Nick B. Email & Phone Number

N.M Binks B.Com(hons) ACMA MBA FCIPS. Profile: A well rounded senior supply chain executive, operating at General Manager & CPO level, experienced in small, medium and large scale contracting & procurement activity in diverse locations and multi-cultural teams. A career of continued professional development and increasing responsibility covering key business functions of finance, project services and contracting & procurement in a multinational setting. Oil, Gas and Energy sector experience.A strategic thinker who has built contracting & procurement functions from scratch and lead existing teams for poor performance to best in group with a proven delivery focus on the bottom line. Well versed in local content, sustainability and modern day slavery. A clear change manager who has successfully implemented 3 SAP projects with associated process changes. Professionally qualified as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ACMA ) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing (FCIPS). Demonstrable interest in developing talent within the organization and outside having lead development and change in the profession as Queensland Secretary for CIPSA for 1 year and then Chair of the Queensland branch of CIPSA for 2 years. Professional skill set:• Leadership and change management of diverse teams across multi locations• Risk & Stakeholder management • Commercial acumen and negotiation• Project management• Delivery focus• ERP ( SAP) systems implementationsKey achievements:• Created Contracting & Procurement policies, standards, systems including ethics & compliance and risk management for new and existing businesses• Turning a diverse multi locational team it into a cohesive team going from worst to best team in internal satisfaction surveys in less than 2 years.• Achieved bottom line savings of over $100 million on a portfolio spend of $1 billion per annum• Leading a team to reduce and re-target cost reduction by 20% and strategic direction for coal seam gas production