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Sydney, Australia

Creative Capability & Sparkling Flavors/Nutrition/Juice/Dairy Category Lead managing strategic sourcing initiatives as part of the Global Marketing Procurement organization. Working closely with Marketing at global, category & regional levels to manage the performance of our creative agency portfolio, improve ways of working and project delivery with network to network partners, strategic rosters and opens source models to support our marketing needs and global vision.

Sydney, Australia

Working cross functionally in satellite teams to successfully develop and contribute to the delivery of local, regional and global initiatives, building collaboration, consistency and procurement excellence.Networking with global teams to support strategic procurement vision and execution within ASEAN-South Pacific region (ASP Operating Unit), delivering significant value through cost efficiency, operational effectiveness and innovation.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Part of the Procurement team for South Pacific Business Unit across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Responsible for best practice agency management including building strategic partnerships, implementing value based compensation models for key categories, facilitating agency reviews, KPI monitoring, agency audits, cost benchmarking and leveraging innovation & technology. Working in partnership with Marketing, Finance and Legal to proactively manage spend better / value creation initiatives, support the delivery of our productivity pipeline and ensure compliance with internal controls, policies and legislative commitments to manage business risk.

London, United Kingdom

Member of Project Mural; the project team for Schroder’s new headquarters at 1 London Wall Place, working on the procurement packages for furniture, art, catering, gym/ wellbeing solutions, cleaning and security.• Project Management; sequencing across procurement activities, action tracking and scheduling of stakeholders • Due Diligence; supplier market testing, financial reviews and risk profiling• Tender support; creation of tender documents and templates, compliance checks and evaluation of returns, drafting recommendation papers and associated business cases to support the appointment process• Document management; maintenance and accessibility of procurement records, executed contracts and material documents • Reporting; producing regular progress and performance monitoring reports for senior managementDeveloped strong relationships and built confidence with internal and external stakeholders, juggling varying demands across all levels of organisational structure and communicating effectively to ensure the correct priority was given to each initiative. Direct management of business as usual tender exercises (outside of the project) within Facilities.Built and analysed a spend database for procurement projects, a supplier repository for Project Mural and cost modelling for consultants. Developed and operationalised a suite of regular reporting and performance tracking tools. Developed various self-serve procurement tools and documented user guides and processes.

London, United Kingdom

Member of the Firm-wide Sourcing team for non-IT goods and services across the UK and EMEA regional branches. Key areas of expertise: Health & Wellbeing, Design & Construction, Recruitment, Learning & Development + Fringe Benefits, Facilities & Amenities, Property Management & SecurityNegotiating key quality and pricing aspects of each deal, working with vendors to build up long standing relationships and strategic partnerships. Providing analysis for commercial decision making i.e. category reviews, legal and compliance risk, pipeline planning and development across EMEA regions, working collaboratively across the team to reduce silos and leverage preferred supplier relationships. Design & Construction expertise covering refurbishment and fit out projects purchasing soft furnishings (break out and coffee area furniture), training equipment and high end client space furniture from luxury brands and bespoke furniture designers. Learning & Development contract management, negotiating and implementing executive coaching services for senior leaders. Targeting spend reduction on recurring and ad hoc training programmes.Permanent recruitment across London and regional offices, negotiation of key commercials i.e. retained and non-retained contingency fee types, ownership periods, non-solicitation periods and rebate commitments. Led a category review analysing recruitment spend to consolidate the number of tail end suppliers, introduce more favourable commercial terms in historical agreements and improve leverage. Facilities Management for catering and vending services, front of office & mail room, security, cleaning, plant décor supply and operational health and safety e.g. workplace assessments consultant’s / fire equipment. Generalist experience for small building works and handy man services, M&E consultants and utilities.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Key member of the Canterbury Spatial Data Infrastructure Programme; a combination of 8 projects aiding the rebuilt of Canterbury through location based technology such as 3D modelling, augmented reality technology and city visualisations/ mapping. This was a 3-year project with a budget of $6 million prioritised through and EOI into closed RFP’s with some 80 responses and 37 suppliers to manage. Responsibilities included facilitating supplier meetings, presentations, Q&As, tender evaluations, chairing of supplier debriefs and progressing contract negotiations with preferred suppliers. Management of Corporate Services including travel, ground transport, catering and HR contractors/consultants. Notable initiatives include streamlining 12 catering suppliers to a preferred supplier list of 3 through RFP and leading a non-financial initiative to review the travel category, analysing spend data to refresh policies and processes, improve travel offerings and increase functionality and awareness for travellers.

Responsible for the development and roll out of the Contract Management System, working with the Finance team to consult with users, create an effective interface and test applications prior to go live. Ongoing management of the system including input of 400+ physical contracts, contract advice, creation for contracts under $100,000 and engagement across the wider organisation educating on efficient contract management and performance.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Commercial Law And Marketing

Ncea (Level 1, 2 & 3)