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London, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

VP in NatWest Markets Technology Supply Chain team, focusing on Data Centre, Hosting and Cloud. Responsibilities include:-- Supply Chain lead on major Data Centre Exit and Cloud programme. Responsible for executing commercial arrangements with a strategic Public Cloud provider and the sourcing and execution of a managed hosting partner for non-Cloud workloads (including supporting PRA and HKMA Regulatory engagements)- Supplier manager for a critical global eFX hosting partner and a portfolio of other technology contracts

Uk

Experienced Procurement Consultant specialising in IT Procurement engagements. Recent roles:-Interim IT Purchasing Manager – Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd (Unisys)April 2018 to December 2018- Category and Contract Management of Strategic Suppliers delivering Fixed Price and T&M software development services- Category support to future state IT projectsInterim Global Category Manager IT Projects – Rolls-Royce plcApril 2017 to April 2018 - Category Management of IT Project portfolio worth £140m. - Management of Tier 1 Suppliers delivering Infrastructure, Consultancy, Application Development - Lead role in taskforce targetting a 30% cost reduction in the 2018 project portfolioInterim IT Purchasing Manager – Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd (Unisys)January 2017 to April 2017 - Category and Contract Management of core Suppliers developing a new cheque clearing platform - Category responsibility for sourcing core IT infrastructure for new platform

Pan-Emea Role

Senior member of EMEA Labour Strategic Sourcing Category team:-- Management of strategic Labour Suppliers- Development of sourcing strategies- Spend analytics and cost reduction planning- Savings reporting and governance- Leading major Labour outsourcing projects- Management of stakeholder relationships

Pan-Emea And Global Roles

EMEA and Global Business Partner roles building and managing the relationship between Global Procurement (GP) and various HP Business Units/Enterprise Accounts:-- Trusted Advisor to VP Level Leadership Team - driving procurement strategy and compliance- Accountable for Cost Saving planning, reporting and execution - exceeding targets - Accountable for the development and execution of Business Unit Procurement Plans- Implemented Approved/Preferred Supplier strategy for Software and Technology Services BUs- Utilized Lean Six Sigma methodologies to identify process optimization and improvement

Pan-Emea Role

Member of UK and EMEA Global Procurement Leadership team, leading the UK and EMEA Sales Support teams. Procurement specialists responsible for all aspects of support to IT Outsourcing and BPO Pursuits - Cost Models, Due Diligence, Contract Novation, Account Start-Up- Built teams from scratch and integrated them into EDS Strategic Sales processes- Standardized Sales Support engagement - repeatable processes, solutions and templates - Personally led support to $4bn of pursuit Wins – global outsourcing Deals with ABN AMRO, Shell and Vodafone. Also lead the 3rd Party Transition and Start-up on these Accounts. - Received EDS Sales Inner Circle award in recognition of contributions to EDS Sales

United Kingdom

Procurement Account Manager leading a small team responsible for key Commercial and Public Sector Accounts, and the support of outsourcing Sales pursuits- Lead procurement support to the pursuit and transition of the Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group outsourcing contract. Project managed the Novation of 600 contracts across 13 legal entities – one of the most complex contract transitions managed by EDS in the UK - Lead procurement support to the transition, start-up and transformation of the UK Employment Service Account – including the sourcing and contracting of $100m of hardware and software- Established and executed strategic plans for key Accounts - defining sourcing and supplier strategies

United Kingdom

- 6 years in Rolls-Royce IT Procurement function- Buyer, Senior Buyer and Supervisor roles covering all IT Categories and major projects- Annual Savings targets repeatedly exceeded and key member of Project team that led a ground-breaking CAD-CAM technology transformation for the Rolls-Royce business