Energy Magazine January 2022 | Page 77

SSE

EXECUTIVE BIO

CHRIS PLATTS
TITLE : HEAD OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS
LOCATION : MANCHESTER , UK
Chris graduated from Lancaster
University in 2003 and began life in procurement at United Utilities in 2004 . In 2007 he joined DHL Supply Chain and spent several years in a number of project management , business development , and product development roles . In 2013 he joined Accenture and spent his time working on various procurement and supply chain projects including SSE as a client , which led him joining SSE as Head of Transformation in 2015 . Chris is now Head of Procurement Operations and oversees all group procurement and major change programmes on behalf of Procurement & Commercial and leads on some broader programmes across the group .
Chris is married with 3 children . He enjoys cooking , football and cycling .
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