Council seeks strong team under new leader
28 August 2012
Oxfordshire County Council has created a head of strategic procurement post in an effort to build a strong purchasing team.
Stuart Rowe, who moves from Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust to the council at the end of October, said the new role is to decide on an overall council procurement strategy.
“There is no decision on whether purchasing will be devolved or centralised and the best model will be looked at carefully,” he said.
Rowe is presently assistant director of...