Episode 8: Head of Procurement

The Black Ladder Podcast

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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