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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Harwell Campus

Manage the Procurement process for a range of substantial research projects ensuring compliance to 2015 public service regulations .

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

In compliance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and 2016 (and 2023) to Recruited to;Tender and Implement a Framework Agreement Covering Professional Services Consultancy.Develop a Contract Management strategy process and training literature.Create a revised procurement process to suit the new Procurement regs. 2023.

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Recruited to; Provide leadership, experience and compliance to manage the existing Supply Chain. Provision and maintenance of 18000 homes, construction and refurbishment of new housing construction and commercial real estate + indirect services including Legal, IT and HR and Services in compliance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and 2016.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Recruited to;Introduce best practice procurement strategy and operational process, in particular reducing risk and improving values for money.Initial position: little or no Procurement influence evident with the process relying upon financial budgets to control expenditure. Major Clients (in particular the major clearing banks) were requiring compliance with best practice, a real risk of their withdrawal as Clients if we continued to fail to comply. Actions… Show more Recruited to;Introduce best practice procurement strategy and operational process, in particular reducing risk and improving values for money.Initial position: little or no Procurement influence evident with the process relying upon financial budgets to control expenditure. Major Clients (in particular the major clearing banks) were requiring compliance with best practice, a real risk of their withdrawal as Clients if we continued to fail to comply. Actions taken:Develop and implement a procurement policy, strategy and embed a process of work to support this.Demonstrating effective people management skills, implementing a process to reduce and manage risk and ensure effective supplier selection control.Emphasis on high-risk contracts to ensure optimum performance.In practice this included:• Separating strategic and operational roles.• Introduced a 3-part approval process for orders.• Ensuring a formal RFP process and onboarding undertaken for all new purchases using the procurement team• Developing a SME data and approval process for 3rd Party providers which covered all aspects of corporate social responsibility and risk. • Ensuring effective negotiation with Contracts were in place for all high-risk commodities.ResultsAchieved approval from all major banks based on the best practice process implemented. Savings in excess of £1million across a range of goods and services. Reduced risk and improved procurement performance across the operation. Show less

Falmouth Cornwall

Develop, on a hands-on basis ,a strategic Procurement team ready for Global Standardisation across the international Fugro Group for both direct and indirect procurement Actions Taken: Gained acceptance and understanding of procurement’s role including access to the Business ‘top table’ and stake holders development meetings and being part of the Project team at an early stage.Developed and built effective strategic Procurement team capable of servicing all of Fugro’s UK… Show more Develop, on a hands-on basis ,a strategic Procurement team ready for Global Standardisation across the international Fugro Group for both direct and indirect procurement Actions Taken: Gained acceptance and understanding of procurement’s role including access to the Business ‘top table’ and stake holders development meetings and being part of the Project team at an early stage.Developed and built effective strategic Procurement team capable of servicing all of Fugro’s UK requirements across 3 operating companies. Including project bespoke manufacture, civil engineering and construction, geo services operation including drilling and coastal operations.• Recruiting and reskilling the people team and providing the leadership to be an effective resourcing operation rather than just a transactional team. Across an international geography as well as UK operations.• Developing effective documentation practices to ensure customs and excise compliance.• Setting up an approval process for 3rd Party providers which covered all aspects of corporate social responsibility and risk. • Ensure best us of the existing ERP system whilst preparing for a new upgraded release.• Ensuring effective support for in house manufacturing and project engineering.• Reviewed existing stock holding and reduce to critical items only.• Creating effective contracts using well developed sourcing and negotiating techniques for all high-risk products including appropriate KPI’s and SLAs within contractual vehicles (JCT or NEC or bespoke). • Developing stores and logistics capability to match business need.Results : Bottom line savings exceeding £2million per year. Risk reduction using inclusive Procurement process. Improving on time delivery improved to 98% and climbing. Show less

Reading, United Kingdom

1)Manage the design process and implementation of the Supply Chain elements of a new ERP system. 2) Reduce procurement cost across all business divisionsOn engagement A decision had already been made to select and implement a preferred ERP management system. A Project manager had been engaged to undertake this and heads of agreement already signed. A review of the selection process revealed a less than thorough engagement process and little or no internal planning to determine… Show more 1)Manage the design process and implementation of the Supply Chain elements of a new ERP system. 2) Reduce procurement cost across all business divisionsOn engagement A decision had already been made to select and implement a preferred ERP management system. A Project manager had been engaged to undertake this and heads of agreement already signed. A review of the selection process revealed a less than thorough engagement process and little or no internal planning to determine what is requiredA superficial tendering process had been undertaken but showed little evidence of a best practice bidding and selection process.Once the short comings were exposed the Project Manager departed quoting family health issues. Implementation was delegated to the Document Controller and me.Procurement process to establish controls to operate an effective de-centralised procurement process, providing expert guidance and a process able to cope with fluid evolving operating structure in manufacture. My role was to manage all the commercial and procurement actions while the Document Controller looked after the plan to implement and established how the business would operate.Renegotiated the supply contract such that clear objectives that matched company manufacturing requirements were established, KPI’s and SLAs were established against an unambiguous project plan. The supplier agreed to work to our plain language performance specification rather than us signing up to the specification he offered. Capital saving £250k achieved against budget.Then using the data generated reviewed major expenditure and created reduced risk and value for money improvements by negotiating effective supply contracts:• IT hardware, software and middle ware 20% saving achieved. • Temporary site roadway 10% reduction in cost • Scaffolding, portfolio of approved suppliers by region established reflecting market rates. Average 7% reduction in cost. Show less

Poole Dorset

Recruited to:Reduce costIntroduce effective Category ManagementUp-skill the workforce

Dorchester

Part of a GROWING , exciting, talented Procurement Consultancy Firm

Position: Procurement Team leader, indirect expenditure of £130m – Clarks International LtdBusiness: Global footwear supply & retailing, serving 450 shops in the UK and further 500 across Europe and the rest of the worldBrief:To lead a team of Procurement professionals; realigning their strategy and operation to fit with corporate objectives. In particular to maximize leverage across Europe as new commercial operations are rolled out.To apply good leadership and… Show more Position: Procurement Team leader, indirect expenditure of £130m – Clarks International LtdBusiness: Global footwear supply & retailing, serving 450 shops in the UK and further 500 across Europe and the rest of the worldBrief:To lead a team of Procurement professionals; realigning their strategy and operation to fit with corporate objectives. In particular to maximize leverage across Europe as new commercial operations are rolled out.To apply good leadership and mentoring skills to maximize value for money whilst identifying and mitigating risk. Major Commodities:Supply Chain, logistics and vehicles (including international sea freight and 3rd party UK/European distribution)Marketing, advertising, media buying and PRIT, including multi-channel retailingRetail, Shop requirements including shop fit.HR, recruitment, consultancy and training Facilities Management (full range of hard and soft services) Results: Successful transition from consultancy support to a strategic Global category management team. Stretching yet simple KPI’s, covering savings, integration, alignment and risk. As a measure of the success savings in 2011 rose to £5.7 million (target £4M) and the expectation is of a £8Million saving for 2012. Show less

Substantial interim/consultancy success gained across a wide range of supply categories and market places (direct and indirect) and enterprises (Blue chip, Public Sector and SME). Including:Value for money improvement, mentoring skills to Clarks International Ltd, 2 assignmentsGlobal sourcing, procurement Policy definition alignment and restructuring with TMD Ltd (Thorn Microwave Developments) 2 assignmentsRetained Consultant for ADR International Ltd working… Show more Substantial interim/consultancy success gained across a wide range of supply categories and market places (direct and indirect) and enterprises (Blue chip, Public Sector and SME). Including:Value for money improvement, mentoring skills to Clarks International Ltd, 2 assignmentsGlobal sourcing, procurement Policy definition alignment and restructuring with TMD Ltd (Thorn Microwave Developments) 2 assignmentsRetained Consultant for ADR International Ltd working on a range of resourcing projects including Global clients like Geest, Westbury Homes and the MOD Procurement Consultant with Bespak Europe Ltd working on the sourcing and development of drug delivery components for 2 new USA based products for Glaxo International Ltd. 2 assignments Show less