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Founded with the primary purpose of equipping Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to compete effectively for public sector tenders, ebida stands as a dynamic collective of procurement and bid management experts. With a wealth of experience spanning diverse industries, we carry an in-depth understanding of the intricacies of the procurement landscape.

• Building strong relationships with senior procurement and other stakeholders within Oxygen’s clients.• Responsible for the clearly defined performance metrics and accountability for all functions.• Articulating and selling the Oxygen value proposition to high value suppliers.• Negotiating suitable commercial terms with strategic supplier partners.• Developing strategies for engaging clients’ supplier bases and co-ordinating marketing, campaign management and telesales resources to deliver the agreed strategy.• Developing and managing sales pipeline for individual clients to inform budget requirements.• Project status process to review budgets, costs and schedules. • Working within Oxygen’s wider account team to deliver the programme aims and enhance Oxygen’s reputation within the client.• Developing and supporting sector strategies, new product offerings and maintaining intellectual property.• Working across Accounts Payable, Procurement and Category Management teams to support implementation and roll-out and continuous management of commercial contract.• Management and delivery of commercial contracts with Public Sector clients, including selection and assignment of project teams and resources to support continuous improvement activities.• Talent acquisition and management of support resources.

• Management of the supply chain delivering DWP provision across across Greater Manchester, Liverpool and Cheshire.• Responsible for delivery of 50% of the DWP Contract in these areas, providing pre and post-employment support to disabled customers of working age.• Achieved overall delivery of 95% against contractual annual target, demonstrating an improvement of 24% against previous year’s performance, ensuring increase in contract revenue by 24% under payment by results model.• Operating as national lead for Data Insights, working in conjunction with developers to define, develop, build, test and deploy a data insights solution to support the improvement of contractual requirements and other Key Performance Indicators. Including delivery of support and training in effective use of data as a delivery driver for business process improvement.• Working with stakeholders to improve overall area and national performance, and deliver improvements in Supply Chain Management and support.

• Delivering professional and commercial procurement services within an organisation managing over £500m of spend.• Delivered bi-annual savings for a client equating to 14% of spend, generating an income for VW which exceeded target by 92%.• Project management of £500M plus procurement projects on behalf of social housing consortia, including management and engagement of a wide range of key stakeholders. • Management, negotiation and delivery of successful facilities contracts, resulting in net savings year on year of 24%.• Commercial planning, purchasing and forecasting, to develop spend profiles for purchasing consortia and individual clients.• Development and implementation of tender management system to deliver improved sourcing project deliverables and outcomes.• Undertaking client spend analysis to provide recommendations on short and long term savings.• Developing new procurement strategies to deliver value for money, and encourage innovation within the industry.• Working with clients to produce social responsibility plans, including improving local communities, developing local people through training and job provision, and consistently working to reduce negative environmental impacts.• Management and delivery of information events to suppliers, including engagement with specialist information hubs to ensure the best possible information is provided to all.• Management of junior consultant and administrative support.

• Responsibilities included the negotiation of aircraft supply and maintenance contracts with international clients, management of cost proposals including facilitation of procurement process and internal project management team to deliver on time and at cost.

• Responsibilities included the management of the London Universities Catering Association’s procurement function, covering product categories including: Agency Labour, Catering Disposables and Food Produce. Also managing The University Caterers Organisation’s snacks procurement.• Undertaking sourcing exercises compliant with Public Contracts Regulations, and implementation of new directives as and when applicable.• Contract negotiation with new suppliers.• Contract management and review of existing supply chains to ensure best practice and value for clients.

Roles included: • Administrative Officer for Liable Relatives Team, collecting and administering spousal maintenance payments;• Executive Officer for Social Fund Loans, reviewing and approving or rejecting Social Fund Loan applications;• Executive Officer for Pension Credit, project managing the development of system notifications, liaising with IT suppliers and internal stakeholders;• Buyer (Executive Officer) for Jobcentre Plus, procuring training services under UK and EU funding. Responsible for administering tenders compliant with Part B of PCR2006, managing marketing of ESF and contract review.