Ontonia Hamlin, SVP at Real Chemistry, explains how she is turning procurement from a backoffice role into the communications company’ s strategic engine
REAL CHEMISTRY
Ontonia Hamlin, SVP at Real Chemistry, explains how she is turning procurement from a backoffice role into the communications company’ s strategic engine
When Ontonia Hamlin joined Real Chemistry four years ago, the company was entering a new phase of growth. As its global footprint, client base and capabilities expanded, procurement was no longer simply a supporting function, it was becoming a strategic necessity.
Today, procurement sits right at the heart of Real Chemistry’ s commercial strategy and Ontonia has been the architect of that change.
Ontonia is the Senior Vice President of Procurement and Real Estate at Real Chemistry, a global commercialisation partner for the healthcare and life sciences sectors.
In that role, she has helped to make procurement into a strategic centre of the operation, supporting responsible spending, strengthening vendor relationships, mitigating risk and freeing up internal teams to focus on delivering value to clients.
Right now, Real Chemistry employs more than 2,000 experts across life sciences, advertising, marketing communications, media and data analytics, and has plans to keep expanding.
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