Founded in Blackburn and now launching in Lancaster, the Pro Club brings together visionary business professionals united by a shared ambition for achieving profitable and sustainable growth. This community is not just about connections; it’s about purpose and a collective journey toward success.
At its core, the Pro Club was founded on a common belief shared from both ends of the business spectrum:
Sustainable growth only occurs when commercial ambition and operational reality are aligned.
The founders, Mick Ramsden and Paul Aisthorpe, arrived at this shared conclusion through markedly different professional journeys.
Mick’s career was built in procurement and supply chain leadership, working deep inside organisations where margins are won or lost through sourcing decisions, supplier relationships, and operational discipline.
Paul’s background sits in sales, marketing, and strategic business growth — helping organisations clarify their value, scale intelligently, and compete in demanding markets.
Mick’s procurement consultancy Essential Sourcing helps organisations optimise their supply chains, reduce costs, and build stronger supplier relationships through expert, hands-on procurement guidance.
Paul’s mentoring and coaching business Scale-Ability empowers leaders and entrepreneurs to unlock their potential, develop their skills, and build the confidence to grow both personally and professionally.
What unites them is not just experience, but perspective.
Both have spent significant time in compliance and quality assurance environments, seeing first-hand what happens when businesses grow faster than their systems and equally, what happens when governance exists without commercial intent. They’ve seen procurement treated as a transactional function, brought in too late to influence outcomes, and growth strategies pursued without the operational foundations to sustain them.
The Pro Club exists to change that.
It brings together senior leaders who understand that procurement is not a back-office function, but a strategic capability that directly influences profitability, resilience, and long-term value creation. It is designed for those who want better decisions, not theory, and who recognise that the most powerful learning happens between peers facing real-world challenges.
The Pro Club goes beyond networking and consultancy.
Instead, offering an environment where genuine collaboration drives lasting business growth.
It is a peer-led environment where experienced business professionals work through real scenarios, challenge assumptions, and explore how strategic procurement supports growth, sustainability, and competitive advantage.
Mick and Paul’s partnership reflects the model itself: different strengths, shared standards, and a belief that businesses perform best when commercial strategy, procurement, and execution are treated as one conversation — not separate silos.
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