Richard Baran

Richard Baran has extensive experience in strategic sourcing and supply chain management, currently serving as Strategic Sourcing Manager at ABP UK since November 2004. In this role, Richard specializes in supply chain planning, procurement, cloud spend optimization, and vendor risk analysis, alongside budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. Prior to ABP UK, Richard held multiple positions at Synnex Information Technologies (UK) Ltd from 1995 to 2004, including Service Support and Operations Manager, Group IT Infrastructure Manager, and Senior IT and EDI Analyst. Richard holds a BSc Hons 2:1 in Information Technology and Computing from The Open University, earned between 1997 and 2003.