategy and Transformation @
- 2013 - 2014 Head of Supplier Performance and Innovation @
- 2011 - 2013 Head of Procurement Governance Program @
- 2008 - 2011 NIBR Head of Sourcing @
- 2006 - 2008 Head Global Sourcing Capabilities @
- 2002 - 2006 Head of Category Management @
- 2001 - 2002 Consultant @ QP Group
- 1999 - 2001 Group Director of Purchasing @ First Carton Group
- 1997 - 1999 Category Manager @ Caradon plc
- 1990 - 1997 Head of Purchasing @ Caradon Everest
Chris Holmes Education
- The University of Birmingham
MBA (Strategy & Procurement)
1997 - 1999 - University of Sunderland
(Business Studies)
1985 - 1987 - Easingwold School
Chris Holmes Skills
- Business Strategy
- Negotiation
- Marketing Strategy
- Supply Chain
- Change Management
- Process Improvement
- E Procurement
- Vendor Development
- Reference Data
- Defence
- Komposition
- Supply Management
- Leadership
- Six Sigma
- Supplier Negotiation
- Business Transformation
- Contract Management
- Purchasing
- Supplier Evaluation
- Global Sourcing
- Personal Care
- Sourcing
- Forecasting
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Vendor Management
- Mentoring
- Strategy
- Talent Management
- Stretching
- Contract Manufacturing
- Supplier Development
- Customer Focused Design
- Design Thinking
- Cross Functional Team Leadership
- Strategic Supplier Development
- Ariba
- Contract Negotiation
- Process Implementation
- Procurement
- Business Process Improvement
- Spend Analysis
- Management
- Lean Six Sigma
- Outsourcing
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Organizational Leadership
- Strategic Sourcing
- eSourcing
Chris Holmes Summary
- Chris Holmes, based in Basel, BS, CH, is currently a Owner and founder at Holmes Bluebird Advisors. Chris Holmes brings experience from previous roles at Zalion, FlockScore, The Sustainable Procurement Pledge and Avantor. Chris Holmes holds a 1997 - 1999 MBA in Strategy & Procurement @ The University of Birmingham. With a robust skill set that includes Business Strategy, Negotiation, Marketing Strategy, Supply Chain, Change Management and more. Chris Holmes has 3 emails and 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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