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ChartCo Appoints New Head of Procurement
Tom Edwards has been named as ChartCo’s new Head of Procurement, and takes on the responsibility for global purchasing on behalf of ChartCo and its associated offices in this newly created role.
Tom has a strong procurement, purchasing and project management background both within consultancy and industry with Rolls Royce and the BT Group. He will help deliver traceability and responsible sourcing while working in partnership with suppliers to reduce costs, mitigate risks, drive innovation and growth, and strengthen business relationships.
As a result of the growth of ChartCo’s OneOcean platform, there is an increase in demand for broader and more innovative sets of digital data, and Tom will also be reviewing the key elements of the ChartCo supply chain to ensure competitiveness and resilience whilst mitigating any risks to its customers.
Commenting on Edward’s appointment, Sam Samra, Chief Financial Officer for ChartCo said:
“I’m delighted to welcome Tom to the senior team at ChartCo. Through the market leading OneOcean platform we are providing an ever-broader range of data, solutions and value-added proprietary intelligence to our growing customer base. Tom’s wealth of procurement expertise will ensure we can provide our customers with supply chain competitiveness and resilience, which is particularly important against the current backdrop of increasing economic and political uncertainty.”
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About ChartCo
ChartCo is a global leader in digital navigation services and voyage compliance. We provide market-leading solutions that reduce the cost of ship operations, improve situational awareness to owners and crew and assist with the ever-increasing levels of regulatory compliance.
In September 2018, ChartCo launched its revolutionary new platform, OneOcean, which fully integrates the entire suite of ChartCo’s navigation, compliance and shoreside monitoring applications – PassageManager, Regs4ships, EnviroManager, Docmap and FleetManager – to provide the highest quality of service in route planning, navigation management, shoreside operations and maritime regulations management.
Today we have more than 13,500 vessels purchasing our products and services each year.
We hold the 2018 SMART4SEA e-Navigation Award in recognition of our accomplishments in facilitating the transition to digital navigation in commercial shipping through our range of software solutions for vessels and shore side operators.
For more information visit chartco.com
