Fully MCIPS qualified with 15+ years contracts, GDPR and procurement experience in private and public sectors, I develop collaborative relationships and resolve client issues to deliver value to Private Sector and Public Sector clients. I have worked within teams that deliver savings programs on-time! Recently with TfL and at BT and also Hillingdon Council (assignment 3), I have led OJEU competitions for housing regeneration, construction, FM using JCT and NEC contracts and promoted governance compliance.At Surrey Police, I applied private sector negotiations to awarded contracts to get stalled projects going and managed conflicting supplier issues -all IT relatedAt BAE, I led the wider-use of using Exostar - a portal for Defence industry tenderingAt Arqiva I managed IT-Circuits internationally and I owned relationship with BT; At London Borough of Hillingdon I led OJEU-compliance, establishing new frameworks under which we competed £94m construction works for schools development delivering £10m savings;At Surrey County Council, I worked with Hampshire County Council projects including OJEU-compliant PSL of 30 suppliers across 9 lots for construction consultancy services and temporary buildings. At BAA over 3 years, I established multiple OJEU-compliant contracts for vehicles, a PSL of 18 suppliers for professional consultancy services projecting a spend of £200m and I awarded multiple NEC3 construction contracts totalling £40m; At HP I co-led the EMEA outsourcing of FM services, construction, dilapidations, fitout and real estate management, commissioning the build of data centres and delivering savings of $60m At QinetiQ, I led category managers over 4 years establishing group deals for chemicals, electronics, tools, car hire, hotels, HR and IT.I am motivated to deliver savings; my style reflects enthusiasm, networking and results-driven approach; my goals are safety-first, client-driven timely results and save money when possible.
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Commercial ManagerGovernment DepartmentHook, Gb
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DirectorHolmes Procurement Limited Apr 2013 - PresentLondon, United Kingdom -
Interim Procurement SpecialistHolmes Procurement Limited Mar 2023 - Sep 2023London Borough Of Hillingdon, England, United KingdomEngaged to deliver key procurement tasks to drive compliance and support teams as function transforms. -
Procurement SpecialistGovernment Dept Oct 2023 - Dec 2023London, England, United KingdomDelivered procurement strategy to drive competition; delivered governance to multiple requests and support to wider stakeholders.
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Procurement And Commercial SpecialistTransport For London Nov 2022 - Mar 2023London, England, United KingdomProviding procurement support to TfL Track-team, addressing immediate purchase needs, contract compliance and integrating Ariba governance tools. -
Commercial SpecialistBt Jan 2022 - Nov 2022Home BasedIn win new business team, helping to secure new contracts through bid and startup. Leading of contractual obligations, influencing opportunities for margin recovery and account growth, leading a team focussed to win and deliver. -
Interim Procurement SpecialistHolmes Procurement Limited Oct 2021 - Jan 2022Working In London Borough Of Hillingdon, Uxbridge, LondonEstablishing contracts for Council”s development team whilst also supporting tendering and awarding processes for recent competitions -
Commercial ManagerGovernment Dept Aug 2020 - Jan 2022London, England, United KingdomAccountable for Commercial delivery of Vehicle Replacement Programme.
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Senior Purchasing Manager (Interim)University Of Oxford Feb 2020 - Jul 2020Oxford, United KingdomProud to be in a senior leadership procurement role and providing contract support to our laboratories and the University scientists, as they develop vaccine options during the Covid crisis. Negotiating terms for high cost equipment I support finance budget holders and had delegated authority to approve spend. -
Interim Procurement Manager At BabcockHolmes Procurement Limited Mar 2019 - Feb 2020Ruislip, Greater London, United KingdomProvision of procurement services to support Babcock International client facing commercial team. Initial 6m contract completes and extended -
Procurement SpecialistTsr Nov 2018 - Feb 2019At Kbr, Leatherhead, Surrey, United KingdomProviding Client with FM services advice applied to residential markets; enabling access to NHFv7 engagement and benchmarking existing service charges to support recommendations.Supporting the Intelligent Estates team at KBR as required. -
Procurement Business PartnerThames Water Utilities Limited Jun 2018 - Nov 2018Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomLed OJEU competition to establish frameworks to define Capital Works-specifications and negotiated contract awards yielding £3m project savings. -
Interim Procurement ManagerMhclg Apr 2018 - Jun 2018London, United KingdomImplementing GDPR amendments for client
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Interim Procurement ManagerMorgan Sindall Property Services Nov 2017 - Feb 2018Aldgate, LondonImplemented a new standard of RFP and used it to add capable vendors to our radically increased work programme; recovered uncollected Product Support for past 12 months and supported incoming Head of Procurement. -
Interim Procurement Category Manager Fm Hard ServicesAmey Mar 2017 - Sep 2017Oxford, United KingdomDelivering cost savings for Fire &Security and Lift Maintenance uk-wide to end August 17 -
Senior Category ManagerLondon Borough Of Hillingdon Jul 2015 - Jan 2017London, United KingdomAccountable for Estates and FM Procurement activities, I lead a team of three direct reports. I prepare, publish and award PQQ and ITT 2015-compliant OJEU contracts, currently forecast over £80M. -
Senior Category ManagerSurrey Police Apr 2015 - Jul 2015Mount Browne, Guildford, SurreyAppointed to cover IT in the absence of key staff; support acting Head of Procurement following staff churn; drive compliance into existing arrangements and run mini-competitions under CCS frameworks or on G-Cloud to keep systems running.Supported other members of the team as necessary whilst recruitment process gathered pace. -
Interim Category Manager, Aggregates And Surface TreatmentsBalfour Beatty Living Places Mar 2015 - Apr 2015BasingstokeAppointed to develop partnering relationship opportunities to drive reduced-costs, to support Sourcing goals. -
Interim Category Manager, ConstructionLondon Borough Of Tower Hamlets Jan 2015 - Feb 2015London, United KingdomAppointed to support OJEU-compliance in Construction and to determine the merits of setting-up a Contractors Framework for Construction activities. -
Senior Category ManagerSerco Jul 2014 - Jan 2015HookAppointed to drive value from legacy contracts; run e-RFP's to establish new contracts in Heathcare and Bring compliance to arrangements in secure establishments, ultimately driving incremental savings to transform our business to help our Customers. -
Interim E-Sourcing Procurement SpecialistBae Systems Mar 2014 - Jun 2014Portsmouth, United KingdomI teach and use e-RFx, e-auctions and I have introduced P2P processes including e-catalogues -
Interim Commercial ManagerTramlink (Part Of Transport For London) Jan 2014 - Feb 2014Croydon, United KingdomAppointed to resolve the negotiation and appointment of a Vegitation Management Services contract; to drive private-sector commercial values and KPI's into contract award.
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Interim Category Manager For It Circuits (At Arqiva)Holmes Procurement Limited Oct 2013 - Dec 2013Working At Arqiva (Winchester And London)Appointed during a period of reorganisation as Category Manager for IT Circuits I helped the team drive decisions to yield savings from an RFP for circuits; I competed a mini RFP for international circuits evidencing a £100K saving to assist winning new Customer transmission lines and I captured legacy undelivered SLA contracts and brought these to the point of signature.Aqriva released me as the result of a funding issue but I left with strong recommendations from their stakeholders.
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Interim Procurement Manager For Construction (At London Borough Of Hillingdon)Holmes Procurement Limited Mar 2013 - Oct 2013Working In London Borough Of Hillingdon, Uxbridge, LondonDelighted to help the Customer strengthen OJEU-compliance by establishing a framework PSL of construction contractors which yielded £10m savings on £94m of works contracts. I led procurement into using new Cabinet Reporting templates helping delivery teams obtain council approvals and driving standardisation. A genuinely excellent place to work.LBH released me as the result of a funding issue but I left with strong recommendations from stakeholders.
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Interim Procurement Manager, Construction (At London Borough Of Hillingdon)London Borough Of Hillingdon Jun 2012 - Mar 2013Working At London Borough Of HillingdonDelighted to help the Customer strengthen OJEU-compliance by establishing a framework PSL of construction contractors which yielded £10m savings on £94m of works contracts. I led procurement into using new Cabinet Reporting templates helping delivery teams obtain council approvals and driving standardisation. A genuinely excellent place to work.LBH helped me set-up "Holmes Procurement Services" then retained my services until completion of the multiple construction tenders were completed and savings were realised. As the result, I then left with strong recommendations from stakeholders.
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Interim Category Specialist, Property And EfficiencySurrey County Council Sep 2011 - Jun 2012Kingston Upon Thames, London10-month assignment providing Procurement Services. Appointed to deliver a part-delivered OJEU framework for selection and appointment of Construction consultants. Established new OJEU Framework for temporary classrooms, in harmony with Hampshire county council.Saved £2-3m as the result of my mini-competitions helping the team save over £30m in 2012.
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Opex Senior Category ManagerBaa Airports Limited Jul 2010 - Aug 2011HeathrowAppointed to lead the need to drive OJEU compliance of contracts for Vehicles and Operational "MRO" spares. Specifically lead the urgent procurement of vehicles resulting from Heathrow closure in Dec 2010 and the Winter Resilience asset enhancement plan, where I saved £500K in £9m.
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Capex Senior Category Manager - Construction Consultants.Baa Airports Limited Oct 2008 - Jul 2010BaaInterim 9 months converted to permanent, I was accountable for minor construction spend initiatives and for all construction-consultants and design/construction professional services, at all six airports. Initially I awarded minor-works Heathrow [£40mpa] and supported other airports adopting same discounts and supplier terms (NEC3) saving £10m; I then took accountability for construction-consultants [£20mpa] driving improved optimisation and less staff with improved rates; I then tendered design/construction professional services and awarded 5 preferred supplier lists using 17 agreements rationalising numbers of suppliers used by 70%, yielding £10m savings.
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Emea Category Manager - Construction Fm And Real Estate ServicesHewlett Packard Limited May 2005 - Jul 2008Uk-BracknellAccountable for UK&I spend in facility management (hard & soft services of catering, cleaning, security, switchboard, reception, maintenance, logistics, mailroom and telephony services) and construction, I negotiated UK-contracts to minimise suppliers in use and optimise rates.I also was accountable for building works (dilapidations, fitouts, divestments) capturing construction and construction-related services EMEA-wide. This included working with data centresand all new-build facilities. Our team saved $50M between 2005 and 2008.
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Category Manager - Indirect Goods / ServicesQinetiq Jul 2001 - May 2005Farnborough, HampshireSet-up Category Management unit from business formation (QinetiQ emerging from public control), defining Categories of spend, completing data analysis, defining scope of roles / resources to hire, self-delivery of multiple framework contracts to have a category portfolio, then "sold" success by on-site open-day roadshows.Indirectly managed the 4 specialists resulting from setting up this initiative; handed over operational contracts to developing internal specialists to enable development of new categories.Delivered streamlined Supplier pool, leveraged spend savings, consistency of service and payments processing, and enabled release of duplication of resources in non-centralised teams. -
Interim Category Manager - GeneralistBskyb Apr 2001 - Jul 2001Uk-BrentfordInterim role 3 months, appointed to manage AT-Kearney consultants during the restructing of Procurement and appointment of a new Procurement Director.Launched quick-win initiatives delivering a single-source JIT procurement contract for stationery appointed by e-auction, a small number preferred transport providers, preferred marketing publications provider and IT hardware provider. Savings yielded at £1.5m -
Senior Buyer / Client Services CoordinatorAmey Supply Chain Services Jul 2000 - Jan 2001Uk - SwindonInterim Manager to provide procurement services on client-sites on the basis of fixed-fee services accessing Amey-leverage discounts.Delievered savings ~£100k monthly yet maintained client procurements on and off-site during business restructure. -
Partner Delivery Manager, Professional ServicesSun Microsystems Jan 2000 - Jul 2000Camberley, SurreyEstablishment of relationships to develop sell-on services agreements with resource partners, to provide sun-badged technical capable project managers, system architects to business customers in London and South East UK -
Upstream Purchasing EngineerThales Missile Electronics Feb 1997 - Jan 2000Procuring high value / high tech design and manufactured modular products internationally for military use, regularly working at "Secret" level whilst ensuring commonality of niche sources where appropriate. Relationship-development is key in this area of Procurement.
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Contract Development ManagerEnvironment Agency Mar 1995 - 1997Reading, BerkshireAwarded Thames Region Framework Contracts for Temporary IT staff, River Engineering Consultancy Services, River Engineering Works Contracts, Refurbishment of Visitor Centres. Also pan-UK collaborative contracts for Paper, IT Print-consolidation, mobile-comms networking.
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Interim Supply Chain ManagerPirelli Cables Ltd Jan 1995 - Mar 1995Eastleigh, HampshireShort term assignment accountable for purchasing rolls of Cu, Al and Steel Cable-cores from London Metal Exchange for manufacturing Power-cables; tapes and polymer for insulation of 240v cable-manufacturing and drums / reels and other packaging to enable transportation to wholesalers. Short-term role converted permanent and not suited for my future career.
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Senior BuyerSabre Safety 1991 - Dec 1994Senior Buyer procuring to Master scheduler needs, Electronic, mechanical, plastics and rubber-moulded facemasks, and breathing apparatus materials. Also accountble for managing materials to run a 24x7 client owned twinspindle lathe, to streamline costs (buying labour-only).
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Senior Buyer, Electrical & MechanicalM4 Data Inc Jan 1990 - Jan 1991Frimley, Surrey, United KingdomLed MRP2 buying of electrical and electromechanical components to support production lines for reel-reel tape drives; selected and audited manufacturing facilities capable of high precision mechanical manufacturing. Delivered savings whilst maintaining production needs -
Buyer / Senior Buyer / Workshop Service EngineerLynwood Scientific Jul 1985 - Jan 1990Alton, HampshireInitially Workshop repair engineer, I moved to parts-acquisition for production line items and procurement of 3rd-party equipment spares, using HNC to interpret parts specifications to maintain equipment
Mark Holmes Mcips Education Details
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Part-Completed, -
The Management Centre - Basingstoke College Of TechnologyChartered Institute Of Purchasing And Supply -
Peter SymondsSixth Form College
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