{"id":922,"date":"2020-09-14T08:48:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T08:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/?p=922"},"modified":"2020-09-14T08:48:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T08:48:36","slug":"andy-hitchman-deputy-head-of-purchasing-finance-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/2020\/09\/14\/andy-hitchman-deputy-head-of-purchasing-finance-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Hitchman, Deputy Head of Purchasing, Finance Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-923\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/files\/2020\/09\/20-08-Imperial-People_Twitter_TP_8-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">W<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e have issued more than 4,000 packs across all campuses, and we have orders in process for sufficient stock to make up a further 6,000 packs ready for those returning to campus in future, including students in October.\u201d<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I joined Imperial\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/finance\/purchasing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Purchasing Departmen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in November 2000. Since 2012, I have been Deputy Head of Purchasing, which involves overall responsibility for the day to day purchasing operations at the College, as well as delivering t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Purchasing Strategy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0improving the systems used and ensuring we deliver best value and savings across the wide portfolio of spend at the College.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OVID<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-19 lockdown presented us with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a number of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0challenges, and it was important that the procurement of goods and services continued unhindered to enable everyone to carry on working. This included enabling orders to be placed on ICIS to have a home delivery,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as well as promoting a list of suitable home<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">working items for staff to purchase as required to assist sourcing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once a staggered return to campus for staff was planned, the Heads of Financial Services\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Procurement, Safety and Occupational Health proposed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">providing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a welcome pack of PPE products for each returning person, and I was asked to lead on this. My team in the Purchasing Department set about sourcing and ordering\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sufficient quantities of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0masks, hand\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sanitisers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and surface wipes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">everything<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0had been<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0delivered<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I ro<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">l<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">led up my sleeves and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with extra help<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">!)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0set about packing the kits in the S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enior Co<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mon Room<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and got them issued to each department on request.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To date, we have issued more than 4<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">000 packs across all campuses, and we have orders in process for sufficient stock to make up a further 6<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">000 packs ready for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">those returning to campus in future,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">including students in October. My thanks to everyone who helped me achieve this.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ou<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tside of PPE, we\u2019re continuing to see how we can improve the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P2P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0experience for staff and recently used\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Microsoft\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Teams to hold roadshows to launch new initiatives including the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/finance\/purchasing\/guided-buying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">g<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">uided\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">uying webpages<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which provide advice across the P2P process, and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/finance\/purchasing\/contact-us\/purchasing-external-\/supplier-home-page\/isupplier\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">iSupplier<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which improves new supplier set up.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe have issued more than 4,000 packs across all campuses, and we have orders in process for sufficient stock to make up a further 6,000 packs ready for those returning to campus in future, including students in October.\u201d\u00a0 I joined Imperial\u2019s\u00a0Purchasing Department\u00a0in November 2000. 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