10th Jul 2008
Mike Buchanan is the chief executive of LPS, a well known procurement consultancy based in Bedford.
Mike began his procurement career with beecham, and in 1984, at the age of 27, he was appointed chief buyer of a major division of the company, with an annual budget of £40 million (the equivalent of about £90 million today).
He later held senior procurement roles at Gillette, Revlon, and Excel logistics, and was responsible for buying a wide range of goods and services.
In 1999 he founded LPS, and he has since led cost reduction programmes in major organizations in a number of sectors.
Mike Buchanan book "Profitable Buying Strategies" is to be released in September and will be useful to SME s and large companies in working out how to cut procurement costs and buy your way to higher profits.
Profitable Buying Strategies is published by Kogan Page and is available for purchase though www.koganpage.com
