Adam previously worked in the private sector with a company called Atkins, the largest engineering consultancy in the UK and the largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe. As a Data Analyst in their Supply Chain primarily used MS Access and Excel to provide accurate reports and expenditure information. He also provided detailed expenditure analysis to help facilitate Atkins' Supply Chain gaining their CIPS organisational accreditation.

Currently Adam is working on the Automated Spend Analysis whereby we take an extraction of data directly out of the Trusts finance system. This is then cleansed and collated and mapped to eClass. Further work around this involves using D&B to enrich the quality of the spend analysis and also provide Yorkshire Forward with meaningful data around SMEs within Yorkshire.

Alison started work at NOE CPC in September 20011, and has over 15 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors within the Steel Industry, Financial Services and NHS sectors managing a broad range of spend categories to delivering significant savings and contract efficiencies.

Alison is the ICT Category Manager within the Procurement team at NOE CPC. She is MCIPS qualified with a BA(Hons) degree in Business Studies.

Caroline has worked in procurement since 1998, moving in the year 2000 from a manufacturing environment to the NHS, initially at the The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. It was during this time that Caroline became CIPS qualified. In 2006 she took on the role of Project Manager for the pilot project “Growing the Region’s Businesses with NHS Investment”, NOE CPC’s unique partnership with Yorkshire Forward. The pilot project was shortlisted for two prestigious awards; the HSJ Awards and Government Opportunities (GO) Awards.

Since the successful completion of the Yorkshire Forward project, Caroline has worked in a number of roles at NOE CPC, including Procurement Training Specialist, delivering training to both businesses and NHS staff on public sector procurement.

Caroline's current role as Training, Events and Business Development Manager involves developing NOE CPC's relationships with both existing and new members, and delivering a programme of training and other events for NOE CPC members.

Cathy has worked in procurement for over 25 years with 21 years spent at HSBC Bank Plc within their World Class procurement function. Cathy's roles have included being responsible for all areas of category spend from desktop IT to stationery and marketing, HR, consultancy and training through to Head of Category for Corporate Real Estate across both hard and soft FM services.

Cathy is MCIPS qualified and joined NOE CPC in December 2009 as Head of Purchased Healthcare. In this role she supported various projects for the commissioning landscape.

Since 2013 Cathy has diversified into a new role as Head of Customer Relations and Marketing, an area in which she has a keen interest. She hopes to develop the role to ensure that we exceed customer expectations in the service that we provide. Cathy is keen to keep involved in elements of procurement and hopes that this background will enable her to add further value into her role as Head of Customer Relations and Marketing.

Farah is a graduate of Sheffield Hallam University where she studied Biomedical Science BSc (Hons). She started her career working mostly in global leading pharmaceutical companies known as PAREXEL, Covance, and  DePuY orthopaedics as a data analyst and a statistical analysis system programmer. Farah has 6 years data analysis experience and joined us in August 2018 from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, where she was a Data Programme Manager in the Oncology Department.

Taking on a change in her career from her scientific background Farah is now working in NOE CPC as a Data Analyst working particularly on NHS Supply Chain: Horel Services projects such as Benchmarking, Supplier MI, Monthly Reporting and Creating Dashboards in Power BI for reporting and analysis purposes and is part of the Technical Services Team.

Frankie joined the organisation when it was established in April 2007 as eCommerce and Information Manager and subsequently became Head of eCommerce and Information.

Frankie’s key objectives are to develop plans and lead on the delivery of enabling tools and technologies for NOE CPC and its members, including technology and information strategies. Frankie is responsible for managing NOE CPC's systems, including the Catalogue Solution, eSourcing Portal, Reporting Capability and initiatives such as the Customer Satisfaction Survey and internal resourcing and project management tools. Frankie’s remit also includes the management of the Information team who have a pivotal role to play in terms of furnishing the organisation with the information required to drive the business forward.

Gregg joined NOE CPC in December 2016 as an Account Manager and has over 15 years’ experience within the NHS.

Since 2001 Gregg has worked for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and has had several roles which included being a Senior Buyer in Customer Services for more than 8 years where he was responsible for looking after a team of 12-14 Buyers and in Procurement looking after 5 directorates working on several large contracts.

During this time, Gregg worked on several NOE CPC frameworks and appreciates the importance of good communication and listening to customers’ needs.

Ian has been involved with information management for NHS procurement for over fifteen years, with both North of England and the original West Midlands collaborative procurement hubs. His specific focus has been around catalogue data, spend analytics, and new technology. He has also worked extensively as an interim Project and Programme Manager, implementing data warehouses and business intelligence solutions at Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust.

Prior to joining the NHS Ian worked in heavy industry for Corus plc at their major steelworks in South Wales, working in metallurgical analysis, quality inspection and logistics.

Ian joined NOE CPC in 2015 as an interim, and took up the Technical Director role on a permanent basis in mid-2018.

Ian previously worked for over ten years within the public relations and communications field including six years working in NHS communications. The majority of this experience was at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust where he led communications, public relations and media handling during significant events including; transition to FT status, major incident status due to the floods in 2007, the announcement of redundancies and television interest during filming with Jamie Oliver, Dolly Parton, and most notably the BBC documentary; ‘Can Sir Gerry Robinson Save the NHS?’

Applying his vast knowledge and experience of the NHS, Ian moved into an Account Manager role at NOE CPC working with members across the country. Ian's understanding of individual trusts requirements and effective communications skills ensure his commitment to help each customer achieve full membership benefits and savings.

Jackie joined NOE CPC in July 2015 as a Procurement Specialist and has over 20 years’ experience in direct and indirect procurement in the private sector in both food and healthcare. For the past 5 years Jackie has worked as a Contract Manager with a private healthcare provider to the NHS. Prior to that she spent several years at Boots UK Ltd in Nottingham, responsible for the procurement and supply of an extensive range of raw and packaging materials for the Healthcare, Dental, Toiletries & Beauty markets for supply to both UK and overseas manufacturing sites.

Jackie manages the Business & Office Services portfolio within the Corporate Services Team. She has a degree in Business Studies, French and German and is MCIPS qualified.

Joseph joined the NOE CPC in 2017 after previously working as a Buyer in some diverse industries, ranging from umbrellas to tattoo equipment.

His role at NOE CPC is within the Technical Services team, where he is responsible for our PPIB training as well as overseeing our CRM and Office 365 administration.

Julian Clarke has enjoyed 10 years with the NOECPC. In that time, he has held a number of roles drawing on his broad commercial and operations management experience. Julian’s current role is Head of Business Services which manages the NOECPC back office operations and the highly successful CPC Drive. The Business Services Team manage Finance, ABI income collection, Estates, IT infrastructure and CPC Drive.  

Julian helped build CPC Drive in partnership with Tusker Direct Ltd to become one of the leading frameworks that NOECPC offer.  CPC drive now has around 100 live schemes, 300 thousand eligible employees, saves around £4m per annum for NHS and public sector organisations and has over 11 thousand cars on fleet.

Before joining NOECPC Julian gained a wealth of experience in operations management in the private sector.  Julian’s operational and business management expertise has been utilised to deliver numerous internal projects contributing to the sustainability and growth for NOE CPC.

Julie has worked in the NHS since 1986. She started as a Medical Secretary at St James' and her most recent role, prior to joining NOE CPC, was Executive PA to the Medical Director at Barnsley CCG. Previously Julie has worked for Royal College of Nursing, Field Head Hospital and Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

Chartered Institute of Marketing member and recently awarded a Diploma in Professional Marketing, Juliet supports the Head of Customer Relations and Marketing to drive the strategic direction of NOE CPC. As Communications and Marketing Manager Juliet works across the whole organisation managing the marketing strategy and leading campaigns to effectively engage and promote the achievements of NOE CPC and the huge savings it delivers member trusts.

Juliet joined NOE CPC in November 2009 and has over 14 years experience working in publishing, marketing, PR and design.

Liz has worked as an Administrator for NOE CPC since it began in April 2007. Prior to that Liz worked at the Yorkshire and Humber SHA in the Performance Development Directorate as PA to the Deputy Director of Performance.

Having joined the NHS in 1991, Liz started at Trent Regional Office helping hospitals to achieve NHS Trust status and also worked in Medical Personnel.

Matt provides benchmarking and catalogue management support in the Data Analysis team. He initially trained as a journalist, moving to Sheffield in 2011 to become a copywriter at a major office supplies wholesaler, and later took on data and image management.

Michelle started work at NOE CPC in September 2008, and has almost 18 years’ experience in public sector procurement.

Prior to joining NOE CPC, Michelle worked in procurement within the Facilities Directorate at Sheffield Hallam University, responsible for the compliant procurement of a vast range of goods and services. Before this, Michelle worked at Rotherham General Hospitals in the Supplies Department where she embarked upon studying the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Graduate Diploma which she successfully completed in 2001.

Michelle also holds a BA(Hons) degree in Business and Management and is currently a student of the University of Nottingham, on the Post Graduate Programme in Public Procurement Law and Policy.

Passionate about data and sharing insights with non-technical audiences, Mohammed joined NOE CPC in July 2018 and has over 7 years’ experience working in Systems Development and Data Modelling.

Mohammed holds a Master of Science degree in Big Data Analytics, and is certified as an Agile PM Practitioner, he supports the Project and Programme Management Office at CPC to support the delivery of Business Intelligence projects both internally and to member Trusts.

As Procurement Specialist for NOE CPC Natalie is responsible for a number of corporate frameworks, specialising in estates and facilities.

Natalie joined NOE CPC in December 2013 and has over 10 years’ procurement experience in the Further Education sector, working for The Sheffield College.

Since 2000 Neil has held a range of posts within the public sector including; Project Co-ordinator for the NHS Executive Trent Management of Substance Misuse Training Programme for Primary Care staff; as well as a brief period within the Home Office Work Permits division, liaising with employers and British overseas Diplomatic Missions with the provision of the UK Work Permit arrangements.

Before joining NOE CPC in 2004 Neil worked for the South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority within the Public Health Directorate, supporting the implementation of the National Service Frameworks for Diabetes and Children.

In addition Neil has co-ordinated a number of successful capital development bid responses to the DH for sexual health services in South Yorkshire.

Paul was appointed as a Clinical Category Specialist to the Yorkshire and Humber Commercial Procurement Collaborative in June 2007.

Prior to this appointment, Paul had worked as a Strategic Procurement Liaison Manager for the West Yorkshire Supply Management Confederation. His career covers over 18 years combining a Multitude of experiences in project Management, procurement and account/contract management.

Prior to commencing employment with the NHS, Paul was responsible for the setting up and management of a team who tendered and negotiated contracts for some major organisations within automotive, electric and blue chip industries within Europe.

Ryan was previously based at Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trusts Procurement Department.

A Leeds and York NHS trust employee for over eleven years Ryan worked for many divisions including Procurement, Transport and Logistics. Having worked in a variety of procurement roles over this time his experience and qualifications deliver a useful procurement perspective for our technical services team.

Ryan has a number of CIPS Qualifications and is working towards attaining full MCIPS via the advanced practitioner course.

Shafiq joined NOE CPC following a career break from the pharmaceutical industry. He has extensive key account management and sales training experience within the pharma industry having worked for Glaxosmithkline and later AstraZeneca dealing with a range of NHS customers.

Steve is Corporate Procurement Director at North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) leading a team of procurement professionals with responsibility for non-medical expenditure areas including: ICT, Estates and Facilities, Temp Staffing and Professional Services.

Steve’s role has a strong customer focus including working closely with NHS customer organisations to ensure delivery of procurement services which meet their collective needs.

Prior to joining NHS, Steve gained extensive experience in a variety of procurement roles both at practitioner and managerial level within the steel industry, procuring a wide range of goods, bought-in services and capital equipment and working with local, national and international teams.

Steve was previously based at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in the Physiotherapy Dept as IT Administrator for the TIARA database system. Prior to that he worked for South Yorkshire Police in Sheffield as Database Administrator on the HR Rostering System.

A BT employee for over thirty six years Steve worked in all the major divisions within the group including Sales, Planning, Engineering and Finance and finally as Team Leader / Databuild and Administrator for BT Directories. This role included leading a small team in the delivery of service and support for the BT Phone Disc product.

Outside the NHS, Steve is a professional singer performing in venues all over the East Midlands and Yorkshire most weekends.

Tina has over 20 years’ procurement experience primarily working in manufacturing for the aerospace and automotive industry. Over ten of those years were spent managing a team of procurement professionals and warehousing staff.  Tina has been responsible for indirect/MRO/services/recruitment and energy spend and also managed many large projects along the way.