Clive Hammond
Clive Hammond
Head of Procurement,
Academies Enterprise Trust
Clive is Head of Procurement for Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) which has 58 academy schools throughout England. Clive joined in April 2015 with the focus on bringing together procurement across the trust and leveraging efficiencies in their procurement spend. Prior to joining AET, Clive had over 30 years working for in local authority starting as a YTS Trainee and then through various positions in the Procurement Department to finally becoming Managing Director of the Council owned Facilities Management Company. Clive is a firm believer that every child deserves the right to lead a remarkable life, and the savings that he delivers allows the trust to invest in the classroom to support and achieve this.
- Developing high quality tendering processes which maximise choice and drive value for money in the contracting of services
- Unlocking collaboration through partnerships and clustering in the buying of key resources
- Ensuring the best outcomes in the writing of a specification, conducting bidding processes and managing a contract
- Gaining key ideas on cutting costs in your next procurement process