Gavin Cunningham Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Direct report into M.D. for 18 months to create and deliver a transformational multi-year sustainability strategy.Developed partnership with Google to actively promote Battery Recycling on their platform.Chairman of British and Irish Portable Battery Association. (BIPBA national industry association)Created lobbying papers and principles to influence DEFRA and Environment Agency on new UK recycling legislation.Created innovative processes working with major retailers to step-change battery recycling volumesWon Asda's "Partner for Growth" award at 2022 GM conference- My work on sustainability initiatives was called out as a major reason for the award.Responsible for budget of >£4m

Delivering sustainable value to companies, ethically. These are the principles that I have kept at heart through 25 years of Procurement practice. I am now offering training, strategy and process development and mentoring through my company. Your company can make use of the skills that have delivered over £400m of benefits, made transformational changes at a national and international level (such as the removal of 1.2 Billion single-use plastic bags per annum) and developed high-performing teams and individuals, most recently remotely across six countries. Oct 2020 - Mar 2021 - Delivering a variety of Procurement Training courses to multi-national teams in large global companies

Responsible for Retail Services (F.M., Consumables and Waste & Recycling) across the Tesco Group for all stores and support sites across the U.K. Contracts in excess of £450m p.a. and a team of 10 staff.Key Deliverables:Over £160m of savings delivered in three years by combining a rigorous leadership style and developing the teamGained main-board support for a long-term commercial strategy for commercial colleague catering, culminating in its’ removal. Represented Procurement department on the PLC Brexit Committee, including creation of the Procurement regulatory submission for the PLC annual report FY18/19.Removal of 1.2 billion single-use plastic bags per year, including 750 million carrier bags.

Welwyn Garden City

Responsible for Facilities Services (Labour Services and Maintenance) across the Tesco Group for all stores and support sites across the U.K., Central Europe and Turkey. Contracts in excess of £700m p.a. and a team of 18 staff across six countries. Key Deliverables :Lead the development of our Procurement and Governance Processes and Ethical Policy. Demonstrated leadership, inspiring my U.K. team to over-deliver on all targets in 2015 during the most significant structural re-organisation in Tesco history.

Welwyn Garden City

Responsible for setting the Maintenance buying strategy across the Tesco Group for all stores and support sites across the U.K., Central Europe and Turkey. Contract spend in excess of £250m with a team of 7 buyers. Key Deliverables:Led the creation of a new Procurement Process across the UK, Central Europe and Turkey region; delivering training for all 120 Tesco non-food Procurement staff ensuring overall company compliance.As Department Lead for Ethical Trading, I delivered a step-change in compliance to Ethical Standards for my own and the wider Procurement Team.

London, United Kingdom

Direct responsibility for Facilities Contracts worth £59m p.a. across five countries with influence extending over 45 countries in four global regions. Portfolio included Catering, Vending, Hospitality, Front of House, Move Management, Fit-out Products including Suspended Ceilings, Branch Decommissioning and Utility Meter Reads

Luton

Responsible for Labour-based and Consumable contracts worth £37 million p.a. across three divisions.Portfolio included Gaming, Contract Cleaning, Waste/Recycling, Vending, Chemicals, Table Service, Uniform, Guarding, Hygiene Services, Utensils, and Lighting.

Wellingborough

Responsible for Group Non-food contracts worth £20m p.a. across 175 Branches in a portfolio that included Electrical, Cookware, Textiles, Hardware, Fireworks and Car Care.

Luton, United Kingdom

Co-ordinated all aspects of the Premier Inn non-food supply chain. Voice of the customer for liasion with central procurement team. Direct responsibility for Laundry and Uniforms contracts.

Luton, United Kingdom

Responsibility for group contracts worth £18 million per annum.Portfolio: Glassware, Crockery, Cutlery, Contract Cleaning, Group Distribution, Vending

Crawley

Duracell offshoot, specialising in military, medical and aerospace batteries.Advised the M.D. in strategic negotiations with Duracell and Panasonic on purchase of 10% of their total European production of AA batteries.

Bridgend, South Wales

• Led Duty Suspension project involving international companies and government agencies• Re-sourced product from Singapore to Europe resulting in significant logistics and cost benefits