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Chester, England, United Kingdom

First hire to start up a new central global procurement function within GBG. Responsible for shaping the function including new procurement policy and processes, building the procurement team, and digitally transforming supply management activities across the Group (source to contract and SRM). Strategic sourcing and negotiations to onboard and/or maintain.

Daresbury, England, United Kingdom

Part of a small team retained by the appointed Administrators (Grant Thornton) to help wind down the company following Greensill going into administration.

Daresbury, England, United Kingdom

First hire to start up a new global procurement function within Greensill to centralise spend across Greensill, Earnd, Finacity and Greensill Latam, centralise and manage the global supplier base, acheive the best possible value from deals and supplier relationships, and minimise supplier risk to the organisation.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Unique role within the Group as the Commercial Lead for the Shop Direct Financial Services entity. Sitting within a wider Commercial team that encompasses both the Retail (Home Shopping) and Financial Services non-merchandise third party spend predominantly in the IT/telecomms areas and FCA related areas. Leading and/or providing procurement guidance to.

Speke

Commercial procurement lead for IT and e-commerce spend supporting the overall company objective of becoming a World Class Digital Retailer. Leading commercial and contract negotiations with Software-as-a-service and digital services (mobile first) suppliers and consultancies to ensure that the brand websites give customers a positive customer experience.

Speke

Initially joined Shop Direct to procure wider Group services contracts spanning across all Shop Direct legal entities (Home Shopping, Financial Services, Contact Centres, HDNL, CDMS - some entities have since changed or been removed from this list) such as the HR function, the Security function, and other generic central functions, including group travel.

Skelmersdale, West Lancs

Leading and managing tenders for non-merchandise goods and services, including supplier research, pre-qualification, evaluation, short-listing, recommendations and decision. Creating negotiation plans and leading supplier negotiations (price, service levels, additional value, etc).Strategic supplier/spend consolidation within purchasing categories.Proven.