1 hr 16 min
Episode 8: Head of Procurement The Black Ladder Podcast
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Today’s guest is Lorraine Copes MCIPS, she is the head of procurement at Corbin & King’s where she is responsible for group procurement, supply chain, quality assurance and the inventory system.
She is a self certified foodie and is originally from Birmingham. Of all the roles Loraine tells us about, we notice that for about half of them, she has been approached or headhunted for the job. She explains how important networking and building relationship were in driving these opportunities.
On this weeks episode; we talk about stakeholder relationships, the burger market in Kuwait, networking, bringing your whole self to work, champagne tastings and being black in the hospitality industry.
Guest: Lorraine Copes (@BameInHospitality)
BAME in hospitality mentorship scheme: https://www.bameinhospitality.co.uk/mentors/
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Email: theblackladderpodcast@gmail.com
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Editor: Peter from theOrdinaryAmazing.com
Music: Epidemic Sound
Logo: @Asacreativestudio
Today’s guest is Lorraine Copes MCIPS, she is the head of procurement at Corbin & King’s where she is responsible for group procurement, supply chain, quality assurance and the inventory system.
She is a self certified foodie and is originally from Birmingham. Of all the roles Loraine tells us about, we notice that for about half of them, she has been approached or headhunted for the job. She explains how important networking and building relationship were in driving these opportunities.
On this weeks episode; we talk about stakeholder relationships, the burger market in Kuwait, networking, bringing your whole self to work, champagne tastings and being black in the hospitality industry.
Guest: Lorraine Copes (@BameInHospitality)
BAME in hospitality mentorship scheme: https://www.bameinhospitality.co.uk/mentors/
Share & subscribe to the podcast, there lots coming up!
Please get in contact if you want to share your story or would like to recommend someone noteworthy who you think would be great for The Black Ladder podcast.
Email: theblackladderpodcast@gmail.com
Instagram: TheBlackLadderPodcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladder_black
Editor: Peter from theOrdinaryAmazing.com
Music: Epidemic Sound
Logo: @Asacreativestudio
1 hr 16 min