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Lane Cove North, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Accountable for the McDonalds TMS relationship in South East Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands. Managing the resource and performance of cross functional departments including Packaging Development, QA, Strategic Procurement, Sustainability and Account Management/Supply Chain.Ensuring strategic engagement and alignment on Global and Local projects while ensuring local activity is aligned with the regional teams.Accountable for all operational and commercial activities for the markets including but not limited to the packaging category. Drive the McDonalds Scale for Good commitments with regards to sustainability.

Sydney, Australia

Leading the HAVI ANZ Team of cross functional departments including Packaging Development, QA, Strategic Procurement, Sustainability and Supplier Performance.Managing the McDonalds ANZ relationship to ensure strategic engagement and alignment on Global and Local projects while ensuring local activity is aligned with the regional teams.Accountable for all operational and commercial activities for the market within the packaging category, including implementation of packaging solutions in support of customer requirements across all competencies, including marketing, supply chain, quality, operations and finance. Lead the execution of all local market activities and ensure all projects are managed on-time and on-budget, while ensuring all business review awards/pricing are adhered to.Local Market Savings, Pricing (FX Management, Pricing Protocol Reviews), Sourcing, Compliance, Innovation, key local projects & global project support. Drive the McDonalds Scale for Good commitments with regards to sustainability.

Sydney, Australia

Leading the Property and Operations Portfolio within Commercial Services developing end to end sourcing strategies & commercial activity at both the Westpac Group (Westpac, Bank of South Australia, Bank of Melbourne, St George, BT Financial & RAMS) and Business Unit level. Providing commercial advice on risk and the strategic and transactional aspects of sourcing to the Business Unit teams.Guiding, leading and executing cross BU teams on sourcing strategies and risk mitigation which include Energy/Utilities, Facilities Management, Beverages/Catering, Security Infrastructure, Construction and Manned Guarding. Managing the process of tendering and governance within the financial services sector.Leading Supplier Inclusion & Diversity in the Property & Operations portfolio.

Sydney, Australia

National Procurement Manager reporting to the Chief Supply Chain Officer implementing procurement best practice and category management into Design and Construction. Working for Supply Chain but based in the Development department creating targeted category plans and partnering with Franchisees to leverage and drive opportunities within the KFC Network of 640 stores. Designing and implementing processes for the Group Procurement of addressable spend in the construction of KFC stores. A truly stakeholder focused role leading with empathy and developing KFC Equity and Franchisee relationships to drive partnerships in all areas of procuring services and goods in the construction of KFC and franchisee operated stores. Coaching and mentoring across Supply Chain and Design & Construction teams driving capability and effectiveness.Added responsibilities for strategic ownership of various Supply Chain categories.

Glendenning, Sydney

Concentrate on the acquisition of the Paradise Biscuits company from Goodman Fielder with broader diagnostic on the future Procurement function within the new Greens Group.• Review contracts in place for Directs and In-Directs and manage contract novation.• Identify expiring contracts and prepare strategies for the rest of the financial year especially commodities of raw ingredients.• Prepare strategic strategies for all Raw Materials that are high spend and high risk• Identify risks to budget in FY14 and risk mitigation strategies• Monitor commodity reports on all high value/risk commodity spend incl. Sugar, Palm, Dairy, Oils and Chocolate.• Identify synergies with the acquisition of the Paradise Biscuits and Water Wheel businesses and prepare an action plan for senior management approval• Evaluate and present back to senior management the current procurement model and define strategies to build and improve for a more sustainable and improved function• Evaluate the opportunities of Category Management and group spend due to the acquisitions• Negotiate new contracts on high risk, high spend items to protect FY14 budget

North Ryde, Sydney, Australia

Responsible for all Direct Material spend and 3rd Party Manufacturing across the 4 divisions of George Weston Foods. These divisions included Milling, Animal Nutrition/Feed, Baking, Meat/Small Goods and Chemicals. Sourcing over 2500 raw materials across the globe.Lead transformation of the Directs Procurement Team in a 3 year business plan to turn around the business from a significant loss to a profit. Maintain YOY cost reduction and drive value through end to end supply chain initiatives including tendering, Value Creation and SRM.Lead the development and implementation of category strategies with the direct category team (Ingredients, Packaging and 3rd Party Manufacturing), Procurement Business Partners and key stakeholders across GWF Group in Australia and New Zealand.Development and delivery of the overarching Group Procurement Strategy ensuring alignment with key stakeholder needs whilst deploying resources to drive value and proactively manage risk.Key Achievements • Design of the new Directs Team within the new Group Procurement function and recruited a team of 6 responsible to manage spend across 4 divisions of GWF ANZ.• Savings of over $20M in 3 years at GWF.• Implementation of a commodity/treasury working group to evaluate risk on high value/risk commodities.• Key role in overhauling the Procurement Policy and Procedures• Lead the Directs Team through change and transformation which align with the GWF behaviours.• Ensuring Category Plans were aligned to business and stakeholder needs and were extracting value from the supply base.• Key engagement across the 4 divisions of GWF to ensure the new Group Procurement function succeeds.• Leader and champion for Corporate Social Responsibility • Lead the Procurement involvement in the Implementation of Oliver Wight Integrated Business Planning across GWF S&OP.

North Ryde, Sydney, Australia

Responsible for managing all spend across Ingredients, Packaging, In-directs and CAPEX in Australia and New Zealand. Create and execute a Tip Top Procurement Annual Operating Plan in line with the overall business AOP.Execute Supplier Relationship Management for cost management and continuous improvement. Management of 3rd Party external manufacturing. Provide procurement expertise and best practice to internal departments in regards to new materials, R&D and/or changes to current processes under the NPD process.Represent Procurement on the Senior Leadership Team.

Sydney, Australia

Working in Group Corporate Procurement creating, planning and implementing packaging sourcing strategies across the GWF group of companies.Conducting Strategic Supplier Relationship Management with Category Management on all Packaging spend.Providing local business support for local initiatives to maximise value to GWF

Maidenhead, Uk

Leading the Packaging Category strategy with additional responsibility for Marketing Services within Allied Bakeries. Setting strategy and process and running category workshops across the Associated British Foods group.Key responsibilities:• Manage the Packaging/Marketing Category across 12 independent bakeries• Managing the Marketing spend and identifying cost savings• Owning the Artwork/Repro concept and driving best practice with Marketing• Support and lead Category initiatives within the ABF business

Banbury, Uk

A highly focused role in all areas of Procurement within the Tassimo Hot Beverage business worth $300 Million. Involving brewer development and Global distribution. Liaison with suppliers regarding cost negotiation, internal stakeholders to access future product evolution, working closely with R&D to allow for a reduced build cost with increased product reliability. Extensive travel Globally visiting new and existing vendors as well as visiting the relevant trade fairs in EU and Asia. Working on high profile Global Tassimo projects within Global Leadership Teams.Responsible for the Retail Tassimo Reprographics/Artwork house relationship across the Global business. Maintaining innovation in packaging, brand and colour management and supporting R&D with key packaging items incl. Carton board dispensers, flexibles (foil lids and flow wrap), shippers, POS and injection molded pods.Key responsibilities:• Identify, cost analysis & benchmark potential new brewer manufacturers• In collaboration with Tassimo Alliances Team, establish contractual agreements with all selected brewer manufacturers • Lead negotiations with brewer manufacturers to define commercial terms & conditions• Propose and establish maximum possible fact based productivity targets for brewers• Identify productivity & cost reduction opportunities, and manage implementation of agreed initiatives and technical changes together with Kraft R&D and Suppliers• Work closely with Suppliers and Kraft R&D on next brewer generation development• Manage general Procurement activities with brewer manufacturers to include investments done by Supplier in the name of Kraft (e.g. injection moulding tooling)• Manage the Bill of Materials for the Away from Home brewer with 250 components and support the OEM to source such items that include, PCB, Heating Elements, Water Tanks, High Precision Injection Molded parts.• Manage the tooling register with R&D

Responsible for the Print and Origination for what was the largest privately owned packaging company in the UK. Gravure, Flexo, Litho and Lamination.Extensive experience in gravure, flexo and litho printing, materials and substrates, artwork and reprographics, gravure cylinder manufacture, flexo plate/sleeve manufacture and customer relationships with end users. Managing a business partnership and a team of 5.

Master Of Science - Ms, Materials Engineering

Higher National Diploma, Technical Illustration/Graphic Design