We’ve travelled miles
to get you here.

With over $80 Bn of benchmarking
spend data, 20,000 participants in
one or more of our programs and
20 years of Australian experience
we have the track-record to help you.


Meet Benjamin Shute

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Benjamin Shute

Founder and joint CEO


Qualifications
  • FCIPS, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours)
  • Cert IV Training & Assessment

Specialisations
  • Category Management, Social procurement
  • Maximising Your Leadership Potential
  • Negotiations and Supplier Relationship Management
  • Procurement Transformation and Data analytics

Overview

Ben is the CEO of Comprara – his vision is to support clients to ‘gain more ground’. Ben leads the Comprara team who deliver services, tools, training and technologies to organisations in both the public and private sector.

Every service accelerates clients efforts to deliver more with the same, or the same with less. Ben was rated in the top 35 of under 35’s by ‘Supply Management Magazine’ and ranked as one of UK’s rising stars (2005).

Ben has held distinguished roles including Head of Sourcing Strategy for Ericsson in the UK and Head of Procurement Practice for the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS).

Comprara works with ASX 200 companies (including some of the largest organisations in Australia and New Zealand) giving clients insights into how well they are performing against others and in the context of their own unique strategies. With insights gained and roadmaps developed your capacity will grow to do ‘more with less’ or ‘more with the same’.

Recommendation:

“Ben is a highly professional, extensively skilled procurement and sourcing specialist with an uncanny ability to keep things simple and focussed. I encourage anyone to discuss sourcing needs with him, whether it be for a small enterprise or multinational business.”

– Duncan Munro, Director, Operational Innovation


Articles authored by Benjamin Shute

Implementing Structured Decision-Making in Procurement

Introduction: From Theory to Action – Mastering Procurement Decisions Welcome to Part 2 of our series on procurement decision-making. If you haven’t already, we highly recommend reading Part 1: Two-Way and One-Way Decisions in Procurement to familiarise yourself with the foundational concepts of the two-way and one-way door framework. A…
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One-Way and Two-Way Decisions in Procurement

Procurement Decision-Making

Picture this: You’re juggling a critical supplier contract, but it’s stuck in approval limbo. Weeks fly by, and what should’ve been a straightforward decision is now holding up your entire project. Trust me, this scenario is all too familiar in procurement. This frustration reminded me of Jeff Bezos’ (Amazon CEO…
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9 Big Trends: How Procurement Data Has Transformed Since 2022

procurement technologies and practices

When we published our Data Suite series back in 2022, we knew the procurement landscape was evolving rapidly. But even we couldn’t have predicted just how quickly things would change. In the past two years, we’ve seen a seismic shift in procurement technologies and practices, driven by advancements in AI,…
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Contract Implementation: How Procurement Consultants Drive Results

Contract Implementation: How Procurement Consultants Drive Results

Welcome back to Part 2 of our series! If you missed Part 1, be sure to check it out for some great insights into the procurement process and negotiation strategies. In this segment, we’ll dive into the implementation phase, highlighting how procurement consultants make sure that the terms we negotiate…
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