Barry Joyce, MD at VWR Ireland, takes us through the priorities of the first few months of his appointment, the strategic position of VWR in Ireland and within the global VWR (NASDAQ: VWR) organization, the importance of taking a partnership approach with clients instead of a transactional one, and his personal ambition for VWR Ireland.
Barry, you were appointed managing director in July this year. What mandate were you given?
"A big driver for Ireland and the industry itself is inventory management. The days of being a merely transactional company, where someone places a PO, you file that PO in the system, obtain the product from your supplier and deliver it to your client, are gone."
