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London, England, United Kingdom

I own and manage the Supplier Strategy for the Home Directorate, aligning it with the relevant Category strategies to maximise profit and mitigate risk for John Lewis. I work cross-functionally with the commercial teams - trading, sourcing, supply chain - to support all aspects of supplier selection, contract and commercial negotiation, joint business.

London, United Kingdom

Primarily responsible for delivering increased sustainable levels of profitability, through strategic influence and terms negotiations with the supply base, and for the delivery of incremental profit, within the Home and Electrical & Home Technology directorates. ResponsibIe for identifying potential initiatives and projects to drive longer-term profit.

Maidenhead

Interim role managing all aspects of UK supply chain operations for Raisio Group (Benecol) including customer, third-party logistics and supplier management

Manchester, United Kingdom

Working on interim assignments including leading a project to identify and prioritise improvements to the trading strategy and practice of a SPAR retailer/wholesaler to benefit the Profit & Loss of Goods for Resale expenditure.

London, United Kingdom

GS1 UK is a not-for-profit, member-owned supply chain standards body, one of 112 GS1s worldwide; over 30,000 UK member companies in retail, foodservice and healthcare.Led the development of strategy and solutions for, and delivered consultancy services to, GS1 UK members- Developed the ‘Perfect Order’ change programme enabling the UK food industry to meet.

Hampshire, United Kingdom

Interim and Consulting roles in Retail/FMCG procurement and supply chain, including:Data Strategy Adviser - GS1 UK (Not-for-Profit global standards body)Category Management Associate - MMI Brands (US private brand marketing company)Purchasing Controller - Cranswick plc (leading British fresh food producer) Associate – Source & Procure (eProcurement.

London, United Kingdom

Sainsbury's is the UK’s second largest supermarket chain, with annual revenues of £24bn, employing over 161,000 people in the UK. Created and managed trading-led corporate change programmes by co-ordinating multiple projects- Led the ‘First for Food’ programme, delivering a strategic repositioning of the food offer - Developed and delivered the ‘B2B’.

London, United Kingdom

Led the trading team responsible for strategic sourcing to supplement the profitability of traditional buying processes. Managed three external agencies involved in the delivery of the strategy for Sainsbury's- Remodelled the approach to buying major brands on the Grey Market to enhance profitability- Created an enhanced service offering from an.

London, United Kingdom

Initially led Fresh Food buying teams, and subsequently whole trading division, through major trading change programme - Devised and implemented a supply optimisation programme and redesigned the supply bases of primary agriculture categories to create lower-cost, sustainable and efficient supply bases with win-win outcomes for Sainsbury's and their.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Held overall buying responsibility for c. 50% of the chilled food categories with a team of 5 buyers and associated support staff. Responsible for category strategy, budget setting and maintenance, supplier negotiation, new product development, competitor analysis and all aspects of pricing and promotion for those categories (effectively a Head Of Buying.

Senior Consultant - Allianz (formerly MI Group) (1988-1992)Buyer, Fresh & Convenience Foods - Sainsbury's (1985-1988)

Bsc (Hons), Management Sciences, 2:1

Mba, Marketing & Change Management, With Distinction

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