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London, Greater London, Gb

Transformed team from transactional contracts focus to strategic categories and partnership focus with suppliers across BU operations.Lead procurement strategy for $250M operational shutdown.Manage team of category sourcing specialists who develop and execute category strategies.Lead team on delivering TCO value via KPI’s in commercially favorable contracts for Kennecott Utah Copper.Oversee 169 contracted service providers across four operational plants.Responsible for $600 million annual services spend.

London, Greater London, Gb

Created and executed category strategies for multiple BU’s. Managed capital projects for goods and services with multi-interfaces; coordinate with engineers, suppliers, and service delivery team to solve critical project issues.Contributed to the performance and profitability of Rio Tinto Business Units by using procurement processes to deliver $14 million in savings.Created strong relationships with end-users, which generated more opportunities to input ad hoc requests and realize additional savings.Undertook negotiations and support negotiations for major capital purchases.Adjusted plans and resources to meet varying project needs and deadlines.Analyzed risk and ran sensitivity scenarios to make a recommendation to award a project.Expedited project deliverables for both goods and services.

London, Greater London, Gb

Released and managed purchase orders for goods and services in SAP.Implemented and suggest new bidding strategies for project owners.Ensured suppliers were selected on the basis of safety, innovation, quality, service and price.Analyzed bids and calculated savings.Developed commercially executable contracts and amended existing contracts.Managed procurements for underground shaft recovery project.Trained all clients and employees in North America on Procuri software.Created and built strategic bid events on Procuri (e procurement) software.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Scheduled face-to-face contact with decision influencers, decision makers, end users, current buyers and new prospects.Strengthened and maximized the penetration opportunities by providing holistic business solutions.Achieved an annual 5% incremental sales goal with base revenue between $1-3 million. Resolved customer complaints and billing issues.