Category Manager reporting to the Group Procurement Manager. Marshalls manufacture concrete & natural stone hard landscaping products from about 50 UK sites, including major concrete works and quarries, UK turnover approx £400million.• Working for the Group Indirect Procurement team, responsible for Group-wide procurement & management of predominantly Service contracts and various Spare Parts & Consumables portfolios (value around £17million), plus liaison with IT Department• Responsibilities include IT & Telecoms procurement, Spare Parts supply and Service contracts, including negotiating Terms and Conditions, Service Level Agreements & Supply Agreements• Set Group strategy & policy for each portfolio, freedom to manage portfolios in the best interests of Marshalls• Select Preferred and Mandatory suppliers for each portfolio as required• Represent and give procurement advice & support to Marshalls Site Buyers and other colleagues as appropriate• Purchasing lead on various high-value capital service contracts• Current Portfolio includes: Engineering MRO Spare Parts & Services; IT Hardware, Software & Services; Telecoms - including WAN, landline and Mobile Telephones (1,600+ handsets); Robots; Pallet Freight, Hand Tools, Vehicle Tracking & Telemetry• Historic Portfolio included: Catering, Cleaning Vending & other Soft Services; Security (inc CCTV and Access Control); Parcel Post; Mobile Plant; Travel & Accommodation; Temporary Labour; Occupational Heath; Stationery; Post & Franking; Card Payments

Factory Buyer with 2 direct reports. Responsible for all Indirect procurement at Nestlé Halifax and Nestlé Castleford, confectionery factories with products including Quality Street, After Eight, Toffee Crisp. I was responsible for: • Procurement of spare parts & consumables• Tendering and negotiating Factory Service Contracts, including negotiating Terms and Conditions• Maintenance of Purchasing data on SAP MRP system• Ensuring Group Purchasing & Health & Safety procedures are followed• SAP Purchasing system User Training• Identification of purchasing strategy for spares & consumables• Purchasing operational support throughout Nestle Halifax and Castleford• Development and rollout of internal Purchasing Procedures• Liaison with Nestle Group Purchasing Department• Management of 2 direct reports

Strategic Buyer, reporting to the Purchasing Director. Responsible for:• sourcing policy & strategy for specific product ranges and a specific customers parts, the vast majority to Automotive Quality standards – QS9000.• Development & ownership of cost-down strategies for portfolio and specific customer parts• Ensuring product was sourced within customers’ Quality requirements• Supplier negotiation & development of new suppliers – UK, European & Far East• Lead Infast Customer Earnings Generation Team team, deciding specific actions to reduce cost• Offering support & advice to local buyers within Infast’s UK Branch network • Company mobile phone portfolio – approx 130 handsets• Purchasing development of Infast’s new JDE computer system.

Account Manager, reporting to the Branch Manager. Responsible for • Account Management of a specific customers' parts portfolio of fastenings and other Class C components, supplied via just-in-time kanban methods• Procuring and expediting stock• Sourcing & purchasing new stock• Maintaining stock profiles to ensure stock never ran out• Maximising stock turn & monitoring non-moving or redundant stock• Extensive customer liaison – loading and dealing with new sales orders, acting as point of contact for any queries including technical queries• Soliciting new customer enquiries

Material Analyst for MBS Distribution Ltd (Infast). Responsible for Purchase Management for specific customers stock of fastenings and Class C components.• Purchase & expedite stock as required• Maintain stock profiles to maximise stock turns• Monitor non-moving & redundant stock• Deal with invoice queries, supplier returns and any other supplier issues

Logistics Co-ordinator for Kidde Fire Protection Ltd., reporting to Logistics Manager. Responsible for:• Design and administration of EDI kanban system• Goods Receiving and Invoice problems• Ordering and expediting stock parts• Internal logistics & documentation to BS EN ISO 9002