Ian Clarke dismisses his job title - that of group purchasing manager - as a “dinosaur”. These posts ... a £587 million turnover. The reason why Clarke rejects his job title flows from the position and composition of Bowthorpe, which is ... found his ideal job. “That would be corporate procurement director. But I don’t think we are going to see that yet at Bowthorpe, at ...

... IT project failures to send the shivers down any procurement director’s spine. The latest example is the Camelot consortium, which has ... US lottery equipment IT supplier, GTech, was not up to the job, throwing into disarray Camelot’s bid to run the lottery for another ...

... themselves, says Peter Smith, CIPS president and director of Shreeveport Management Consultancy. “If you’re not sure that a ... buy from that sort of supplier. One company outsourced the job of checking on suppliers to a consultancy, and I think that’s wrong. ...

... recorded an 18% drop in major discrepancies on CVs and job applications between July 2006 and July 2007. Alexandra Kelly, managing director, Powerchex, thinks that a stricter vetting regime across the UK is ...

... Rolls-Royce and BP. Emma Mirrington, The FIRM’s director, tells Recruiter that the overall message from this year’s ... rather than supposition or guesswork. Tracking metrics about job boards, for example, means you are able to spend your money on the right ...

... the previous month. Pawel Adrjan, UK economist at global job site Indeed, said: “A year ago the average Briton’s spending power was ... with their brand.” Meanwhile Matt Weston, managing director of recruitment giant Robert Half UK, said the low rate of unemployment ...

... a month after coming onboard when he became managing director. He still holds that position. "On the whole, I loved my time in ... candidate-tracking software and software for multiple job-posting. "It comes down to the level of service. So many times clients ...

... roles “in the eye of the storm”, said Roger Russell, director — board practice & acting head of financial services at Green Park ... of this, recruiters like MERJE are seeing a big influx in job roles designed to help firms tackle financial crime. Edward Manson, a ...

... a month after coming onboard when he became managing director. He still holds that position. "On the whole, I loved my time in ... candidate-tracking software and software for multiple job-posting. "It comes down to the level of service. So many times clients ...

... the oil & gas industry have been hit hard with thousands of job losses across the sector. Colin Cottell reports   As the world ... has surprised many,” says Stephen Martin, recruitment director at international engineering and technical recruiter Fircroft. ...