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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
JAGGAER strengthens
UK public sector leadership
with Mark Roberts’
appointment
Roberts’ decades of experience will boost JAGGAER’s UK Public Sector strategy
in Central and Local Government
Mark Roberts
JAGGAER, a global leader
JAGGAER’s long-term
in enterprise procurement
commitment to serving the
technology and supplier
UK public sector with award-
collaboration, is delighted to
winning insights and expertise
announce the appointment
to help it effectively leverage
of Mark Roberts as its UK
Public Sector Director.
the potential of critical
technological tools.
The appointment confirms
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Roberts was previously Commercial
Director for the Metropolitan Police
Service in London, the largest
Police Force in Europe, with
income contracts of £300m and
an expenditure budget of £850m.
Prior to this, he was the Commercial
Continuous Improvement Director
for the Government Commercial
Function. Through these roles, Mark
has formed an extensive and up-todate understanding of processes,
challenges and objectives for public
sector procurement in both central
departments and the wider Public
Sector.
Mark also has significant private
sector procurement leadership
experience, including roles at,
Vodafone and Anheuser-Busch
InBev, where he led the Global
eSourcing programme, achieving
impressive results that included
including executing over 30,000
eAuctions per year. Leadership,
design and implementation of
new operating models in private
and public sector organisations
have led Mark to become a highly
collaborative leader, ideally placed to
help lead in times of transformation
for the public sector.
Simon Thompson, VP Northern
Europe at Jaggaer, is delighted to
announce the new appointment:
“In the UK, JAGGAER has a long
history of serving the Public Sector
and we’re thrilled to now have Mark
on board as his experience will help
us continue to tailor our support
and investment in the sector to help
it achieve greater efficiencies and
efficacy.”
“The appointment is ideally
timed as the public sector tries to
successfully balance constrained
budgets, delivery of key services
public and the opportunities provided
by the introduction of the new UK
Procurement Bill in February 2025,
opening up to more small businesses
and social enterprises. couldn’t come
at a better time as the Government
grapples with unprecedented levels
of public debt, while at the same
time trying to enact an ambitious
programme to reform and restore
key elements of public service. If
these conditions are confirmed in the
autumn budget, ensuring value for
money will become ever more key to
channelling taxpayers’ funds on the
delivery of front line services.”
“Joining an organization so firmly
committed to enabling public
services is a natural fit given my
previous experience in the public
sector. I look forward to leveraging my
expertise in delivering value through
the successful implementations
of strategic sourcing, category
management, contract management,
supplier relationship management,
social value and systems to benefit
UK public institutions,” states
Roberts.
