Overview
Matthew Spencer is the founder of flockscore, based in Kortrijk. He co-founded FlockScore in February 2025 and serves as its CEO, a role he combines with that of Procurement PMO Manager at Bekaert, which he took up in January 2025. He states expertise in supplier performance, strategic procurement, supply chain risk and supplier relationship management.
Spencer joined Bekaert in June 2021 as Global Manager Supplier Relations, Risk and Compliance, and from May 2022 to December 2024 was Procurement CoE Supplier Management & Sustainability Manager. Before that he spent nearly three years at Volvo Group, entering through the Operations Graduate Program in August 2018, then working as a Process Quality Engineer and, from September 2020, as acting group leader for quality control, stocktaking and process audit.
Earlier roles included a student tutor position at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, an internship in logistics and operations management at Transfreight Automotive Logistics Europe Limited, sales development at Codility, English language teaching at GB English, a project management traineeship at Kontekst HR, and student management of the community events team at The British School of Brussels.
He holds an MSc in International Business: Supply Chain Management from Maastricht University School of Business and Economics and a bachelor's degree in Management from Kozminski University, having studied economics and business at The British School of Brussels.
Career history
In the news
- Last week Matthew Spencer took the startup stage at DPW Amsterdam, in the direct material sourcing session. DPW never disappoints. A room full of people transforming procurement, sharp questions, and a real appetite for tools that change how the work is done. Matthew's three minutes came down to one point: most sourcing events start from a shortlist nobody is fully confident in. You know who quoted last time, who's on the approved list, who a colleague mentioned. You rarely know who the best-performing supplier for that category
- At DPW Amsterdam today representing FlockScore. We're booth S23. If supplier performance is a priority for you right now, come and find me. Whether that is getting more confidence before awarding a new supplier, finding better alternatives, or simply making better use of supplier performance data. Happy to show you what we are building and exchange on the challenges you are seeing in your own organisation.
- It was a pleasure to be back at ProcureCon Europe Series this year. This time I had the privilege to join the Rising Stars panel. Thanks Louis Chandor for the invite, to Nadine Pachl for moderating, and to Dr. Anna Gross-Tillmann, Jace Pennisi, Kim Vera Winzer and Joel Rocha for a great panel conversation. We each came into procurement by quite different routes. That made it a good panel to discuss what makes procurement a career worth choosing, and how we can attract the right people into it. Earlier sessions had talked about
- 3 things that surprised me when I moved into central procurement. Maybe I was naive.. 1. Savings benchmarks can be very misleading. The biggest predictor of savings opportunity I’ve seen isn’t in the surface-level data. It’s how mature procurement has been in that location/category. A team can have done an excellent job for years, but those successes are quickly forgotten. New leadership comes in, expectations reset, and suddenly the same benchmark is applied again. Sometimes there genuinely just isn’t another 3-5% sitting there.
- I’m excited to share that I'll be speaking at ProcureCon Europe 2026 in Cologne! Looking forward to being part of Europe’s premier gathering for senior procurement leaders, bringing together 650+ decision-makers focused on driving real business value. Over three days, the agenda is filled with practical insights on AI, digital transformation, supplier collaboration, and building resilience in a complex global landscape. With highly interactive sessions, it’s a unique opportunity for open discussions and meaningful peer
- When a supplier fails badly, at least the cost is visible. A line stop. A recall. An escalation. Someone owns it. What gets missed is everything that happens before it reaches that point. The lead time quietly extended in the planning system so the delays stop causing problems. The extra incoming inspection that started years ago and never stopped. The storage space kept aside for their stock. The manual ordering process that only exists because the normal one cannot be trusted. The person who spends part of every week chasing
- A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak about FlockScore at the imec.istart investor day and I started with one of my favourite slides. It maps out the supplier intelligence most procurement teams can buy today. Financial health, geopolitical exposure, cyber. Well covered. Emissions, social compliance, traceability. Also well covered, and getting better every year. Then a column with a question mark over it. How does the supplier actually perform once you are working with them. Quality. Delivery. Whether they pick up the
- A very nice way to end Procurement Summit: today FlockScore won 1st place in the Startup Innovation Awards! Thank you to everyone who voted and took the time to speak with us over the last two days. A proud moment for Thomas and I, and another confirmation that what we are building is important for the future of procurement.
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