Formed in 2019 by Shane Lovegrove and Matt Shaw, Dovetail provides valuable commercial and procurement advice to Australian businesses across a range of industries.
Our consultants come from long careers in some of the world’s leading private and public sector names, living through the full spectrum of challenges and opportunities that well-crafted procurement practices can address. We bring benefit to our clients by saving them time and money with tailored solutions that leverage our knowledge of the market and the ‘snakes and ladders’ that we have previously experienced.
We provide well considered and discrete advice with common sense and pragmatism at its heart. Our work is skilful and accurate in its execution.
We never chance our reputation and our relationship with clients and our industry. We are careful with what we promise and deliver to our commitments.
Our fees structures are accessible to all types of organisation and as well as Mining, Healthcare, Public Sector and Agriculture clients we have a thriving Not for Profit practice to which we commit a portion of our time pro bono.
Within the bounds of our client’s reasonable expectations, we offer our consultants flexibility in where and how they work and aim to be an employer of choice for women, those returning to work and people of all backgrounds and stories.
Matt has 25 years Commercial and Procurement experience across multiple industries including Mining, FMCG, Banking, Healthcare and Government in the US, Australia and UK.
His career has been divided between building and leading BAU Procurement teams and the Commercial Leadership of major technology programs.
Matt is an expert commercial negotiator and an SME in technology hardware and infrastructure, services and software licensing.
Shane has 25 years Commercial and Procurement experience across multiple industries including Mining, Technology, Correctional and Government in the Australia and UK.
He has built a career as a leader of high performing Procurement teams more recently transitioning into Strategy and Commercial Leadership of two leading technology programs at South32 and Fortescue Metals Group.
Shane is an expert commercial negotiator and has significant procurement experience in the full Technology suite.
“Thank you to Dovetail for their expertise, generosity and unwavering support to get the best and right outcome for our organisation.”
“The work you did was professional and delivered significant value and the whole engagement, from initial contact to successful conclusion, just felt so easy. Thank you.”
“Thank you to Dovetail for their expertise, generosity and unwavering support to get the best and right outcome for our organisation.”
“Since I engaged Dovetail, I have honestly slept better at night knowing that the commercial activities on the slate this year are in experienced and skilful hands.”
We believe that one of our strengths is our ‘real life’ experience and expertise gained leading and working in procurement teams. To that end, we look for people who have that profile but are looking for something different – be it variety or the flexibility to work in a way that suits their responsibilities outside of work.
Provided it doesn’t impact on delivering on the commitments we make to our clients, we trust our consultants to work where and when they want. We believe a well-managed workload is key to remaining effective, we ensure those that deserve the credit for work get it and we value every voice.
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