SUPPLY CHAIN
Richard Young MCIPS , MBA , BA ( hons ), has over twenty years ’ procurement and supply chain experience gained in a number of industrial and consumer facing businesses across manufacturing and service sectors . He started his career recruited onto the graduate management scheme of British Steel plc ( latterly part of the Tata group ), where he was quickly promoted and moved through the ranks being sponsored to complete an MBA at Warwick University . He spent several years in the third party logistics industry managing operations for Sainsbury , Pedigree Masterfoods and Nestle , before moving on to senior procurement leadership positions for Ideal Heating ( formerly part of Caradon plc ) and African Minerals , where he worked extensively overseas . He joined Flybe Group plc in 2014 where he has led the transformation of the procurement function having more recently taken on additional responsibility for property & estates , aircraft fleet financing & trading and finance business partnering . Married with two children , outside of work he enjoys cycling , hill walking , music and travel .
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