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England, United Kingdom

London, Gb

Across The Uk, Gb

Excited and proud to be appointed to the role of Chief Procurement Officer at the newly formed Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC UK). Bringing together two amazing businesses with fantastic heritage Fox's Biscuits and Burton's Biscuits into the Ferrero world.

St Albans, Hertfordshire, Gb

Deeside, Flintshire, Gb

International, Gb

• Development of a resilient, insight-led strategy to deliver a world-class procurement process across the Group• Leading the buying teams across 8 production sites sourcing all proteins and ingredients • Group responsibility for Procurement Insight building reports and negotiation packs for buyers using free to source and paid for industry and commodity data • Consolidating Ingredients & Indirects suppliers, harmonising T&C’s and utilising group scale to reduce costs• Established strategic sourcing, full end to end value chain analysis and supplier review process for the business

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

• Leading a dynamic team across pre-packed, counters and Business to Business (ingredients)• Developed award winning ranges for customers which were exclusive to Tesco• Managing total spend of over £1.5bn delivering tens of Million per year in savings • Developing the procurement of raw material from business to business within our supply chain unlocking up to 20% cost savings• Creating the 5-year, long term strategy of Meat and Fish setting cost reduction plans and selling targets • Building complex P&L based multi-year contracts to unlock mutual benefits for Tesco and partner suppliers

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

• Harmonise the interaction at a Top to Top and local market level across the Group (UK/ROI, Europe and Asia)• Delivering differentiation in customer offering in each local market • Create and execute the strategy to evolve the Tesco supplier relationships across 3 Segments • Global Business Units; Curating the top to top PLC Board relationship with our 20 largest Branded Suppliers (Unilever, P&G etc.). • This delivered an annual Group Commercial Income and local benefit s such as range exclusivity and additional funded promotional activity • Tesco Incubator Programme Nurturing our fasted growing smaller brands through a mentorship programme, series of workshops and discounted services. Partners included Brewdog, Propercorn and Fevertree • Incubator partners required to be in >90% LFL growth and >50% profit• Tesco Product Partners; The 20 most strategically important Own labels partners for food. Includes Hilton Food Group, LDH and Northwood Wepa.

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

• As one of the founding members of the Group Food Team in Tesco I held a leading role in developing the strategies for growth, country engagement plans and ways of working• Developed a team of 40+ cross functional colleagues to manage the procurement of more than £4bn of goods for resale across 9 countries • Built and delivered the strategy to resolve and repair the reputational damage done post horse meat, whilst transitioning the UK Buy • Developed the first long term partnership agreement more than 5 years at a total cost value more than £3bn and making savings of over £100m • Extended the open book models across Protein & Prepared Food in Europe and Asia where appropriate, retaining tenders, e-tenders and fixed contracts where it wasn’t • Developed a programme to segment Own brand suppliers (Tesco Product Partners) into various strategic segments and assign buying plans and styles for each

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

Dublin, ., Ie

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Mcips, Procurement And Supply

Business/Managerial Economics

Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management