Matt is responsible for the procurement and supplier management function across the Sainsbury’s Group, which encompasses supermarkets, Argos, Habitat, Tu Clothing, Nectar and Smart Charge. In this role, Matt leads the commercial strategy and external supplier relationships for around £4 billion of annual expenditure across the retail sector, as well as being responsible for all third-party imports and distribution. Matt’s earlier career started as a graduate in licensed retailing and restaurants at Carlsberg Marston’s, evolving into the infrastructure and heavy industrial sectors with commercial roles at Tarmac, Atkins and Network Rail, where he helped to deliver the West Coast Route Modernisation programme, Manchester Airport Runway 2 and the Royal Opera House in Oman, among other major projects. Prior to Sainsbury’s, Matt was at Carillion, where he joined to integrate Mowlem and McAlpine, post-acquisition, later moving on to lead their global in-direct procurement function and Procurement Transformation programme. He also spent time in the Middle East and North America, then latterly for the Ministry of Defence’s static assets and estate, where he held Board positions on several joint ventures alongside KBR and Amey. Other key outsourced clients during his time there included: HSBC, Virgin, the Royal Bank of Scotland, BT, BAA, Reuters and Siemens. Matt is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (FCIPS) and his team was recently declared ‘overall winner’ at the profession’s internationally recognised awards ceremony.