John Lewis poaches Procurement Chief, Roger Davies, from M&S

The John Lewis Partnership announced today that Roger Davies will take up the role of Group Procurement Director this summer.

Davies is currently Group Head of Procurement at Marks & Spencer, where he has worked for eight years.

Before that Davies worked at British Airways in a variety of leadership roles including property, IT and services procurement.

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He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and a member of the leadership committee for the Fellows.

Patrick Lewis, Group Finance Director of the John Lewis Partnership, said: “Roger joins us with a wealth of knowledge in both retail and procurement, and I look forward to working with him to grow the value procurement can offer the Partnership.”