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Durrington, England, United Kingdom

Part of the Design team implementing IBM’s Enterprise Asset Management application, Maximo, with accountability for all Supply Chain aspects.

United Kingdom

Part of the procurement leadership team with accountability to deliver significant projects within budget and timeframe.• Developed a strategic partnership with third-party to implement a major new IT application platform, with material financial benefits and increased customer experience, by leading a team of 20 people to select and negotiate an 8-figure contract with a tier one consultancy as part of a £150m multi-year programme.• Protected previously negotiated financial and… Show more Part of the procurement leadership team with accountability to deliver significant projects within budget and timeframe.• Developed a strategic partnership with third-party to implement a major new IT application platform, with material financial benefits and increased customer experience, by leading a team of 20 people to select and negotiate an 8-figure contract with a tier one consultancy as part of a £150m multi-year programme.• Protected previously negotiated financial and commercial benefits by leading mid-term negotiations with a supplier to pause implementation of major software platform after major a programme was unexpectedly paused.• Improved agility, cost certainty and regulatory compliance through leading the final negotiation and drafting of contract for a Software-as-a-Service insurance claims application, which incorporated the services of a public cloud service provider.• Developed a strategic partnership with third-party to implement a major new global Software-as-a-Service application platform to meet new regulatory global accounting standards by leading a multinational team of 20 people to select and then contract with a trusted partner.• Increased indirect spend compliance and reduced headcount by leading the implementation of a guided buying service for an underutilised Procure-to-Pay (SAP Ariba) application within the UK region. Show less

Horsham

Part of the procurement leadership team with accountability to develop and lead a small team to manage IT, Professional Services and Operations spend categories.• Consistently delivered multi-million-pound annual savings in IS and Operations through competitive tendering, in-term supplier renegotiation, benchmarking, service / supplier consolidation and demand management.• Delivered 7-figure annual savings through leading the commercial aspects for the UK region in selection and… Show more Part of the procurement leadership team with accountability to develop and lead a small team to manage IT, Professional Services and Operations spend categories.• Consistently delivered multi-million-pound annual savings in IS and Operations through competitive tendering, in-term supplier renegotiation, benchmarking, service / supplier consolidation and demand management.• Delivered 7-figure annual savings through leading the commercial aspects for the UK region in selection and negotiation of a 9-figure, multi-year, outsourcing contract with an Indian based IT service provider.• Protected IT service and change delivery, financial budget and legal considerations by drafting and helping to deliver a commercial plan to terminate a longstanding outsource service provider of IT infrastructure services and transition to newly appointed supplier. Show less

Part of the Information Services team with accountability to manage, both pre and post contract, the performance of significant IS suppliers.• Identified and delivered multi-million-pound annual savings through selection and negotiation of large outsourcing agreements.• Improved service provision, security and compliance through collaboration with IS team and suppliers.• Linked supplier fees-at-risk to subjective, as well as the typical objective, service levels through influencing… Show more Part of the Information Services team with accountability to manage, both pre and post contract, the performance of significant IS suppliers.• Identified and delivered multi-million-pound annual savings through selection and negotiation of large outsourcing agreements.• Improved service provision, security and compliance through collaboration with IS team and suppliers.• Linked supplier fees-at-risk to subjective, as well as the typical objective, service levels through influencing internal and external stakeholders.• Reduced costs, improved service experience and increased change capability by leading multiple mid-term and end-of-term negotiations with incumbent suppliers.• History of consistently delivering supplier services within budget. Show less

Part of the executive team with accountability to deliver excellent Information Services. Led department of 30 IS professionals.• Developed a new IT strategy, shortly after coming to post, and successfully persuaded the Board to terminate a contract for the development of a significant IS application, which had been ongoing for several years and had a 7-figure sunk cost associated to it, and change approach to select an off-the-shelf application.• Improved experience of IT service… Show more Part of the executive team with accountability to deliver excellent Information Services. Led department of 30 IS professionals.• Developed a new IT strategy, shortly after coming to post, and successfully persuaded the Board to terminate a contract for the development of a significant IS application, which had been ongoing for several years and had a 7-figure sunk cost associated to it, and change approach to select an off-the-shelf application.• Improved experience of IT service delivery and reduced cost-to-serve by introducing the first IS service desk capability within the company.• Strengthened the capabilities of the department by supporting their development through training and adoption of ITIL framework. Show less