Gary Ward Email & Phone Number

West Malling

A typical LASER Fully Managed customer over past 4-years has achieved cost avoidance of 8.7% pa Price/Fee Transparancy, Budget Certainty, Risk Management and a bit of Customer Service all rolled into one? Kent County Council is the contracting authority for LASER’s flexible energy supply contracts. KCC is a “Central Purchasing Body”, so you do not need to run an OJEU process to utilise the LASER frameworks. We offer OJEU compliant Energy Procurement for NHS, Universities, Councils, and all other public sectors. Energy Procurement, Invoice Validation & Billing Services, Energy Management & Bureau & Customer Relationship Management. We offer a "Fully Managed" service, where we take on your entire burden, from contract negotiation, through to supplier invoice validation and payment. Managing your exposure to increasingly complex energy markets, whilst providing the Public Sector with Service recovery rates that are transparent and calculated on a consistent basis for all Members. LASER has been at the forefront of energy procurement and contract management for 25 yrs. It has been assessed and approved as a best practice energy procurement service provider by the OGC led collaborative energy category and the London Energy Project. Energy is a high profile commodity in terms of cost and environmental impact. The market is complex and highly volatile. A thorough understanding of the market is critical to developing a risk managed procurement strategy. LASER’s experience is key to navigating a successful procurement solution. Dedicated energy professionals study the commodity markets to build an informed view. Whether choosing one of the flexible procurement options or a fixed price contract, understanding the market fundamentals is crucial to the decision process. We passionately believe that customer service is key to everything we do. Each of our customers have a dedicated relationship manager and support team.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the effective development, management, operation and administration, of a busy Public Sector energy procurement consortia, managing a flexible gas/electricity basket for 50 Universities and Colleges. As a Public Sector Not For Profit Company Limited by Guarantee, the continuing success of TEC involved influencing Higher Education/Further Education institutions to join TEC, develop the flex offering for my 50 clients and extend our services to the wider public sector. Additionally I ensured clients continuing use of developing services, which included a Bio-Mass Framework Agreement, Energy Performance Contracts through the Carbon Energy Fund, Power Purchase Agreements, Carbon Trading Club for larger users (EU-ETS), CRC Advisory service, access to services from organisations such as the Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges and other sector purchasing consortia services outwith energy and those services sub contracted to PCMG (gas/electric/telecomm audits), M&C (water audits),UTILYX (bill validation). My aim was to secure on behalf of my clients a cost effective, first class, quality procurement service from energy suppliers, act as a one stop shop for members on energy advice, whilst meeting targets, and keeping costs and bureaucracy to a minimum and to develop innovations in flex.I acted as an advisor to universities on matters of concern to them in relation to energy matters. My main area of work is ensuring consortium operations on a day to day basis met our client’s expectations, dealing with electricity/gas company Account Managers to ensure the smooth operation of procurement activities and maintaining the accuracy of the portfolio of sites. The other main duty was the tendering process, in line with European Community guidelines.I ran the consortia Supplier Review Process and sold the TEC proposition at sector conference event

Home Based

My role was as a home based Supplier Partner for the West/East Midlands involved working closely with suppliers to schools, School Procurement Partners, ProcServe (our IT partners on the project) and other stakeholders in ensuring timely, accurate and compliant supplier adoption on to the OPEN (on line procurement for educational needs): Marketplace for Schools project.Post-implementation, to be the main interface with suppliers for the Educational Procurement Centre programme, understanding their needs relative to their relationship with schoolsCollaborating with School Procurement Partners to ensure suppliers and schools were getting the best from what a supplier had to offerProviding comprehensive support to the Educational Procurement Centre Local Manager and working with the Regional Manager on ‘supply side’ related issues to ensure a ‘bottom up’ approach to informing national strategies for supplier engagementDeveloping effective working relationships with suppliers, School Procurement Partners, regional/local supplier for a, Local Authorities and Educational Procurement Centres.Delivering the supply side implementation of OPEN to Schools within the region, ensuring appropriate responsibilities are discharged by our partnersActing as the link point for suppliers – post implementation to facilitate continuous improvement of the systemFacilitating active discussion with the Local Authorities within the region and Regional Centres of Excellence procurement and efficiency initiatives, in particular small and medium sized enterprise (SME) and Third Sector engagementContributing to the EPC database by providing details of appropriate supplier information across the regionProviding reports on issues and OPEN supplier adoption performance to the Supplier Adoption Project ManagerContributing to and updating communications and offline marketing materials in conjunction with EPC Communications Team as required

Bristol, United Kingdom

I was an energy analyst acting on behalf of my portfolio of industrial and commercial clients to advise them on the effectiveness and efficiency of their utility supplier and negotiate contracts with suppliers on their behalf.These duties extended beyond gas and electricity to water and telecommunications, where I identified efficiency savings and implemented regimes for the delivery of these savings.

Bristol, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the marketing department’s strategic input into the companies Business Plan and from this the departments marketing strategy. On a day to day basis this also involved the translation of this strategy into operational targets and plans to meet sales figures in respect of appliance and gas sales.The other main constituent of the post was to be responsible for piloting projects to extend the gas mains system through the region in conjunction with Financial and Engineering Planning staff

Bristol, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the smooth and effective running of the administration of the I&C sales office, ensuring sales reps were fully employed, effective and on target. The post also involved the management of contracts for clients using > 25,000 therms per annum.

Bristol, United Kingdom

I was an operational internal auditor ensuring that all administrative systems were effective and efficient. This meant also that all external and internal interfaces with customers were regularly reviewed in line with best practice and that staff understood their role in the process and in improving systems and procedures.