Fiona Rutherford is an independent consultant focusing primarily on advising senior management on how to extract the most value from their Supply Chain based on their specific business needs. In a competitive environment with escalating costs to deliver projects and limited resources, stronger relationships with suppliers are central to delivering projects on time and within budget. Strategic sourcing with category management is central to building those relationships.

The key to successful transformation from Project led to strategic procurement requires buy in at all levels of the organisation, especially at the level of the buyers where the change will be felt most acutely. Governance and performance management through appropriate KPIs are major contributors to sustaining the value derived from key suppliers once those relationships are established.

Fiona Rutherford has over 28 years of experience in the oil and gas industry with over 12 years spent in international commercial negotiations and stakeholder management.