Project Description
Eddie Keelan
Group Head of
Procurement, Shiva Hotels
Eddie Keelan
Eddie is a Procurement & Supply chain professional with a proven track record of achievement across Hotels, Hospitality, FMCG, Logistics, and Energy, over a period of 20 years.
He is an expert at bringing Procurement to life for stakeholders and showing them how Procurement can positively impact them. He has successfully built new teams and driven new approaches to Procurement in existing organisations delivering change and significant value.
Currently employed with Shiva Hotels as Group Head of Procurement, Eddie has responsibility for managing the central Procurement function of 7 operational hotels, including 3 new future openings.
In the past Eddie has spent over 5 years at The Doyle Hotel collection, where he had overall responsibility for the overall management of the central Procurement function for 8 hotels located in the UK, Ireland and the US. The scope of his role included the building of a ‘best in class’ Procurement function, implementing world class Procurement strategies, as well as managing key contractual relationships across the Group.
Eddie was also a member of the Energy Advisory board, where he provided input around energy concerns, challenges and cost saving tactics, with tax breaks and rewards for meeting carbon reduction targets across the hospitality sector.