Matthew Parker

Matthew Parker has been buying print for twenty years and has worked in directory, B2B magazine, consumer news stand magazine and agency environments. Amongst other roles, he headed up print purchasing at Future Publishing when it was the UK's 5th largest consumer news stand publisher. He has also managed purchasing projects in a number of other areas, including outsourced services, web and e-mail services, postal services and transport.

Matthew now runs Print & Procurement Ltd., which helps generate effective, profitable relationships between the print sector and companies that need print. through implementing new approaches and processes and practical assistance. Typical projects include:

• Sales messaging
• Assistance with tenders and service level agreements
• Auditing factories from the buyer's view
• Purchasing audits

The company also runs training courses, including sales messaging, managing customer relationships, best practice for customer facing staff, negotiation and practical purchasing.

Matthew's interests include mountain walking, music and cooking.

Website URL: http://www.printandprocurement.com