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Zurich, Zurich, CH

• Leadership of the procurement strategy and change program- driving initiatives such as; optimised buying channels, preferred suppliers,
• Providing leadership and ownership of the cross category UK Procurement team and the development of our global category management program.
• Recently responsible for leading the sourcing, selection, contracting and re-scaling of an external Procurement partner to support the delivery of further Procurement savings of $150m over 3 years as well as changing.

Zurich, Zurich, CH

• Responsible for global real estate and facilities sourcing and part of the Swiss Re Global Sourcing team. c. $200m global spend on a range of categories including; property, FM, document management, insurance.
• Working with senior stakeholders to deliver value through progressive Procurement category strategies and delivery plans.
• Providing leadership and ownership of the cross category UK Procurement team and the development of our global category management program.
• The role has provided support to the local Swiss Re Life Capital and ReAssure business including Procurement leadership for M&A and divestment activity; pre-deal, post deal and integration. I have presented to a number.
• I was recently responsible for leading the sourcing, selection and contracting of an external Procurement partner to support the delivery of further Procurement savings of $150m over 3 years

• Responsible for establishing, growing and evolving the procurement function, creating structure and methodology and delivering value. Working alongside the Swiss Re group to deliver a professional Procurement and.

London, GB

• The role combined the leadership of the Group Property function with the creation the creation and development of the Group Procurement function.
• I created an SRM framework to which drives value delivery and risk mitigation.
• I was personally responsible for the delivery of large and complex ITO and BPO contracts during as well as other significant Procurement projects.
• I was also responsible for the management of the corporate property portfolio and have delivered; divestments, lease renewals and consolidation within this area

London, GB

• Responsible for the creation of a Property and Facilities Procurement function across 11 European countries spend- 95.4m Euros.
• Creating and delivering a European Property and Facilities category strategy including; lease negotiations for new and existing property, pan European facilities contract negotiation and implementation and integrated.
• Managing a small team of Procurement professionals based in; France, Poland and Ireland as well as a functional Property and Facilities team in Ireland.
• The role also included responsibility for Procurement in Aviva Ireland. The key components of this are; local stakeholder management, to FD and CEO level, local team management, policy implementation, ownership and.

London, GB

• Responsible for; 17 Purchasing Professionals, IT/ Telecoms spend of circa. £380m and departmental budget of £1.6m paAchievements
• Annualised cash savings- 2006- £27m, 2007- c. £35m
• Developed and introduced strategic sourcing/ category management within the IT Purchasing area.
• Led major 3rd party cost reduction program for IT Purchasing
• Lead negotiator for outsourced network/ telecoms contract re-negotiations (current)
• Led regular negotiations with major vendors including; IBM, Oracle, Cable and Wireless, O2, SAS, Computercentre and Dell

Bellevue, WA, US

• Responsible for- Management of network equipment, software and services procurement- spend £300m, including staff management and development.Achievements
• Successful negotiation and purchase of various technologies, including; location based services, “camel” software, infrastructure, speed proxy and video telephony.
• Personal savings of over £20million in 2002 and £18m in 2003, £23m 2004.
• Successful negotiation of 3G/2G handover hardware/ software value approx. £17m.
• Successful commercial management of outsourcing contracts.

• Responsible for; Management of extensive logistics function, 21 staff and Procurement spend of £50 millionAchievements
• Raising Procurement profile from largely clerical to strategic contributor
• Extended the departments’ scope and influence into the following areas; corporate, consultancy and civil engineering.
• Successfully introduced and managed a cost saving program which realised savings of over £½ million per annum

Responsible for; Strategic sourcing of a range of international engineering based products to the value of £5 million p/a (including; magnets, industrial ceramics cathodes and glass components)

Responsible for- Production and material control for a £10 million electronics manufacturing company (responsibility for 7 staff) and MRP system set up

I was employed initially as a graduate trainee, but rapidly achieved the positions of Internal Sales Engineer, Progress Chaser, Buyer and then Senior Buyer.

Ba (Hons), Politics And Government

7 O'Levels And 3 Alevels