Helen Davies

Critic
DISC Type : C

Director, Global Procurement (Consumables, Plastics, Packaging) at QuidelOrtho

United Kingdom

Overview

Helen Davies is an experienced Director of Global Procurement at QuidelOrtho, specializing in consumables, plastics, and packaging. A graduate of Swansea University with an MCIPS certification, she has a demonstrated history of strategic sourcing and supplier management across the medical device, consumer, and automotive electronics industries.


Interesting fact: Helen has shown significant career progression and loyalty, advancing from a strategic buyer to a director-level role within the same organization over her tenure.

Personality Overview

Precise

Critic

Negotiator

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.

Topics They Care About

Global Procurement Strategy
As Director, she is responsible for the global procurement of key categories like consumables, plastics, and packaging for a major medical device company.
Building Procurement Teams
She is actively involved in hiring and expanding her team, personally posting on professional networks to recruit sourcing leads for her department.
Supplier Relationships
Her profile consistently emphasizes skills in strategic relationship management, supplier evaluation, quality management, and achieving the best value.

Media Appearances

Helen has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2022
Director, Global Procurement (Consumables, Plastics, Packaging) at QuidelOrtho
8-2021 - 6-2022
Senior Manager, TM External Manufacturing at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
8-2017 - 7-2021
EMEA Sourcing Manager at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
11-2005 - 7-2017
Strategic Sourcing Specialist at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
4-2000 - 11-2005
Strategic Buyer at International Rectifier

Education

CIPS - LEVEL 4 supply chain management from University of South Wales
1993 - 1996
BSc (Hons) from Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe

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Exp : 29 Location : United Kingdom Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director, Global Procurement (Consumables, Plastics, Packaging) at QuidelOrtho
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Insights For Selling To Helen

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.
  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Be formal and objective, they will appreciate it more

DONT's

  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions
  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Helen is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Helen

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Helen move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Helen take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Helen

Personality Compatibility


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