PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

A Senior Management professional with over 18 years of commercial experience across multiple sector. Proven Track record of delivering double - digit% cost reduction & triple-digit% investment returns across numerous of Indirect and Direct spend categories. Skilled in Greenfield’s, merger/acquisition, implementing/managing organisational change & risk. Comprehensive understanding of best practices used within industry tools & techniques. Excellent leadership and influencing skills by building a strong relationship with clients & stakeholders. Proficient in managing physical & virtual teams & confident in working with all levels within an organisation. Experienced in building & managing Sourcing & Procurement practice for both Industry and consulting portfolios.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Leader Procurement

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility of 11 resources for each of the above category
• Procurement Compliance & Digitalization
• Elevating from transactional procurement to strategic self-serve model
• Improving the Procurement brand within the business

Confidential

Global Sourcing Head

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility to lead Confidential Strategic Sourcing account and manage global delivery.
• I was assigned to Gold Mining Client looking after their Global Procurement Function for all direct and indirect categories.
• This was leading 7 Site based supply chain teams (Direct and indirect categories) and 2 Confidential delivery centres (India and Mexico)

Confidential

Associate Director Procurement

Responsibilities:

• The role was within EMEA procurement team, being directly responsible for business unit relationships with EU & Global procurement team.
• Acting as a client partner for NA, European and Chanel Island business units and leading critical projects from procurement perspective.
• RFP Support & Optimisation
• Contract Management & Negotiations
• Account Revenue & Margin improvement
• Ownership of Transition and Transformation
• Partners (sub-contractors) Performance Management

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managing strategic development of marketing procurement
• Planning, creation and execution of sourcing exercises and categories planning
• Leading commercial and contractual negotiations with suppliers
• Planning and commercial analysis and producing high quality presentation material
• Managing supplier relationships with business critical suppliers
• Project managing sourcing activities to ensure smooth implementation across the business
• Business intelligence (product, market, supplier and agency services)

Confidential

Categories Managed - Marketing, IT, Facilities, HR & Capital.

Responsibilities:

• Improving Procurement engagement with Business
• Work with the UK Client Site Leads on Projects to Maximise ROI and Savings Target
• Establish self as expert or key contributor within the Client Business Units
• Establish & expand relationships with key individuals on client site
• Managing supplier relationships with business critical suppliers
• Ensure ‘best practice’ for the application of procurement and supplier relationship management
• Identify and lead area of improvements through different category specific procurement strategies
• Create re-usable solution, process within Different Categories and Business Units
• Monitor and improve PSL on an ongoing basis and manage Key Suppliers
• Significantly reduce and/or minimize costs of running the account and generate revenue

Confidential

Advertising Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Direct Stakeholder Involvement with the rest of the group, using Marketing Services
• Management Information Reporting for Annual and Monthly data for Advertising Procurement based on SAPBW Spend data.
• Reporting for the spend approx.
• Approving the Quotation sent by the Agencies for Business Units In accordance with Agency Cost
• Approving Monthly Financial Reports & Status Reports from the ongoing and future campaigns worth £250 million across the group.
• Analysing spend figures for new procurement opportunities within Marketing and Advertising category.
• Developing Proposals and Presentations for PO Implementation for Business Units and implementing across the Group
• Advising Internal Customers / Stakeholders both on Roster and Non-Roster Suppliers
• Introduction of New suppliers to the Roster based on the expertise provided
• Development of Substitute Roster for the Group depending on supplier analysis and discipline of the suppliers
• Development of the Supplier Analysis Report for the Stakeholders, helping to keep a check on Supplier Performance
• To seek best Buy Opportunity for the group within the function of Advertising Procurement.

Confidential

Buyer

Responsibilities:

• To seek the best buy opportunity by considering alternative product / sources of supply and alternatively monitor and report savings to purchasing manager.
• To maintain supplier relationship in accordance with SLA s and derived KPI s and quality checks.
• To update contracts keeping in view the PASA frameworks and current financial requirements of the Trust.
• Undertake appropriate Tender / Quotations procedures and evaluation with appropriate sponsors.
• Liaise with hospital staff & suppliers to develop and maintain close working relationship with purchasing and Supply department.
• Prepare a procurement programme considering equipment budget and negotiate terms with sources in accordance to SFI’s.
• Lead regular review of the contracted suppliers and find technique to improve the services and compensation provided.
• Process all forms of Requisitions, including electronically generated, non stock, ad-hog, and direct input ensuring compliances with statue and SFI’s.
• To Control & Audit the product ordering from Material Management System within the Trust.
• Provide management information throughout on progress of purchase programme and associate expenditure values.
• Arrange suitable delivery arrangement either direct or via trans-shipment depot