•Worked with a range of stakeholders and managed approximately 40 procurements across a range of categories including maintenance, IT and professional services.•Worked with the in-house maintenance team to re-procure their direct materials supplier. This rationalised the supply base and created annual savings of £100k.•Worked with key stakeholders on the procurement of sub-contractors which was circa £5m per annum. This resulted in rationalisation of the supply base, a consistent pricing mechanism and compliant spend increased from 2% to 95%.•Used spend data to identify historical requirements, held stakeholder meetings to discuss future requirements and maintained a procurement plan to illustrate current and future work load.

•Assisted and managed eight procurements across a range of subject areas including IT, print services, legal services, grounds maintenance and white goods which created combined annual savings of £581k.•Five of the above procurements were subject to the EU Procurement Regulations. Followed the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) procurement process and ensured its principals were adhered to.•Worked with key stakeholders to understand their requirements and provided procurement advice when needed. Kept clear records of all stages of the procurement process to ensure transparency and auditability.•Contract managed the white goods and print contracts which ensured contract terms were followed.•Analysed New Supplier Forms which resulted in a 50% decrease of suppliers being added to the finance system.

•Responsible for the day to day procurement of materials and ensured the purchasing team completed the administration of creating purchase orders, matching delivery notes and reconciling invoices.•Promoted to lead the Purchasing Department Team of three members which included the overseeing of the day to day running of the office.•Attended shortage meetings to analyse shortages, progress chased materials and identified and reported supply chain issues to internal stakeholders.•Arranged and attended supplier meetings to analyse supplier performance with a continued focus on supplier development.•Communicated with suppliers via e-mail, telephone and face to face meetings to maintain a smooth supply chain.

•Continued emphasis on supplier relationship management to develop and improve supplier performance.•Responsible for adding new products and updating pricing information on the computer system.•Raised purchase orders for the higher value items e.g. boilers, furniture, flooring and white goods.•Studied part-time and completed the CIPS Graduate Diploma.