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Nick Sparey joins RAUS Global as Senior Partner
Former Johnson & Johnson Marketing Procurement VP Nick Sparey has officially joined RAUS Global LLC as a key member of the leadership team.
Former Johnson & Johnson Marketing Procurement VP Nick Sparey has officially joined RAUS Global LLC as a key member of the leadership team.
Sparey brings over 25-years’ experience in the industry in Agencies, Media Auditing, Consulting and Marketing Procurement to the RAUS team. He will be based in London with a specific focus on the EMEA region.
“With his client-side expertise, Nick is able to support in-house Procurement teams in developing category strategy, measurement and evaluation models, all of which we see as increasing trends in managing Agencies and third-party suppliers with an ever-greater need for transparency ” says Managing Partner NA, Christine Moore.
She adds, “Sparey will be able to help clients optimize key interactions and process between in-house Procurement teams and their internal stakeholders and external Agency partners. This is an exciting expansion of our current capabilities”.
“We find clients are looking to us for more comprehensive consulting expertise across all aspects of the Marketing Procurement spectrum and the make-up of our leadership team reflects that ” comments Moore.
“As our Marketing Procurement offering continues to evolve to meet specific needs of the business and Marketing organizations, the team is focusing on expanding reach with its current clients and new prospects by providing global expertise”.
Moore continues “Sparey joins existing Senior Partner David Brocklehurst who is based in APAC and is the founder and previous Global CEO & Chairman of FirmDecisions, a company that specialises in Agency contract Compliance Audits. In running and expanding the FirmDecisions business globally since 1997, he has developed a unique and vast wealth of specialist knowledge across all Agencies and all countries”
Most recently, Brocklehurst was responsible for the preparation of WFA’s best practice Guidance for Media Contracts, distributed globally and now being translated into multiple languages.
Moore told Marketing Procurement iQ website that it is this knowledge and understanding of Agency financial operations and contracts that is now available to Advertisers through RAUS across a range of services being provided by their Partners and staff. She says that recent projects for the team include the implementation of agreed findings resulting from Contractual Compliance Audits of media & creative Agencies, review and improvement of the terms of existing or new contracts between clients and their agencies and building out a training module for Procurement Marketers on how to optimize efficiency and effectiveness within Agency contractual KPIs.
Senior Partner Sparey adds “I am thrilled to join RAUS Global and combine my Procurement background with their existing Agency financial management and media experience. This is a winning combination for Marketers”
About RAUS Global
RAUS Global LLC was founded in 2022 by industry veteran Christine Moore to support Marketers and their Procurement teams with the ongoing industry advancements in data and technology that are transforming organizations and presenting new challenges to effective process every day.