Buyers Meeting Point Management Team

The people behind Buyers Meeting Point all love being entrepreneurs and have been working together on various international procurement projects since 2001. The team believes in "better business for a better world" and combines socially responsibile initiatives such as green sourcing and ethical sourcing with competative commercial solutions. The global experience, management and procurement knowledge we provide provides a strong foundation for this innovative initiative for procurement professionals. We want to share our enthusiasm with you and encourage all procurement professionals to to Learn, Share and Grow with us. 

Cindy Allen-Murphy, Owner

Cindy brings with her over twenty years experience in supply chain business process, systems development , and project management. She has worked on a global scale with multi-faceted supply chain initiatives. With her strong IT background and project management expertise, she has successfully managed a variety of complex systems implementations. Cindy has held positions with large national and international companies in the insurance, retail and medical fields. Cindy has her MBA with an IT concentration. Professional education includes training in strategic sourcing, systems development, and obtaining her CPM. Visit Cindy's public profile on LinkedIn.

Kelly Barner, Owner

Kelly has a unique perspective on procurement from her experience on both sides of the negotiation desk.  She has led projects involving members of procurement, supplier and purchasing teams.  She has practical skills in strategic sourcing program design and management, opportunity assessment, knowledge management, and custom taxonomy design and implementation.  She also has direct sourcing experience in a number of product and service categories including: inventory fuel, location-based services, corrugated, and corporate purchasing cards.  Kelly has her MBA as well as an MS in Library and Information Science.  Visit Kelly's public profile on LinkedIn.

Harco Bouman, Procurement Advisor

Harco Bouman has over fourteen years of international experience in operational, tactical and strategic procurement.  He has a proven track record for leading purchasing systems implementation, related change management projects and complex sourcing events including Low Cost Country sourcing.  Harco has held positions with global organizations in retail and consulting.  Harco studied business economics in Holland and has had extensive management training in strategic sourcing, logistics, and general management.

Richard Murphy, CPA, financial advisor

Richard has over twenty years experience in accounting, financial planning and consulting. He has held positions as the accounting manager and controller in organizations in manufacturing, software development, construction and distribution. Richard has coordinated the activities for several companies as they went through an IPO. He has a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Northeastern University.

Robin Clapp, web designer

Robin has over 13 years of experience in software engineering. She works closely with her clients to develop the website best suited to their business and their requirements. She believes putting your business on the internet is an important investment in its growth for the future. A website doesn't need to cost a fortune. But it does need to portray your business in a clear, simple, professional manner. For more information, go to www.Web-Design-by-Robin.com.