Yorkshire Branch Vice Chair Volunteer at CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
📍 Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Jo Kershaw is a Group Procurement Manager with 17 years of supply chain experience in both sales and purchasing. She is skilled in implementing systems, reducing inventory, and using SQL for bespoke reporting. Jo holds a CIPS Level 6 certification in Purchasing and volunteers as the Vice Chair for the CIPS Yorkshire Branch.
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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Yorkshire Branch Vice Chair Volunteer
Job Level
Middle
Location
Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview
How Jo shows up
Dynamic But Sincere
Friendly But Fast
Decisive But Friendly
They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)
Priorities
Topics Jo cares about
Procurement Excellence
As Vice Chair for the CIPS Yorkshire Branch, she actively organizes events and develops strategies to support procurement professionals in the region.
Supply Chain Agility
Focuses on creating agility in manufacturing by reducing inventory and implementing consignment stock agreements and frameworks.
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Career
Work history
10-2025
Yorkshire Branch Vice Chair Volunteer
CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
8-2025
Group Procurement Manager
Chatsworth & The Devonshire Group
11-2022 - 8-2025
Category Manager
Algeco UK
5-2019 - 11-2022
Procurement Manager
Mabey Hire Ltd
1-2019 - 5-2019
Buyer
Mabey Hire Ltd
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