Robert Turner (Past Speaker)

Rob is currently Head of Procurement Operations for the John Lewis Partnership where GNFR (indirect) spend is £1.5bn. His role spans sourcing, governance & assurance (incl CSR), analytics and retail consumables supply. His focus on developing aligned objectives, performance management culture and ensuring the growth of talent, people and teams has been a key factor in injecting energy and pace into sedentary teams to support strong delivery. Prior to John Lewis, Rob was CPO at Tarmac and has held a number of consulting roles with Diageo, Babcock and the U.K. Cabinet Office focussed on delivering organisational effectiveness.