Procurement team
Our procurement team helps NTU stakeholders procure commercial solutions that support the delivery of our academic programme, and the day-to-day management of the University's operations.
The team is also responsible for:
- assessment of new suppliers
- tendering contracts
- managing supply categories
- ongoing relationships with the suppliers in our supply chain.
Kate Brown — Head of Procurement
Responsible for all Procurement activities.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 6582
Digital Technologies category team
Alexei Lambley-Steel — Senior Category Manager
Responsible for Digital Technologies requirements.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 4590
Lewis Simpson — Buyer
Responsible for Digital Technologies requirements.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 2657
Estates and catering category team
Martin Parr — Category Manager
Responsible for estates and facilities management.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 4741
Nick Cowley — Buyer
Responsible for estates and facilities management.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 6538
Rachel Coates — Buyer
Responsible for catering products and services and related facilities management.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 2724
Professional Services category team
Dean Scaife — Category Manager
Responsible for professional services; HR and staffing; learning and development; and recruitment services, travel, stationery and marketing.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 2921
Omeshika Kaggodaarachchi — Trainee Buyer
Responsible for supporting the Professional Services category areas.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 2269
Research and science category team
Mark Lucas — Senior Category Manager
Responsible for capital laboratory and research-related equipment and consumables.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 8747
Sarah Turton — Buyer
Responsible for capital laboratory and research-related equipment and consumables.
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 6439
Sustainable Procurement project team
Responsible for working with suppliers in the NTU supply chain to deliver the University's strategic targets in reducing carbon emissions.
Claire Davies — Sustainable Procurement Project Manager
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 8813
Heshan Weerasundara — Sustainable Procurement Project Assistant
Phone: +44 (0)115 848 6815
Supplier payments
Our accounts payable team is responsible for processing supplier invoices and arranging payments. Enquiries are to be sent to purchase.ledger@ntu.ac.uk, tel. +44 (0)115 848 6660.
Please ensure that our purchase order number is quoted on all invoices. Goods and Services should not be provided to the University without a valid purchase order number.