Stuart Rodney has spent the last two years as the Chief Operating Officer in Queensland Health’s shared services business, with over 2,400 staff and an annual budget in excess of AUD 650 million.  

Stuart is a Supply Chain and Logistics professional with more than 20 years experience in the industry.  After obtaining a business degree with majors in commercial law and business administration and early roles in marketing and PR, Stuart started his career in transportation and logistics.  Stuart worked for several companies including Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line (NYK), where he was based in Hong Kong, New York, Singapore, London and Silicon Valley in California. Stuart helped in the transformation of these businesses to improve sales and overall profitability. 

Stuart gained extensive skills and experience in leading, managing and transforming businesses in the transportation and logistics industry before transitioning to Healthcare two years ago. He has been instrumental in driving efficiencies and delivering quality services at a reduced cost to customers, as well as implementing a “customer first” culture across all business lines in the Queensland Health shared services portfolio. Stuart’s strategic thinking centres on his passion of delivering “value for money”, customer centric services.

Synopsis
What does success look like in a Federated Procurement model? We believe that a robust governance structure, a clear framework and a “Centre of Excellence” is the way we can add value and support our customers going forward. In the era of information transparency, how do we empower our customers to make their own decisions without losing the benefits of procurement across the entire Health system? Our Health delivery model is changing in Queensland from a “centralised” to a “devolved” system and this presentation is an overview of our progress to date and our future planned ideal state.