David Medori, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

William Hill is one of the world’s leading sport betting and gaming companies and one of the most trusted brands in the industry.Leading the Global Procurement Function for Indirect and Direct Procurement through an agile transformation strategy covering the following categories: Technology, Marketing, Payment Service Providers, Sports Rights/Data, Gaming.

London, GB

Restructured team post Home Retail Group Sale to Sainsbury's and Led Category Teams to implement GNFR Synergies significantly surpassing saving's budget for year 1 of the Synergy Acquisition Business Case.

Milton Keynes, GB

• Led team of 21 on a Transformation to deliver the largest year-on-year procurement savings and cumulative 3 year savings in the Group’s history. This was achieved by developing a 3-year Vision and Strategy for Group.
• Created 3 year Vision and Transformational Strategy for Best in Class function increasing savings by c. 50%
• Implemented Coaching methodology and drove Personal Development team wide as a gold standard raising staff motivation and engagement score from c. 60% to c. 95%.
• Designed Category Strategy process enabling supply base Innovation, cost down and revenue generation
• Chaired and ran monthly Procurement Steering Meeting to Ops Board, driving/enabling all key GNFR initiatives
• Implemented supply base wide monthly financial risk rating model to team and company

Milton Keynes, GB

• Led category team of 5 for Marketing & Digital and Logistics (category spend c. £500m).MARKETING & DIGITALCreative/Production/Digital/POS/Print/Media Buying/Insight & Loyalty/Sponsorship
• Significantly reduced Media Buying/Planning spend by 15%, benchmarked on Ebiquity Rack
• Decoupled Homebase from creative agency saving over 20% in ATL production costs
• Tendered and switched POS supply saving 25% with additional significant value add
• Negotiated TV Ident Sponsorship Fees saving 7%
• Tendered, ran and negotiated Creative Agency process and pitches for new Get Set Go campaign

Milton Keynes, GB

• Category Managed Utilities, Banking/Finance and HR & Professional Services (category spend c. £245m)UTILITIES Electricity/Natural Gas/Diesel/Gas Oil/LPG/Water/Metering & Comms (category spend £75m)
• Transformed the way the company procured electricity, gas and diesel using industry leading practices in Energy Trading and Risk Management; implementing hedging strategies to secure ongoing annual savings of c. 15%.
• Created vision for buying all utilities in house using a Hedging Strategy encompassing various risk management techniques: Value at Risk, Budget at Risk, Technical Analysis with Live Reuters Eikon Market Information.
• Wrote business case for full AMR implementation across non HH estate.BANKING & FINANCE Insurance/Debt Management/Insolvencies/Credit/Loans Revenue/Professional Services (category spend c. £60m)
• Switched Pet Insurance provider (UK’s 4th largest pet insurance book) saving 12%
• Led Warranties tender, pitch and recommendation delivering annual savings of 9%

New York, New York, US

• Executed category strategies across Marketing, Print & Credit Cards delivering savings of annual savings of $2.7m from:
• Global negotiation and implementation of above-the-line creative agency rate card across EMEA
• Negotiated manufacture and personalisation of credit cards across 15 countries

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Developed and executed sourcing strategies and leading complex negotiations across 11 countries on pan-European and individual country electricity/gas contracts (600GWH of electricity and 14m therms of gas)
• Developed risk management strategies through complex derivative trading techniques (fixed contracts, spot buying, futures, hedging, timing, caps/collars and call options), which resulted in $3.9m cost avoidance
• Led UK Energy Efficiency Committee across 5 plants driving annual efficiency savings
• Led capital equipment negotiations delivering hard savings of 15% in Slovakia’s greenfield site
• Outsourced Tool Management in Poland delivering annual productivity savings of 7%

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Delivered ongoing annual productivity savings exceeding annual targets by 33%
• Executed sourcing strategies across Europe and South America exceeding annual targets by 16%
• Led Procurement Team of 8 for Belfast Plant overachieving the target by over 300%.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Manufacturing And Business Studies

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management