An accomplished senior professional with fifteen+ years experience across operational and consulting and senior management roles in private healthcare. A proven leader with a strong operational skill-set and a people focussed approach to management. Experienced in devising and implementing innovative, effective purchasing and supply chain strategies & solutions, managing high-level stakeholder engagement and complex supplier relationships, leading senior level negotiations and using a consultative root cause based approach to problem solving. Commercially astute with an entrepreneurial attitude and the ability to get the most from those in the team especially in a high pressured deadline driven environment. Significant exposure across all business functions including IT, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Operations and Strategy. Extensive cross-sector experience in the Product and Services space across Pharma, FMCG (inc. booze), Consumer Electronics and Food Services sectors in EMEA and North America with a special interest in Telecoms (inc Retail, MVNO and MNO) and Healthcare.Specialties: procurement, buying, price management, supply chain operations and strategy, operations, logistics, commercial and contractual negotiation, team management.