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Birmingham, Gb

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Head of Supplier Management responsible for the development and implementation of a supplier management and risk frameworks in a greenfield procurement team. Responsible for supplier management with a focus on technology suppliers with an annual spend of ~£100m to ensure PRA/FCA compliance also sourcing/contract negotiations of high profile strategic projects. Additional responsibilities include ownership of the implementation and ongoing operations of Ariba Purchase to Pay (P2P) together with the development of revised processes and engagement model to improve the end user ‘buying experience’. Responsible for leading a team and building a strong working relationship with senior level leaders.

London, England, Gb

Global Category Director responsible for leading the development and implementation of procurement transformation and a newly formed category team focusing on emerging technologies with an annual spend of ~$250m. Responsible for the development and implementation of category strategies for Digital/IT Cloud Services (Infrastructure, Platform, Software as a Service – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Blockchain, Internet of Things (IOT), Cyber, Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) & Big Data/Analytics. Responsible for developing and owning a strong working relationship with senior level leaders and support the delivery of bp’s business strategies whilst managing the overarching procurement health of the category

London, England, Gb

Responsible for managing the relationship between central Procurement and bp Downstream (Refining and Marketing) Digital/IT organisation globally and leading a team which was accountable for providing procurement leadership and influence to the Digital technology group with an annual technology spend of c$270m

London, England, Gb

Global Procurement Category Manager for Cloud Services - Software as a Service (SaaS) & Platform as a Service (PaaS). Management of a global multi-cultural team responsible for developing and leading the ‘Cloud Services’ category strategy and building a 'Centre of Expertise' and end to end procurement processes for the ~$250m category.

London, England, Gb

Global Software Category Manager responsible for developing and implementing a sourcing and category strategy for the ~$400m category. Acting as the procurement software license and Software as a service (SaaS) subject matter expert and engaging with IT Directors and CIO’s to source software and applications to ensure the lowest ‘Cost of Acquisition’.

London, England, Gb

Global IT Procurement Manager responsible Strategic Sourcing activity of ~$200m BP’s Corporate & Functions IT Organisation. Team management responsibilities to deliver end-to-end procurement activities and vendor management for major IT strategic sourcing projects across multiple IT categories including Applications Development, Applications Maintenance, Hosting, Hardware, Software and Telecoms

London, England, Gb

Global Telecoms Procurement Manager within bp’s Indirect Procurement Group. Primarily responsible for liaising with bp’s global IT stakeholders at all levels to lead the development, implementation and management of the $260m global telecoms/data networks and mobility category strategy

Westminster, London, Gb

Working in the ICT category to identify and promote best practice within central government and the wider public sector and develop a procurement strategy which ensures the delivery of value for money from a £13.2b ICT third party spend. Responsible for the development of the telecoms and networks category strategy with a spend portfolio of approximately £3bn across public sector, which will create an aggregated procurement approach and standardised service delivery model for both fixed and mobile telecoms. Leading the engagement with key senior stakeholders and strategically managing pan Government telecoms suppliers, to negotiate and contribute savings towards the delivery of the ICT savings target.

Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Gb

Electronics and IT Commodity strategy development and implementation across multi site global group businesses. Tactical and strategic commodity and supplier management.Managing and supporting cost reduction programmes.

London, England, Gb

Mechanical procurement strategic sourcing and E-business champion for procurement.

Mcips, Purchasing & Supply

Leading Safe Agile – Principles Of Agile & Lean Thinking

Itil Foundation Certificate In It Service Management

Prince Ii Practioner

Post Grad Diploma, Supply Chain Management

Ba Hons, Business Studies