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Vanquis Bank – P2P Implementation

October 10, 2023
Matthew Hardaker
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Vanquis Banking Group, previously named Provident Financial plc, is a British bank headquartered in Bradford, England. It specialises in credit cards, loans, and consumer vehicle finance. VBG supports 1 in...

FMCG Client – Consumer Packaged Goods

July 19, 2023
Annemarie Stupples
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Our FMCG client chose a major Indian outsourcer as their preferred managed service partner in late 2020. The scale of the transformation programme is significant. It has led to the...

FMCG Client – IT Procurement Support

March 1, 2023
Barkers Procurement
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An FMCG client required specialist IT Procurement resource to support a mid-term re-negotiation process with a critical Software as a Service provider. They were able to realise a cost reduction...

Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority (ECFRS) – Procurement Support

January 16, 2023
Janet Strzebrakowski
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Procurement Support - Barkers carried out a thorough audit of the procurement department and identified multiple areas for improvement validating ECFRS’ view that a major change was required in the...

Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority (ECFRS) – ICT Procurement Support

January 4, 2023
Luke Foster
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ECFRS were undergoing a procurement transformation being led by Barkers. Due to the level of short-term procurement resource available internally, ECFRS requested support for the ICT category from Barkers. The...

Jersey Electricity – Procurement Transformation

May 25, 2022
Vaida Maksims
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Jersey Electricity needed help to launch a full review of the procurement function, starting from scoping, discovery, planning and implementation for: Spend analysis Category management Systems Processes People Barkers started...

OVO Energy – Procurement Support

March 23, 2022
Janet Strzebrakowski
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OVO Energy needed support to tender for emergency and maintenance metering services. Using our metering procurement specialist, Barkers worked with OVO Energy to successfully appoint a new service provider for...

Seven Police Force Collaboration – Category Strategies

June 22, 2021
Warren Kozera
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Seven Police Forces needed capability and capacity support for developing category strategies and conducting complex OJEU procurements for new, high value FM contracts. Seven Forces were able to realise the...

Argent Energy – Procurement Transformation

August 18, 2020
Warren Kozera
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Procurement Transformation - Argent Energy needed to review their processes and systems for the ordering and payment of goods, services or works. We enabled Argent to identify process improvements and...

United Utilities – Facilities Management

February 15, 2018
Warren Kozera
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United Utilities asked us to review the value for money achieved from their facility management (FM) contract with Emcor versus what would be considered best value in the UK market....