Julie Latta specialises in procurement, supply chain transformation and cost efficiency improvement. Julie's previous experience is in consulting and operations across consumer, hospitality and retail businesses.
Experience
Julie Latta brings more than three decades of experience in procurement, supply chain transformation and cost efficiency improvement. She has held senior leadership roles across major consumer, hospitality, retail and global brands before transitioning into consulting.
Notable client work and achievements
Julie Latta's career spans senior procurement and supply‑chain roles across major brands, beginning at M&S and Hilton, before progressing to European supply‑chain leadership at Sodexo and procurement transformation roles at Aramark. She later served as global director of commercial procurement at Burberry, delivering global strategy and major efficiency programmes.
Most recently, Julie led multi‑phase cost‑reduction, procurement and operational‑improvement projects as a director at Siemens Advanta Consulting (formerly Vendigital), across consumer goods, leisure, retail and manufacturing clients.
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Taking the temperature or missing the diagnosis? The limitations of employee surveys in assessing organisational culture
Employee surveys have become a familiar fixture across public and private sector organisations. They are quick to deploy, relatively low-cost and, on the surface, offer leadership teams a straightforward way to measure culture at scale. But as their use has increased, so has the risk that organisations rely on them too heavily – sometimes at the expense of deeper, more meaningful insight.