North East specialist procurement consultancy, Prosper has almost doubled the size of its team in the last six months to support its future growth aspirations.
The company, which creates bespoke construction and new build procurement solutions for public sector frameworks, has welcomed six new appointments since June.
Founded in 2008, originally trading as NE Procurement but rebranding as Prosper in 2017, the not-for-profit company has a strong North East presence but operates nationally.
The team offers a depth of experience, knowledge and understanding of the Built Environment related procurement and builds a unique relationship to support contractor consultants and landlord partners.
The company aims to create a working environment to develop team members and enhance skills growth and retention. A good example of putting this into practice is the appointment of Heidi Molloy who joined Prosper in November 2022 as a Business Administrator, but excelled during her business apprenticeship and has now secured a permanent position within the business as a Procurement Administrator.
In August, Prosper welcomed Finn Johnson to the team as a Management Trainee and he is learning about all the fundamental elements of how the business operates.
Both Heidi and Finn are being guided and are benefitting from highly experienced members of staff including Tim Jennett, Head of Strategy and Governance who has over 23 years’ experience working in procurement and David Dawson, New Build Specialist who has worked at Prosper for the last 7 years, prior to which he spent more than 30 years in new build construction roles across the north of England.
Collectively, the team provides value, creates efficiency and is often seen as an extension of internal procurement teams. They spend time to understand the environment each client is working in and the challenges they face and build relationships that make a real difference.
Heidi and Finn support the team working on multiple contracts and are attending meetings with partner teams, which is accelerating their growth and development. Using the collective teams’ experience and understanding of the environment and pressures that contractors and landlord partners are working in, the team will help to identify what the requirements of the project are so they can understand what good looks like and in doing so, they provide a procurement route that will deliver that.
For many projects, Prosper provides a highlevel contract management service from beginning to end life cycle managing and monitoring to ensure delivery is achieved and maintained.
The team attend an initial kick-start meeting at the beginning of project and have contact and provide regular updates with both the employing partner and supply chain partner. This helps to ensure the contract is delivered on Budget, in time and to the agreed specification.
Rod Brasington, Chief Executive of Prosper, said: “We’ve strategically developed our team and strengthened the skills that will deliver the best outcomes for our clients. Our approach is different and believe the best way for staff to excel and learn is to leverage the knowledge and expertise of our more experienced staff to develop our new and younger members of staff such as Heidi and Finn.
“The collective experience that Tim and Dave have means they are learning from the best. It gives us a unique proposition and a different perspective. We value the input Heidi and Finn provide as it gives their feedback from a young person’s perspective.
“We will continue to promote apprenticeships and encourage the development of our younger team members to enable them to further enhance their learning and skills, they are our future.”
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