Peter Hindle MBE: Enable will transform the construction materials supply chain | Enable
Summary
The former Jewson and SaintGobain executive, and ex-chair of the UK Builders Merchant Federation, tells us why he’s excited to be part of Enable’s growth journey. “One critical element of running a large merchant in the UK was rebate management,” says Peter Hindle MBE, former Senior Vice President of SaintGobain. But even the newest, cloud-based ERP systems couldn’t cope with the complexity of hundreds of rebate agreements, with different manufacturers, layered across multiple regions, SKUs and branches. You’ll never really get that market share going.” Enable tackles that problem by creating transparency and real-time visibility of rebate numbers, supporting collaboration and driving mutual growth. And the more ways distributors use it, Hindle says, the more valuable it becomes: “The real winners are guys that have broadened it from finance down into procurement teams, so they can grow market share together.