About us
Positive Purchasing was founded in 2003 by Mark Hubbard and Jonathan O’Brien. Since then we have steadily grown into one of the leading strategic purchasing specialists providing education & training, consultancy support, best practice purchasing toolkit and on-line learning and resources.
What we do
Global Reach
We work all over the world from our offices and through our alliance partners.
Our Head Office is in Plymouth, famous for Plymouth Hoe, Sir Francis Drake and his legendary game of bowls and for being the place the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from to discover America. The rest is history.
Refreshingly Different
We set out to create a refreshingly different people orientated environment where exceptional, experienced and highly talented practitioners can realise their potential. We also set out to create a business where our clients love what we do every time. It is our people that make us unique. Our team of experienced practitioners bring vast market, business and cateogry intelligence to help deliver outstanding results or inspirational learning. Our approach is refreshingly different and our team are passionate about what they do.
Call Positive Purchasing today to find out how we can help better enable purchasing within your organisation.
Meet the Team
Find out more about our people here
Meeting the standard
Positive Purchasing holds the prestigious 'Investor in People'
accreditation. The award was achieved in 2007 following a series of formal assessments against the IIP criteria or 'indicators'. 3 years on from the original accreditation and Positive Purchasing are proud to announce that we have retained the award and are looking to acheive an even higher standard of the accreditation on our next assessment. The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an organisation’s performance through its people.
Find out more about Investors In People here
Our Values
When you engage Positive Purchasing the difference should be obvious. Our value set drives everything we do...
- 'Fair Deal' delivery to our clients
- Openness and honesty
- Strive for success and value add
- Team of '1%'ers (the highest calibre, talented skilled practitioners)
- 'Self actualising' people focused business
- Strive to make a 'positive contribution' to our clients, employees, communities and the world at large.
Latest News
17/08/2010
Positive Purchasing will be hosting a table of guests at this years CIPS Awards dinner.
10/08/2010
Positive Purchasing look forward to exhibiting at this years' eWorld event, to be held at the Novotel, St. Pancras, London on 28/29th Sept.
26/07/2010
3 years on from the company's original accreditation and Positive Purchasing goes from strength to strength.