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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Leading a small team responsible for strategic contract management of all mining contracts. Contract mining, HME, earthworks, pre-strip, draglines, drill and blast. Full end to end contract management.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Leading a global transition and improvement process for BHP Procurement Operations. Standardising and centralising the global purchasing function, delivery of robotics automation and process change improvements using Agile sprint methodology. After delivery of this project I was the flight plan manager for the Ariba onboarding project, migrating suppliers to the new digital procurement platform

Lead for the purchasing function across Australia with a team of 60 procurement professionals, including 3 Superintendents and 3 Business Partners, influencing $1 billion across all off contract spend portfolios. Delivered the successful, on time completion of outsourcing 80% of the Minerals Australia transactional purchasing to our Global Asset Services team based in Kuala Lumpur. Resulting in a 20% overall reduction in procurement staff requirements, through process improvements and significant year on year labour cost savings.The Employee Perception Survey results for the Purchasing team at the end of 2018 were the standout across Supply and represented a 20% increase in positive results over the previous year, despite having transitioned work to KL and an 80% reduction in the team’s headcount in Australia.Supported an Agile end to end Supply Chain improvement project, bringing together cross sub functional teams to deliver change, benefit and value in under 3 months. The team won a BHP Commercial award in FY19 for the efficiencies delivered, which included 20% uplift in automated material purchase orders (equates to an increase of 3K purchase orders per month), adding over 200,000 material items to contract, the use of robotics and embedding process changes to ensure ongoing sustainability.Implemented and led a new 24/7 urgent purchasing process to support and align with our 24 hour operations, providing improved service levels and minimising downtime for plant and equipment, provided a long term ask from our operations.Mentored the team and led the development and delivery of an inhouse Purchasing Academy training program.

Lead for the Minerals Australia Purchasing team’s transition to a new globally centralised procurement team. Led a small virtual team based across Australia and Kuala Lumpur. Accountable for 4 tranches of transition of work and headcount reductions in Australia over an 18 month project timeline.Developed and implemented a new global purchasing procurement process for the whole of BHP. Involved streamlining process, gaining global agreement across all assets and implementing system architecture changes where required. Minerals Australia is the largest BHP business in terms of procurement volume and value and therefore were major influencers for the standard global process.Developed and delivered a standardised training program for the new team in KL, for payment services, vendor master and purchasing.Influenced and advocated a genuine One Supply Team culture and ensured that the whole transition process was seamless for the business with the operations barely noticing the change. There was no impact on the Minerals Australia operations and all risks were successfully managed and mitigated during the project.

Manager of the BMC and NSWEC Categories team, leading 15 people and accountable for a $800M spend. The role included standing up a new team following BHPB's Coal Simplification restructure, bringing 3 new operations into the broader Coal Category Management team. Transformation savings delivered in FY16 $55M.

Brisbane

Manager of the purchasing sub-function for BMA Supply, leading a team of 27 people and accountable for a spend of $1B.The purpose of my role is to provide leadership and direction to ensure goods and services required for operational needs are met in a timely manner and in accordance with BMA's defined policies and procedures.I act as the single point of accountability for purchasing in BMA.My team provides purchasing services to our 8 mine sites in the Bowen Basin and our functions in Brisbane.

Brisbane

Category specialist for the underground mining portfolio. Managing and negotiating contracts with annual spend of $200M. Previous categories include: Consultancy; IS; Draglines; Electrical and De-watering.

Auckland Nz

Navico manufactured a suite of brand name marine electronics, my role was primarily working with R&D Engineers to source new products and establish the supply chain prior to production. As well as working with the buyers to ensure production was maintained and optimised.

Exeter, United Kingdom

English Nature was the UK Government’s statutory nature conservation agency. My role specialised in the marine and coastal environment and included: implementing environmental legislation; providing statutory advice to government bodies; negotiating with land owners; developing and implementing habitat management programs; public consultation; conducting survey work and monitoring programs; project management; running education programs; awarding contracts and grants; and managing a small team, including field staff. Key achievement to be part of the team involved in establishing the UK’s first marine no take zone around Lundy Island.

London, Uk

Managing full business administration requirements for a family run engineering equipment manufacturer. Including inventory management, ordering, logistics, accounts payable/receivable, payroll and customer support.