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Matt is responsible for the Procurement & Supplier Management function across the Sainsbury’s Group which encompasses Supermarkets, Argos, Habitat, Tu Clothing, Nectar and Smart Charge. Within this role, Matt leads on the Commercial Strategy and external Supplier relationships for around £4bn of annual expenditure across the Retail Sector as well as being responsible for all 3rd party Imports & Distribution.

Matt’s earlier career started as a graduate in licensed retailing & restaurants at Carlsberg Marston’s, evolving into the Infrastructure & Heavy Industrial Sectors with commercial roles at Tarmac, Atkins and Network Rail where he helped to deliver the West Coast Route Modernisation programme, Manchester Airport Runway 2 and the Royal Opera House in Oman, amongst other major projects.

Prior to Sainsbury’s, Matt was at Carillion where he joined to integrate Mowlem and McAlpine, post-acquisition, later moving on to lead their global in-direct procurement function and Procurement Transformation programme; with time spent in the Middle East and North America and then latterly for the Ministry Of Defence’s static assets & estate, where he held Board positions on several joint ventures alongside KBR and Amey.

Other key outsourced clients during his time there included: HSBC, Virgin, RBS, BT, BAA, Reuters and Siemens. Matt is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute Of Procurement & Supply and his team was recently declared “Overall Winner” at the profession’s internationally recognised awards ceremony.