I'm an outsourcing specialist with over 30 years of Public and Private sector experience. Working on a wide range of outsourcing procurement activity, from Indian Offshore IT and Business Process Outsourcing to Soft FM Outsourcing. My Procurement experience extends across commodities as diverse as office supplies, travel, marketing services, engineering maintenance contracts to laboratory chemicals and IT software and services. I am a mentor for Nottingham Trent University students and support a national animal charity in the role of IT procurement consultant. Any spare time is taken up with cycling and as Treasurer for a local Downs Syndrome Charity and also Where I Want to Live a new national charity promoting the vision of a country where all adults with learning disabilities have choice about where and how they live.Specialities: Procurement, Sourcing strategy development, contract negotiation. Corporate acquisitions. Contract review, novation, negotiation and drafting. Global sourcing, contract management. IT Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing, support for Sales organisations with how to develop good working relationships with Procurement.