Ray Barruffo


Consultant - Coverdale UK
Worked extensively with Coverdale as a client from 1986 to 1992 and joined as an Associate in 2007

Career in brief

Ray Barruffo joined Coverdale UK after taking early retirement in 2006 following a career of more than thirty-five years in the oil industry. He built his career from a very junior level to executive responsibility in the field of contracting, procurement and supply chain management as well as organisation development. He worked successfully in multiple cultures, taking on senior roles in Europe, South-East Asia and the Middle East before his final assignment as a Chief Procurement Officer for Latin America, based in Buenos Aires. His OD work covered refinery turnarounds, company mergers, strategy development and process redesign requiring short term assignments in The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Oman, South Africa, Nigeria, USA, Singapore and Australia

In his work as a consultant and trainer he focuses on:
  • Creation and development of high performing teams
  • Leadership development
  • Consulting and facilitating of business performance improvement projects
  • Change management
  • Individual and team coaching
  • Design and facilitation of large group engagements
Previous career experience:
  • Design and implementation of sustained cost reduction programmes
  • Design and implementation of effective logistics systems
  • Reorganising procurement functions from country to regional bases and then to global
  • Design and facilitation of multi-project business improvement programmes
  • Refinery and chemical plant performance reviews and transformation
  • Design and facilitation of leadership programmes
Education and training:
  • Diploma of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
  • Lead Assessor certification for quality systems auditing
Working languages:
  • English
Ray says:

"I really enjoy working with people at all levels in organisation and from diverse backgrounds. Helping groups succeed and to sustain that success themselves is immensely rewarding for me. I am particularly motivated when I see people from very junior positions recognising their own leadership potential. In my own time I enjoy travelling and discovering new places with my wife, staying close to my grown up children, cooking and gardening and, as a Mancunian by birth, following the Reds!"
Ray Barruffo
Ray Barruffo
Coverdale UK