Nick Townend is a highly experienced sourcing professional with over 20 years of experience in industry and management consulting. He has delivered sustainable results for top companies across multiple business sectors, including Banking and Financial Services, FMCG, Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Chemicals, Utilities, Media, Public Sector and Technology. Townend is a natural leader with strong project management skills and adept stakeholder management abilities, able to build teams that work to common goals with shared ownership of the results. He has a process-driven, scalable procurement/sourcing and management approach that combines industry and consulting best practices to drive efficiencies, compliance, appropriate governance and minimize organizational risks. Townend's specialties include Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Training Delivery, Collaborative Optimization, Commercial Negotiation, Global Sourcing, eSourcing, Stakeholder Management, and HR & Professional Services.