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Reading, Berkshire, GB

Procurement senior category manager responsible for the purchase of dark fibre, housing services and data circuits.£200m annual spend portfolio across 60 suppliersStrategy setting to meet group commercial and OCF targetsSupplier negotiation to generate savings and minimise risk & management of cost reduction programsBid support on commercial deals working.

Reading, Berkshire, GB

Manager of 4 Senior Commercial ManagersManagement of supplier base of UK capacity annual spend of £200mContract negotiation with suppliers to drive down cost and improve marginStrategy setting for mid and long term goalsTeam management in line with group objectives

London, GB

Managing team of Buying Managers for UK regionAnnual managed spend budget of £260m over 20-30 suppliersLead on transformation programsCommercial strategy and category plan settingMajor bids support

London, GB

Responsible for £50M UK local access annual spend budgetNegotiation to drive down costsCommercial strategy settingSupplier and product optimisationNew supplier onboardingSupport on major bids across the group

London, London, GB

UK, Ireland and Americas- Responsible for 20MEuros annual supplier spend- Contract negotiator with focus on savings, commercial conditions and working closely with legal dept. on key clauses to minimise company`s risk exposure and liability- Management of spend reduction programmes- Responsible for supplier base improvement programme: RFI compilation &.

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, FR

Responsible for network solutions, architecture design, off-net sourcing and issuing proposals to Account Managers of wholesale carrier market clients.Customer facing, meeting directly with clients alongwith the Account Manager to present the technical aspects of the offer and take questions.250 to 300 customer proposals issued per annum to fixed, mobile.

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, FR

Consistently achieved over 20% bid to order win ratio for all projects worked on.; Managing Western Europe off-net supplier relations and capacity purchase from 2Mbs up to 10Gbs capacity for all bandwidth products and technologies namely Subsea cable, SDH, WDM, Ethernet, Satellite and internal wiring.Annual purchase budget - 2million euros.Responsible for.

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, FR

Headed up the budget and cost optimisation program for the International Network division. Made in year savings of 25million euros for the year 2003.

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, FR

In charge of all purchases made for STELLAT, the division of France Telecom which launched a geo-stationary satellite.Management of the 250million euros space launch contract in terms of payments to satellite manufacturer (Alcatel Space) and launch vessel provider (Arianne), respecting the project schedule helping ensure an on time launch date being.

Boston, MA, US

Responsible for major power generation equipment purchase for General Electric.Management of 10MEuros annual spend budget.Contract negotiation with suppliers on price and terms and conditions.Supplier evaluation and selection.Responsible for e-procurement function and supplier interface to the e-auction tool.

Irving, Texas, US

Negotiating and managing all contracts and site delivery in line with project schedule requirements for a wide range of equipment, as well as managing the overall 10 million GBP budget for a large petrochemical plant project.

Irving, Texas, US

Responsible for oil and gas industry equipment purchase such a piping, valves, instruments & gauges, negotiating, shortlisting and placement of orders with suppliers.