Odesma pride ourselves on the depth and breadth of our sector knowledge and expertise.
Over the last 30 years we have collectively worked for some of the biggest brands in the world, across all sectors and all industries. Transferring our knowledge to procurement teams at any level.
Aerospace and Defence
Whilst working in Professional Services Steve, Nick and Ed have between them worked with BAE Systems, Selex, Airbus, Raytheon Corporate Jets, BAE Dynamics, MBDA, The Ministry of Defence and the NAAFI.
Automotive
Whilst working in Professional Services Ed worked with FIAT Group and Lotus Cars, whilst Nick has worked with Rolls Royce Motor Cars.
Financial Services
Nick held a senior line procurement role at NatWest / RBS, he also delivered procurement transformation programs to Lloyds Bank, Co-Op Insurance & Financial Services, Barclaycard, Vocalink Payments Services, ABN Amro and Goldman Sachs. Steve and Ed have between them worked with National Australia Group Europe, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group in Australia, Barclays Bank, RSA, Legal & General and PGDS, Inflexion and Prudential .
FMCG
Steve has held a number of procurement and senior management roles for Diageo and Reckitt & Colman. Whilst working in Professional Services Steve, Nick and Ed have between them worked with Brambles, L’Oréal, United Biscuits, AllianceBoots, Panrico, Godiva Chocolates, Novar and Hammonds Bedrooms. In addition, Serco & Compass.
Healthcare
Whilst working in Professional Services Steve, Nick and Ed have between them worked with Smith & Nephew, AllianceBoots, GSK and Philips Medical.
IT
Nick held Senior Procurement and Supply Chain roles in EMEA and USA for ICL Fujitsu and ran the Financial Supply Chain and Payments practice for Logica/CSC. Ed began his career in line procurement with ICL Fujitsu.
Manufacturing
Steve has held a number of procurement roles for British Steel Stainless (now Outokumpo Group). Both Nick and Ed worked for ICL Fujitsu. Whilst working in Professional Services Steve, Nick and Ed have between them worked with Aggreko, BAE SYSTEMS, Selex, Raytheon Corporate Jets, Airbus, BP Group, Hammonds, Heywood Williams, Chep, FIAT Group & Lotus Cars.
Pharmaceutical
Steve has held a number of procurement roles for British Steel Stainless (now Outokumpo Group). Both Nick and Ed worked for ICL Fujitsu. Whilst working in Professional Services Steve, Nick and Ed have between them worked with Aggreko, BAE SYSTEMS, Selex, Raytheon Corporate Jets, Airbus, BP Group, Hammonds, Heywood Williams, Chep, FIAT Group & Lotus Cars.
Professional Services
Ed, Steve and Nick previously worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Xchanging plc. Nick held Partner/Senior Executive roles at Accenture, PwC and CapGemini Steve also worked for Atos KPMG, whilst Ed worked for QP Group, Sharemax Inc. And all have supported Liberata, G4S, United News and Media and Target. In addition, ParkingEye, Ciber, BES, Hemsley Fraser and Inflexion.
Public Sector
Whilst working in Professional Services Steve, Nick and Ed have between them worked with the NAAFI, The Ministry of Defence (MOD) and The Inland Revenue. In addition, West Yorkshire Authority and Bloom*
Retail
Whilst working in Professional Services Steve and Ed have between them worked with AllianceBoots and Wickes. In addition Nick Ford was Global Supply Chain Director for Safeway (now Morrisons) Supermarket Group.
Telecoms
Whilst working with global consultancies Ed and Nick delivered procurement programmes into Telecom Eireann and Cable & Wireless. Nick also worked with BT in the UK. The most recent engagements for Ed, Nick and Steve were with Vodafone where they and their teams delivered a number of procurement projects for their global organisation.
News & Media
Nick has run a very successful global procurement and supply chain cost reduction programme which was driven by group CFO.s at a large news and media company. Nick coordinated an international delivery team between New York and London.
Logistics
Odesma have delivered a procurement transition programme with DB Schenker, the worlds leading global logistics provider In addition, working with DHL on various projects.
Oil and gas
Ed and Steve have between them worked on outsourcing for BP as well as working on downstream operations across Europe for Mobile.
