Meryl Bushell - BT Group
Meryl has been Chief Procurement Officer of BT Group, since Jan 2001. She is responsible for the full range of Procurement, Supply Chain and Property activities across BT group, with a particular interest in Corporate Social Responsibility. Meryl personally supported the introduction of BT's Sourcing with Human Dignity initiative, and is BT's Champion for CSR. Meryl is also a Director of The Communications Network, and sits on the board of Gateway to London, which facilitates inward investment in the Thames Gateway area.
From this author:
Value Creation: You have to be in it to win it
Meryl Bushell explains how having a seat at the top table from the start of a major transformation programme proved invaluable in helping deliver results. Procurement departments in large organisations can sometimes fail to punch their weight when it comes to strategic decision-making.
00:00, 14 Aug, 2006
Scenario: The inflexible buyer who is resistant to change yet good at his job
John X is a member of your team. He is very much of the old school – he knows his job inside out, shouts at suppliers, shows disdain for every new initiative and holds most of the rest of the business more-or-less in contempt. The company, however, has now launched a radical new programme to bring its procurement into the 21st century.
22:54, 01 Aug, 2005
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