Our Team

Experienced Procurement Professionals

At Barkers, our team is made up of highly experienced procurement and commercial professionals with a proven track record across the public and private sectors. Our consultants hold Chartered MCIPS, FCIPS, and equivalent qualifications, supported by advanced academic credentials and extensive industry leadership experience.

Our permanent team is supported by a wider network of 50+ experienced procurement and commercial consultants, allowing us to bring the right expertise and specialist knowledge to each client engagement.

Meet our permanent team

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Warren Kozera, Executive Director

About Warren

Warren has over 20 years’ experience, 10 of which is at senior Director level, focusing on business management and client procurement transformation. His blended background of global consultancy and procurement practitioner, enables him to bring practical experience to the services clients value.

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Warren Ward, Executive Director

About Warren

Warren has over 20 years’ commercial experience, client and supply side, across multiple sectors. His skills lie in managed services, major deal negotiation, contract management and performance remediation. Warren has a proven track record delivering exceptional client outcomes and bottom line benefit.

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Jenny Draper, Managing Director

About Jenny

Jenny is an accomplished leader with a proven track record in founding, leading and transforming organisations. Her expertise includes company strategy, business performance, product & sales strategy and partner leadership. She has extensive experience in consulting services, spend management, procurement and supply chain. Read more >

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Mark Elkington, Senior Delivery Director

About Mark

Mark has over 35 years’ of procurement experience, specialising in global technology. His expertise in IT sourcing strategy, business partnering, supplier relationship management, and IT procurement has helped multinational clients deliver software agreements, IT outsourcing deals, and IT transformation programs. Read more >

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Matthew Hardaker, Senior Delivery Director

About Matthew

Matt has been in procurement for 20 years, working across financial services, logistics and most recently management consultancy. Matt joined Barkers in September 2021 and leads our Barkers Digital practice which sees us lead our clients through programmes of digital transformation and technology-enabled procurement. Read more >

Matthew Smart, Senior Delivery Director

About Matthew

Matt has 25 years’ of procurement experience across various industries, excelling in savings, opportunity assessment, and customer insights. Skilled in both direct and indirect procurement, he has led transformation projects and partnered with C-Suite executives. Read more >

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Anthony Marshall, Delivery Director

About Anthony

Anthony is an experienced procurement professional who operates as a trusted thought leader across all levels of an organisation. He specialises in defining strategy and negotiating optimal commercial outcomes across high spend and high complexity IT categories such as; enterprise software, business applications and telecoms networks. Read more >

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Rachel Freeman, Delivery Director

About Rachel

Rachel has over 20 years’ of experience within the Utility & IT Industry and specialises in contractual negotiations, legalities, procurement and contract management. She has negotiated many major deals and contracts to gain the right benefits for the customers/suppliers. Read more >

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Stephen Bottomley, Lead Architect (Coupa)

About Stephen

Experienced and certified Coupa consultant with over 6 years’ of hands-on experience across multiple Coupa products. Responsible for owning the end-to-end solution design of the Coupa platform ensuring it meets the clients’ requirements. Experienced in process improvement,P2P automation through technical solutions and designing streamlined processes. Read more >

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Luke Benson, Solution Architect (Coupa)

About Luke

Luke graduated from Newcastle University with first-class honours in a chemical engineering master’s degree and has a strong interest In Procurement and Supply Chain. He joined Barkers in 2021 and is now client-facing, Coupa certified and has experience acting as PMO in Barker’s Digital Services. Read more >

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Jenny Naylor, Business Manager

About Jenny

Jenny joined Barkers’ social enterprise, LifeScape in the summer of 2019, having had previous experience of retail management. Jenny was promoted to her current position of Business Manager at Barkers Commercial Services. Her role includes business administration, finance and marketing, including website design.

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Adam Woolley, Procurement Specialist

About Adam

Adam has over 14 years’ of experience in Engineering and Direct goods Industries. He has a deep understanding of the complexities in complex organisations and unique stakeholder requirements. His experience and insights make him a valuable asset in navigating the procurement landscape and driving successful outcomes. Read more >

Maeve Ewing, Procurement Specialist

About Maeve

Maeve graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, before studying an international master’s in Atlantic History and Politics from the University of Missouri. She has procurement experience working within a major global media company, covering several procurement categories, and joined Barkers in 2026. In her free time, Maeve enjoys live music, going to the theatre, and travelling to new places. She will always appreciate a good recommendation for where she should visit next!

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Connell Forbes, Procurement Specialist

About Connell

Connell graduated from Loughborough University with an honours degree in Economics with Spanish. He completed a placement year in the UK & Ireland Procurement team at a global pharmaceutical company, and also has experience in partnership and account management in the sports and eyewear industry. Read more >

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Matthew Horner, P2P Architect (Coupa)

About Matthew

Matt is an ex-Management Consultant with proven experience delivering process improvement and large-scale digital transformation programmes across finance, healthcare, and public sector environments. Having worked at a Big 4 firm for 3 years, he is well versed in working across multi-disciplinary teams, facilitating workshops, and converting complex data into clear business cases and transformation roadmaps.

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Elian Simonini-Parker, Solution Architect (Coupa)

About Elian

Elian is a first class chemistry graduate from Newcastle University with strong problem solving and critical analysis skills. Since joining Barkers he has had the opportunity to implement and design the Coupa P2P platform over various business landscapes. Read more >

Craig Riley, P2P Architect (Coupa)

About Craig

Craig graduated from York University with a Second Class Honours degree in Law in 2023, alongside possessing four years of Procurement experience in the automotive and storage solutions sectors. He has now taken the next step in his career by joining Barkers Procurement in 2024. Read more >

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Emily Strand, Procurement Specialist

About Emily

Emily graduated from Edge Hill University with a first-class degree in Psychology, developing strong analytical skills. She has experience in sales and account management within the lighting industry. Outside of work, she enjoys travelling and staying active. In 2025, she took the next step in her career by joining Barkers.

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Luke Foster, Solution Architect (Coupa)

About Luke

Luke has over 12 years’ of procurement and P2P Systems experience. Working across a wide range of industries and clients, Luke has expanded on his Procurement expertise and applied it to the delivery of designing and implementing the Coupa P2P system as a Solutions Architect. Read more >

Ed Bushnell, Procurement Specialist

About Ed

Ed is a procurement professional with experience in supplier relationship management, tender management, and delivering value for money across a range of public sector organisations. Since beginning his procurement career, Ed has achieved his CIPS Level 4 qualification and has supported high-value procurement exercises in fast-paced environments. He has experience working with stakeholders and suppliers to deliver efficient, compliant, and commercially effective procurement outcomes.

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