What gets me out of bed in the morning?"Every day brings a fresh challenge. When the ‘phone rings, I never know who is going to be on the other end but I do know I want to get a result for them and help make their day"

Rachel Dobson

Rachel heads up our purchasing side and brings a vast amount of buying as well as operational experience to the table. Her determination to help our customers do well really does make her our secret weapon.

With an HND in Hotel Catering and Institutional Management under her belt, Rachel headed off to Thistle Hotels where she worked in operations for seven years. That gave her invaluable experience in the challenges of running a growing hotel group and being at the sharp end.

She then moved to Principle Hotels to manage their UK and Ireland purchasing, before the company merged with le Méridien. This meant a step up to a European buying role for some of the smartest hotels around including London’s Grosvenor House and le Méridien Picadilly, and with it lots of travelling. But when the shine of airport lounges wore off, Rachel decided to work closer to home and joined us in 2006 in our first dedicated purchasing role.

Now she spends her time hunting out the best deals for our customers, rigorously putting new suppliers through their paces and tracking down the niche as well as the mainstream producers. It’s a good job she likes a challenge – when one of our biggest pub customers wanted a special 28-day dry aged beef on their menu, she was the first to put her wellies on and quite literally get out into the field.

What gets me out of bed in the morning: “Every day brings a fresh challenge. When the ‘phone rings, I never know who is going to be on the other end but I do know I want to get a result for them and help make their day.”

Drop me a line at rachel@lynxpurchasing.co.uk or call 07776 272534