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I am an experienced procurement manager having worked in a wide range of procurement areas but with especial focus on IT and go to market activities. .I have excellent negotiating skills and a proven track record of achieving cost savings and delivering business benefits and innovative commercial deals. I have worked on numerous complex and demanding internal projects and external bids. I am able to develop and build good working relationships with both stakeholders and suppliers. I have strong project, planning and organisational skills. My leadership, people management and coaching skills are generally regarded as among my strong points. I have extensive knowledge and experience of working in a variety of procurement areas both in the UK and overseas. I have been used to working in an extremely pressurised environment and delivering against very stretching commercial objectives. In BT I worked in cross-functional teams across a range of procurement categories including IT Hardware and Software, Hosting and Internet Applications, IP and Broadband Networks, Mobile telephony, Customer Relationship and Security software. The roles entailed developing end to end category, strategic sourcing, vendor and stakeholder strategies putting in place SLAs, KPI’s and performance remedies and incentives. I was responsible for the supplier and contract lifecycle management of leading suppliers such as IBM, Computer Associates, Cisco, etc. I have experience of meeting audit, Regulatory, Sourcing with Human Dignity, Corporate Social Responsibility and security requirements. I am familiar with the use of eAuction, eProcurement, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Google, Oracle, Jira, Confluence, Livelink, SharePoint and Ariba. I have experience of matrix management and working in virtual teams. I also have experience of agile workingand outsourcing and external bid work, including bids into the public and financial sectors, involving TUPE.

Listed skills include Stakeholder Management, Management, Negotiation, Supply Management, and 11 others.