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London, England, United Kingdom

I oversee the conception, execution, and optimization of transformative projects aimed at enhancing operational efficiency that can unlock efficiencies within the sphere of the product management lifecycleMy role is multifaceted, encompassing the seamless integration of people & technology whilst developing frameworks that allows internal stakeholders across the business to implement scalable solutions to complex challenges.

London, England, United Kingdom

Richmond, Greater London, United Kingdom

Defined and created change management framework that support the on boarding of new clients ensuring the full integration and adoption of customer centric retailing and our software. Overseeing client project portfolios, including the sign off of project briefs, recruitment of project teams and the maintenance and follow up of project risk logs to ensure obstacles to deliver projects are identified as early as possible, any assumptions or dependancies are addressed openly and issues are discussed and solved with clients in a proactive, respectful and timely manner. In this role, I have developed company wide playbooks on client management, governance and change management

London, United Kingdom

Senior Interim Purchasing & Supply chain professional providing business as usual support and strategic consulting. Strategic supplier account management and development and implementation of SRM programmes. Public/Private B2B and B2C industry experience.

Richmond, London

Working with top tier retailers and CPG's across Europe and Asia to understand and measure customer engagement. In collaboration with advanced analytics, we transform data into actionable insight that help our retailer partners identify which levers to pull in order to retain and acquire their most valuable customersOffering thought leadership on business challenges across all category management levers, including the advancement of CPG partner collaboration through data sharing.

London, United Kingdom

A newly developed Senior supply chain role due to department restructure with particular emphasis on centralising a strategic procurement function; integrating procurement into day to day business, developing and cascading SRM principles with all key supplier partners, Senior management and peers. - all in readiness for the onset of competition.The role also entailed acting as Commercial manager for the Onboard services business working in conjunction with the unit financial controller and budget holders.Total spend responsibility - €120m spanning all onboard services activity ie catering, logistics, staff uniforms and equipment, Professional services and HR spend.I was also appointed as Department social secretary and Great Place to Work (GPtW) staff engagement champion; leading, presenting and following up on all staff engagement and job satisfaction activity to both peers and senior management.

Greater New York City Area

Managing the purchasing, supply chain and commercial function. Managed sales turnover c$60 millionFirst 6 month priority in this role was to facilitate the opening of Prets stores in new geographical markets outside of NYC; Chicago and Washington DC and to significantly improve GP through reduction in Total cost of Goods. This role stretched me the most in the sphere of SRM whilst I moved the relationship with the supply base from a conventional and rudimentary transactional relationship with Pret to one built on shared strategic objectives and trnsparent partnershps.A true Category management regime was introduced for the first time with radical but fundmental changes made to how we tackled Product development, the number of skus available at any one time, with particular emphasis on day part trading to optimise sales during the stores shoulder periods and minimising un necessary waste. Selling prices in core product lines were reduced to reflect its true value and to drive value, yet we were still able achieve total cost of food targets by balancing this out with higher value, and more innovative lines and improved product merchandising. Quality was never compromised and in many cases improved.Achievements include LFL sales target exceeded, Cost of food targets met and the successful opening of stores in new markets.

London, United Kingdom

Selected key strategic supplier partnerships to develop and execute joint business plans to improve profitability and turnover through new product development, re-branding and/or planogram changes. Categories managed included Hot and Cold drinks, Sandwiches, Bakery (including breakfast day part categorisation), Snacks and confectionary. Overhaul of cold drinks range in UK based business delivered exponential growth in 2010 in what was a poor performing category.Developed Supplier relationship management (SRM) charter based around a balanced scorecard approach to strategic alignment, service level KPI's, quality and product. This was well received by suppliers and I believe this allowed Pret a further competitive advantage through the relations we had with suppliers. Led annual Pret partnership forums for suppliers to network with one another, be updated on financial results and future projections and to involve them in innovation activities.

London, United Kingdom

Developed and managed commercial partnerships with suppliers to ensure Pret delivered a customer focussed and sustainable food offering which delivered on all KPI's, remained true to the company proposition and was aligned to it's brand values.

Assisted in the demand forecasting to both suppliers and distribution centres by collating volume KPI's of all commercial sub departments and assisiting Purchasing Managers with the transactional relationship with suppliers. I also managed some indirect procurement activty such as uniforms, small equipment and coffee machine maintenance contracts

Managed inventory levels for internationally imported products to ensure maximum availability to customers. Recommending and applying the appropriate supply chain regime which best suited the product/supplier/trade currency and customer. Worked closely with buyers and sales team and retailer EPOS/VMI systems to plan and forecast effectively. Exposure to tax and duty applications for imports, alocohol and working with customs and excise.

International Marketing And Spanish, Business Studies, Management, Spanish

Graduatued with an honours degree, studied for one year oversees (University of Deusto, San Sebastian - Spain), participated in Business.

International Marketing

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