Gemma Lankester Mcips Email & Phone Number

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

Indirect

Southampton, United Kingdom

Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom

My position is to drive and deliver category initiatives for the blue light category and to collaborate with departments and organisations to embed and apply a best practice commercial approach to external and in-house spend and provide support and challenge across the Procurement lifecycle in order to deliver value for money outcomes and transform the way services are delivered. • Strong influence across more than one spend category of approximately £10-£80million through the… Show more My position is to drive and deliver category initiatives for the blue light category and to collaborate with departments and organisations to embed and apply a best practice commercial approach to external and in-house spend and provide support and challenge across the Procurement lifecycle in order to deliver value for money outcomes and transform the way services are delivered. • Strong influence across more than one spend category of approximately £10-£80million through the development of commercial category and service plans which will impact service delivery planning • Accept joint responsibility for the delivery of savings and benefits targets as directed by Category Leads through innovative sourcing, demand management and market shaping activities and ensure accurate tracking and delivery of assigned performance targets measured against a balanced scorecard of metrics.• Plan, drive and deliver high value market management projects across the Procurement lifecycle with support from my Procurement delivery team.• Develop and maintain deep market knowledge and insight for a specific category.• Act as mentor to lower grade resources across Procurement functions to build skills, capabilities and confidence and support the development of a high performing team.• Accept responsibility for the relevant content of the Contracts Register. • Supported by the commercial lead and whet required, provide input and support to develop commercial relationships and support performance and innovation activities Show less

Cosham

Operational purchasing projects Running various projects concurrently Supporting stakeholders in purchasing needs Gathering business requirementsRunning tender exercises Negotiating with suppliers Supplier management Contract managementReporting savings Supporting strategic projectsWriting of contracts Developing relationships with suppliersManaging indirect spend (PPE, maintenance, cleaning, catering, IT, Print, Fleet, Stationary, MRO)driving… Show more Operational purchasing projects Running various projects concurrently Supporting stakeholders in purchasing needs Gathering business requirementsRunning tender exercises Negotiating with suppliers Supplier management Contract managementReporting savings Supporting strategic projectsWriting of contracts Developing relationships with suppliersManaging indirect spend (PPE, maintenance, cleaning, catering, IT, Print, Fleet, Stationary, MRO)driving strategic sourcing Supplier Relationship Management Show less

Southampton, United Kingdom

• Supported Aviation Systems sites at varying times. • buyer for an Aviation Systems site with a yearly spend of approx $140• Negotiating contracts,• managing requests for purchases throughout the lifecycle• delivering cost saving projects to the end users• Delivered procurement system training to over 300 end users• Supported Aviation indirect sourcing team across europe• Role required working with different stakeholders who held various positions within the… Show more • Supported Aviation Systems sites at varying times. • buyer for an Aviation Systems site with a yearly spend of approx $140• Negotiating contracts,• managing requests for purchases throughout the lifecycle• delivering cost saving projects to the end users• Delivered procurement system training to over 300 end users• Supported Aviation indirect sourcing team across europe• Role required working with different stakeholders who held various positions within the business• Used Oracle and SAP and the onsite MRP system• - Optimised local supply chain, bringing on board new UK suppliers to ensure greater control, more flexibility, greater responsiveness and an improved delivery performance• Cost reduction sourcing exercise and negotiation of long term agreement• Negotiated committed year on year cost reduction in long term agreement• Lead and conducted contract negotiations with strategic suppliers• Management of strategic suppliers including negotiating long term agreements and ensuring order coverage Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Managing the top 50 vendors – including meetings with the vendors• Appraisals, recruitment and 1-2-1s• Managing of a team of 8• Using SAP finance system• Developing strong relationships with key managers within the business as well as external customers• Weekly payment runs foreign and GBP• Monthly team meetings and one to one.• Liaising with HR and finance managers on maintaining monthly budgets• Month end creditors reporting• Working capital reporting… Show more • Managing the top 50 vendors – including meetings with the vendors• Appraisals, recruitment and 1-2-1s• Managing of a team of 8• Using SAP finance system• Developing strong relationships with key managers within the business as well as external customers• Weekly payment runs foreign and GBP• Monthly team meetings and one to one.• Liaising with HR and finance managers on maintaining monthly budgets• Month end creditors reporting• Working capital reporting monthly• High customer & communication skills• liaising with SVP and senior mgmt for approval of invoices• Investigate discrepancies between POs and Invoices • Running parked invoices reports and sending to the business• Purchase Ledger reconciliations • Nominated for finance recognition award within 6 weeks. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Coding and inputting of invoices and expense claims using the Sun Systems• Managing of a team of 8 staff members• KPI, appraisals & recruitment• Travel and entertainment, training, recruitment and temp analysis• Monthly budgeting meetings with each department• Weekly payment runs (BACS, foreign and cheques)• Barclaycard/Credit card recs• Month end creditors reporting• High customer & communication skills• liaising with executives for approval of… Show more • Coding and inputting of invoices and expense claims using the Sun Systems• Managing of a team of 8 staff members• KPI, appraisals & recruitment• Travel and entertainment, training, recruitment and temp analysis• Monthly budgeting meetings with each department• Weekly payment runs (BACS, foreign and cheques)• Barclaycard/Credit card recs• Month end creditors reporting• High customer & communication skills• liaising with executives for approval of invoices• Sort, scan and manually index and verify supplier documents • Log, match and process invoices onto Sun Systems • Liaise with internal departments and provide accurate timely information • Investigate discrepancies between PO’s and Invoices • Purchase Ledger reconciliations • Raising of Purchase orders• Credit card payments• Creating new excel documentation. Show less

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• Preparation on monthly accruals & prepayments • Monthly checking of the commissions and KPIs issued by the Finance manager• Invoicing customers monthly using CODA Financial• Credit control for over £1.6m a month• Completing variance reports – forecasts vs. actual• Weekly and monthly cash flows • Trial balance workings

Mcips, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management, Masters

Activities and Societies: Corporate award via work based papers

Chartered Purchase And Supply, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management, Pass

Diploma, Accounting And Finance

Gcse, A-C

Activities and Societies: GNVQ IT - MERIT ENGLISH-B MATHES-C FRENCH-C MEDIA STUDIES-D HISTORY-B SCIENCE-C TEXTILES-C