Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine May 2019 | Page 212
FRESH HOPE
Darrell Johnson , Procurement and Property Services Manager at Fresh Hope , discusses synergy between facilities management and procurement
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F or more than 170 years , a network of over 95 churches across New South Wales and the ACT , has coordinated and led benevolence services , support for the elderly and community welfare initiatives . Headquartered in Rhodes , NSW , Fresh Hope is a non-profit organisation dedicated to transforming individual lives and whole communities through aid and ministry . The company functions as a group organiser for Fresh Hope Care , Fresh Hope Venues , and Fresh Hope Mission and Ministry . Darrell Johnson has been in the elderly care space for 10 years , and in the procurement industry for just under a decade . In April 2017 , he joined Fresh Hope as a procurement coordinator , and has since seen his responsibilities grow , rising to Procurement and Property Services Manager in March 2019 . Excitedly , Johnson explains that the combination of procurement management and facilities oversight in a single role has the potential to create significant benefits for the company . “ Procurement and facilities management are really one and the same ,” he says . “ It ’ s a journey of synergy between the two ; the strategic alignment