Hi, I’m Derek
I’ve spent 15+ years inside procurement teams at Kellogg’s, Westpac, Sky NZ, Goodman Fielder, and Fisher & Paykel — buying everything from packaging to point-of-sale systems. I started Claros because I kept seeing the same thing: growing businesses making brilliant products, while quietly leaving money on the table because no one owned procurement properly. That’s the gap Claros fills.
Background
15+ years
Senior procurement roles across FMCG, financial services, media, and manufacturing
MSc Food Business
University College Cork
Built from zero
Procurement functions designed, built, and led from the ground up
Global reach
Global, EMEA, and ANZ roles across five industries
Why Claros
I’ve sat in enough finance meetings to know the same question always comes up: ‘Are we getting the best deal?’ Most growing businesses can’t answer that with confidence — not because they’re careless, but because no one owns it. Claros exists to fix that, without asking you to hire a full procurement team to do it.
Let’s talk about what you’re missing
No pressure, no jargon — just a conversation about where your procurement spend could be working harder for you.
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