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Your contacts at Eurostar Procurement

Our Head of Procurement and our eProcurement System Analyst

Claire Labat - Head of Procurement

Claire leads the Procurement department, providing a comprehensive support service on Procurement matters to departments across the business. This includes responsibility for developing and implementing best practice procurement to maximise value for money for the business, minimise risk, develop and maintain an effective supplier base which delivers the quality of goods and services required.
+44 (0)207 843 5007 - claire.labat@eurostar.co.uk

Floria Theocharis - eProcurement Analyst

Maintains, develops and supports Eurostar's procurement system EurostarBuy and Hotel contracts for all three regions London, Paris and Brussels.
+44 (0)207 843 5008 - floria.theocharis@eurostar.co.uk

Our Procurement Category Managers

The team is further made of Procurement Category Managers whose role as procurement professionals is to identify opportunities to reduce business risk, achieve cost reductions and service improvements for categories of business spend. They closely work with departmental directors and managers within business units to deliver tangible business benefits from the opportunities identified. Each procurement professional has a specific remit as outlined below:

Hazel Cotton - Category Manager - Commercial

Categories of spend include:
Marketing, Communications, Creative & Media.
+44 (0)207 843 5006 - hazel.cotton@eurostar.co.uk

Richard Pearson - IS Procurement Manager

Categories of spend include:
All IT Hardware, Software, Comms & Services. IS Distribution, Development & Support.
+44 (0)207 843 5005 - richard.pearson@eurostar.co.uk

Ian Joyce - Facilities Procurement Manager

Categories of spend include:
Facilities; Mailroom, Reprographic, Building Engineering Maintenance.
+44 (0)207 843 5086 - ian.joyce@eurostar.co.uk

Our Rolling Stock Procurement Team

For the members of the Rolling Stock Procurement Team based at Temple Mills International Depot, the ethos is to deliver a professional service to all internal customers by working in partnership with suppliers. The team is responsible for the purchase of Rolling Stock spares and services for Eurostar’s Trains and the delivery of added value through contract negotiation in accordance with the Three Railway Engineering policy (S.N.C.F, S.N.C.B and E.U.K.L) and EU Purchasing Legislation.