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New Sourcing Staff at Alpha
17 / Září / 2006
Alpha Management Consultants have recently expanded their Sourcing and Supply Chain Management department with the appointment of Don Gawthorne as Senior Procurement Consultant, and Pavel Batka as Procurement Consultant.
Gawthorne graduated from Bristol University in 1991 with a BA in English and Ancient Greek, before moving to the Czech Republic and starting work as an English language tutor at Charles University. After a number of years in the country running his own music distribution business and working as specialist technical translator, he returned to the UK in 2001 to study for his qualifications with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), graduating with distinction in 2005. Prior to joining Alpha Management Consultants he worked as a Purchasing Manager for J. Murphy and Sons, a leading gas industry contractor in the UK. Gawthorne will be managing major outsourcing programmes for Alpha’s clients, identifying and qualifying local suppliers for new investors to the Czech Republic or for exporting local products to their international production facilities. He is fluent in Czech and has a good working knowledge of Slovak.
Batka studied Engineering and Economics at Pilsen Agricultural School before joining Panasonic AVC Networks in 2000, coordinating spare parts shipments and logistics. In 2003 he moved to Skoda Transportation as Purchasing Manager in charge of outsourcing of metallurgical and weld components and AC systems. His work involved identification and qualification of new suppliers, technical and commercial negotiations with suppliers and conclusion of frame purchase contracts across various different product sectors. Batka will use these skills to good effect supporting Alpha’s international clients looking to access the low cost supply base of central and eastern Europe. He is fluent in English with a working knowledge of German and Russian.
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