Behind the scenes

Meet Kate! With six years of experience working for an energy broker in multiple different roles to her time spent in New Zealand, Kate tells us more about her past experiences and her role as Energy Systems and Innovation Manager here at ESPO. ...

Meet Sarah! With 18 years experience working within a bank to drafting, managing and maintaining commercial and collaborative agreements here at ESPO, Sarah shares more about her role as Commercial Officer and what she likes to do in her spare time. ...

Meet Charlotte! From moving to Leicester when Eduzone first joined the ESPO family in 2018 to progressing to a career in procurement, Charlotte tells us what she studied at university, how she joined us here at ESPO and more about her role as Trainee Procurement Officer in the Food team. ...

Meet Rachel Morton! With a combined total of 12 years service working previously as a Buyer and Product Manager at ESPO, Rachel shares what her current role as Customer Relationship Manager involves and how her past experiences led her to her role in procurement. Find out more about Rachel in our latest article. ...

Michelle joined us three years ago after a career as a Primary School Teacher. From being a valued customer and stationery lover to joining the ESPO team, Michelle tells us more about her journey, how she got into procurement and more! ...

Name: Darren TurfordRole: National Account ManagerHow long have you been at ESPO?I have been at ESPO since December 2017. About Darren:I started in a ceramics factory pulling trolleys following on to driving lots of different forklift trucks in a print warehouse eventually ...

Name: Sam NuttingTeam: Catalogue ProcurementHow long have you been at ESPO?5 years and 3 months. About Sam:I am Leicester born and raised. I didn’t travel too much further to gain my undergraduate degree, studying law in Lincoln.   After graduating I ...

At ESPO, we believe it’s our people that make us - so we're committed to investing in our staff.We have a large procurement team with a wide variety of roles and specialisms, and plenty of opportunities to progress with our CIPS training scheme. Or if procurement isn't for you, we also have lots ...

By Kate Brown, Head of Procurement, ESPO There’s never a dull day if you work in public sector procurement; and yet, as this year’s crop of new students head through the first term of their University courses, studying popular subjects such as computer science, law or sociology, I often ...