Leadership Profile
Mr. Thorogood has served as a management consultant for over 16 years providing business consulting services in the areas of operations management, supply chain, sales, strategic planning, business training seminars, new business development initiatives expertise to early stage and mature based companies.
As a Supply Chain Management Professional - SCMP and a Certified Purchasing Manager C.P.M. he has significant experience in supply chain management, purchasing, inventory management, Internet technologies and the development of operational efficiency strategies.
Mr. Thorogood has a variety of corporate experience in both Canada and the United States across a number of industries and markets and has developed a notable business development network.
While at KPMG, LLP, Mr. Thorogood worked as a senior management consultant with the Assurance Based Advisory Services (ABAS) Practice within KPMG's Consumer/ Industrial Markets group located in San Diego, California.
His primary oversight responsibilities in engagements to assist clients with the identification of productivity improvements and to recommend strategic policy restructuring for long-term efficiencies. Key to these assignments were client interviews, process mapping and narrative descriptions, business process analyses, and the identification of improved practices.
Additional activities included business development, seminar planning and business plan review.
Mr. Thorogood's academic and professional certifications and designations include:
- 2010 Supply Chain Management Professional Designation, (SCMP)Purchasing Management Association of Canada
- 2007 re-certified as a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
- 2002 Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
- 1999 Certified Bachelor of Arts equivalent in Business Administration (Management Major, University of Miami, Florida)
- 1994 Certified Professional Purchaser (C.P.P.) Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC)
- 1991 Finance Diploma Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
- 1987 Accounting Diploma Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Professional Associations: (PMAC) Purchasing Management Association of Canada since 1991. (ISM) Institute for Supply Management in the USA since 1997.
Industry expertise includes:
- Big 4 Consulting
- Investment banking
- Consumer and Industrial Markets
- Manufacturing
- Golf
- Healthcare
- Wholesale distribution
- Food
- Retail
Mr. Thorogood's areas of expertise include:
- Contract consulting roles in supply chain, operations management, new business development initiatives and general business consulting.
- Management mentoring and advisory roles
- Business Process Improvement / Redesign
- Departmental and functional assessments i.e. purchasing, warehouse and operational.
Purchasing Management Group has the professional experience you need on a short or long term basis to improve your critical business process functions within your organization. To learn more about the purchasing management group and its consulting services please send us a e-mail at gthor@purchasingmanagementgroup.com or give us a call.
Our goal is to improve the operational efficiencies and effectiveness of our client companies, and add value to their bottom line.
Graham P. Thorogood, SCMP, C.P.M. Principal Consultant
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