The team and their roles
Procurement team members
All our team members are procurement professionals, each with their own areas of expertise. They have a variety of backgrounds from Higher Education to public sector and commercial organisations. Please take a look below to find contact details for each area of expertise.
For details of who to contact with finance queries, such as supplier set ups and amendments, Purchase Order issues, purchase card queries and invoice queries, see the Query Contact List.
Contracts
The Procurement, Research and Enterprise Services (RES) and Legal Services departments manage the majority of the University of Reading contracts in the UK.
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Lisa Jeffries |
Director of Procurement | l.m.jeffries@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 8304 (Ext: 8304) |
Policy and strategy Global procurement Leading and delivering benefits Recruitments Budget management Change programmes |
Martin McMahon |
Lead Category Manager |
m.t.b.mcmahon@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 8308 (Ext: 8308) |
Capital contracts Commercial estates-related projects Estates contractors and professional services Maintenance contracts Utilities Waste Property services Insurance Line management of Deputy Category Managers |
Aleks Borkowska |
Category Manager |
a.borkowska@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 4180 (Ext: 4180) |
Maintenance services Catering Marketing and print services (UoR) Campus services |
Claire Milham |
Category Manager | c.milham@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 7629 (Ext: 7629) | Travel and accommodation (including student accommodation)
Specialist projects (including apprenticeship levy & online blended learning) Legal services Copyright and licensing Research infrastructure Income generating projects Specialist projects (including apprenticeship levy and online distance learning) Public Contract Regulations lead |
David Ashmore |
Category Manager | d.ashmore@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 5093 (Ext: 5093) |
IT hardware and software IT professional services On-prem/IaaS/PaaS/SaaS systems & infrastructure IT change projects |
Susie Morse |
Category Manager | +44 (0)118 378 8307 (Ext: 8307) |
Financial Services (including external audit and tax)
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Erin Cooper |
Business Manager | erin.cooper@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 5807 (Ext: 5807) |
Procurement technology & processes Reporting (including spend analysis & benefits realisation) Audit and accreditations Compliance and considerations Responsible procurement Business continuity Working with Legal and other professional services to develop templates |
Amrit Saggu |
Deputy Business Manager | amrit.saggu@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 5806 (Ext: 5806) |
Management of the contract management system Website and communications eMarketplace training & support Training & development Document standardisation and templates FOIRs Data management and reporting Support for the Business Manager and category teams |
James Stedeford |
Deputy Category Manager | j.stedeford@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 8633 (Ext: 8633) |
Farm vehicles Library - books, journals and periodicals Stationery Sales / disposals Support on recruitment services (temporary & permanent) Research & laboratory chemicals, consumables & equipment Support on travel and accommodation |
Aarti Knight |
Deputy Category Manager | +44 (0)118 378 6258 (Ext: 6936) |
Support on Estates Support on special projects |
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Lorraine Sutton |
Deputy Category Manager | lorraine.sutton@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 8552 (Ext: 8552) |
Archiving Support on IT software and infrastructure Telecoms (mobile phones, telephony, radio) Support on Marketing (UoR) Support on software/system projects |
Eric Ho |
Deputy Category Manager |
Audio/visual and T&L equipment User IT equipment Specialist/research IT equipment Support on IT infrastructure and associated hardware (computing, servers, cabling, AV) Support software/system projects |
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Sarah Moorhouse |
Deputy Category Manager | s.moorhouse@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0)118 378 6258 (Ext: 6258) |
Removals Furniture PAT (portable appliance testing) services Couriers/ postage Support campus services Support capital contracts Support maintenance |
Matthew Zeien |
Deputy Category Manager | m.zeien@reading.ac.uk | + 44 (0)118 378 4621 (Ext: 4621) |
Contracts for services Apprentice contracts (UoR) HR benefits Farm business surveys Mobile phones Support financial services Support HBS marketing Support HR professional services (excluding recruitments) |
Frances Hodder |
Deputy Category Manager | f.hodder@reading.ac.uk | + 44 (0) 118 378 4620 (Ext. 4620) |
Commercial Dairy feed Naming rights Campus Commerce events Watercoolers Support Catering Support Property Services Supporting commercial projects |
Fey Makanju |
Contract Officer | feyisola.makanju@reading.ac.uk |
Support on the development & issuing of contracts New suppliers process Supplier terms review Support on tendering activity Support on mini competitions, Single Action Waivers (SAWs) and quotations |
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Aria Fouki |
Contract Officer | aria.fouki@reading.ac.uk | +44 (0) 118 378 6553 | Support on the development & issuing of contracts
New suppliers process Supplier terms review Support on tendering activity Support on mini competitions, Single Action Waivers (SAWs) and quotations |
Becky Eyres |
Insurance Administrator | uor-insurance@reading.ac.uk | + 44 (0)118 378 8309 (Ext: 8309) |
Day-to-day insurance queries Administration of claims Professional indemnity insurance Public liability insurance Employer liability insurance Travel insurance Vehicle insurance Student insurance Equipment insurance |
Steve Charley(1 day a week) |
Bars and Catering Purchasing Manager | s.m.charley@reading.ac.uk |
Support on marketing (UOR) |
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Oli Thompson |
Procurement Officer | o.thompson3@reading.ac.uk |
Supporting on IT hardware and expediting Support on newsletter Support on contract management system |
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Email: procurement@reading.ac.uk
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Telephone:
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Address: Ground Floor, Miller Building RG6 6EE