| How can I contact you?
Please email s.ashcroft@brianfarrington.com
or telephone us at +44 (0)1744 20698. Stephen Ashcroft is
your first point of contact at Brian Farrington Ltd. Alternatively,
you can obtain details of any of the services through our
website www.brianfarrington.com. Simply fill in your details
on the “Contact Us” page for any issues, questions or queries
you may have.
What kind of company is Brian Farrington
Ltd?
Brian Farrington Ltd offers a range of management
and procurement consultancy services including training.
It was established in 1978 and we operate throughout the
UK and Internationally. We welcome challenging assignments
where analytical skills, innovation, creativity, sensitive
change and a desire to forge lasting relationships are important
to our client.
What do you do?
Brian Farrington Ltd experience lies in finding
innovative solutions to your procurement, supply chain and
related issues. Our wide experience in helping clients manage
third-party expenditure in many sectors means that we can
hit the ground running.
Closely working with your in-house specialists
we can usually find sustainable solutions at lower cost.
One of our business credos is to transfer our learning to
your staff. This enables them to gain long term benefits
from our work. Inevitably, your suppliers will form part
of the solution. We will assist with relationship management
throughout your supply chain.
Where are you based?
Brian Farrington Ltd main office is based
in St.Helens. We have a team of dedicated business specialists
based in London. Typically, our consultancy work is undertaken
on clients sites throughout the UK and Internationally.
Who heads the company?
Our Managing Director is Dr. Brian Farrington
Ph.D. M.Sc B.Sc (Econ) Fellow CIPS. He can be contacted
directly for specialist assignments.
Who do you work for?
Brian Farrington Ltd clients are, typically,
large blue chip organisations. As such they have the choice
of the world’s leading consultancy houses. Our strengths
lie in the individual knowledge and skills of our consultants
and our analytical/diagnostic skills. We are excellent change
agents. In addition we believe passionately in the provision
of a personal service that is not tarnished by varying qualities
of our teams.
Brian Farrington Ltd client base includes
many sectors of business including; distribution, transportation,
Government, construction, retail (including mail order and
e-commerce, e-procurement and reverse auctions), Information
Technology, financial services, international airlines,
utilities, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, nuclear engineering,
automotive, oil exploration, f.m.c.g., shipbuilding, defence,
and weapons manufacture. Brian Farrington Ltd consultants
have worked in many parts of the world, including, Europe,
Africa, North America, Far East and Scandinavia.
What are your key areas
of expertise?
Our proposition is to provide
expert procurement and related financial, contractual and
negotiation advice as illustrated in the following diagram.
Our expertise is derived from:
- Extensive real time experience on challenging
procurement and contract management activities, including
disputes requiring resolution.
- Extensive networking capabilities to establish
world-class practice.
- Extensive worldwide research into procurement,
negotiation and contract management, including Audit reports
and Best Practice Guides and contract databases.
- Our ability to produce high calibre risk
assessment models and to conduct relevant due diligence
studies.
- Extensive experience of exposing and negotiating
the supplier’s cost model.
- Evaluating contracts, post-award, for
the delivery of Value for Money.
- Providing specialist training interventions
in demanding environments supporting business aims and
objectives.
The use of our services offers clients
the following advantages:
- The opportunity to differentiate between
technical and commercial implications of a contract, without
losing the overall integration of these vital considerations.
- The avoidance of cliché ridden solutions.
Complete independence from any providers or potential
concessionaires.
- An exacting risk evaluation process, based
upon years of practical experience, but supported by extensive
worldwide research.
- Our ability to transfer our skills to
client’s personnel.
Expert negotiation ability.
- Excellent team members, able to handle
stress associated with resolving seemingly conflicting
objectives.
- Excellent knowledge of the legal process
and past experience with City of London solicitors, etc.
- Proven training presenters and solutions
delivering business benefits.
Tell me about your people
The following profiles provide an insight to the
senior management team’s skills and background.
Brian Farrington
Managing Director
B.Sc M.Sc Ph.D Fellow CIPS
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Brian is the Managing
Director and, since 1978 has completed over 1000 assignments.
His life’s work is procurement; its academic development
and subsequent business practice. Brian is responsible
for the strategic direction of the business and for
ensuring that key policies are in place. He also undertakes
key assignments that require high-level skills and negotiation
acumen. Brian is a published
author on a range of procurement issues with numerous
books and learned articles.
His Ph.D is in industrial pricing.
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Stephen
Ashcroft
Head of Client Training & Development,
B.Eng MSc.
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Stephen heads up the team in design,
delivery and evaluation of training solutions including
training needs analysis and development of training
strategies. He is lead presenter on a number of long
term training contracts and a visiting lecturer at Manchester
University.
Consultancy roles include Lead Negotiator, contract
manager and design of bid evaluation guidance notes. |
Ray
Gambell
Head of e-Procurement & Reverse Auctions
MBA MCIPS
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A seasoned procurement professional
with extensive experience in managing multi-million
pound capital and revenue contracts in a highly competitive
and demanding environment.
Strong commercial and negotiating skills, with recent
experience in developing and implementing e-Procurement
solutions in a number of public and private sector European
utilities. Experienced leader, change manager, with
a proven track record of delivering business improvement
with an open and participative management style.
His specialist area of training is commercial negotiation
skills development. |
Ken
Morris
Head of Manufacturing
MCIPS
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A senior and experienced procurement
professional with extensive knowledge and expertise
in Procurement Management, Team (Re)-building, Relationship
Management, Supplier Development in national and international
supply markets, including manufacturing.
His training specialism is commercial negotiation skills
and also six sigma in purchasing. |
What about your vision and goals?
The Brian Farrington Ltd vision is to be a
highly respected, client focused, competitive, innovative
and efficient provider of consultancy services.
Our goal is to continuously increase the level
of client satisfaction through informal and formal appraisals
of our successful contribution to their business.
To improve communication flow, improve personnel
support in the field and demonstrate increased concern for
our employees.
To maintain our outstanding financial performance.
We will continue to work in ways that are cost effective
and efficient. We will not make borrowings that threaten
the independent financial control of the business.
Motivate all our clients to build, operate
and maintain their facilities in a manner that is consistent
with the long term sustainability of the ecosystem.
We are committed to promoting and supporting
the efficient use of utilities and developing energy strategies.
Questions, Queries, Comments.
Please see “how can I contact you” for further
information about the service and benefits of Brian Farrington
Ltd.
Contact:
Stephen Ashcroft
Brian Farrington Ltd
Rainford Hall
Crank Road
St Helens
WA11 7RP
T: 01744 20698
F: 01744 27897
E: s.ashcroft@brianfarrington.com
URL: www.brianfarrington.com
Location map is available at contact us page on the website.
We look forward to
hearing from you.
Please be assured we will respond promptly and positively.
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