Tim Winnett has been with National Grid for over 17 years, after starting their career in automotive with Jaguar Land Rover. Dedicated to procurement, he has enjoyed the diversity and challenges of category management, supplier relationship management and developing and leading large teams. Tim has specialised in construction, working with capital delivery organisations and currently National Grid Strategic Infrastructure, a role which also includes estimation, cost intelligence and benchmarking. He spent the last 3 years designing, taking to market and mobilising the Great Grid Partnership, the procurement of which won the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPs) award for Best Practice in Supply Chain Integration 2024. Tim has been engaged with the Project 13 adopters group, a movement set up by the Infrastructure Client Group (ICG) and Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), and is passionate about delivering large scale infrastructure more effectively. He is also MCIPs qualified and sits on the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Construction Senior Leaders Group.