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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Contractual and Commercial lead for Contingent Labour. Strategic Relationship Management of suppliers to the value of £180m+ including Public Sector Resourcing (PSR). Provide HR operational, commercial and contractual advice and expertise to ensure the smooth running of contracts to budget. Accountable for the delivery of continuous improvement plans, future category strategy, implementation of Statement of Work and Recruit Train Deploy PSR service offerings.

London Area, United Kingdom

As part of the Vaccine Task Force I am responsible for providing support and expertise with regards to supplier selection, contract management and commercial assurance. As part of a great team, committed to help the UK get through the COVID-19 pandemic, I am required to work at pace in a very dynamic and technical environment. Ensuring that we partner with the right suppliers, utilise best practice, deliver value for money, protect public health, and support the recovery of the economy.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Responsible for strategic supplier relationship management with particular focus on HR and outsourced services (business travel, IT services, contingent labour, pensions administration – circa £250m p.a.). Providing expertise and thought leadership with sourcing strategies, supplier relationship management and contract renewals/renegotiations.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for providing thought leadership, expertise and best practice insight to the Strategic Category team and assisting in the development of category strategies for contingent labour for Central & Local Government, Education and Health. Responsible for reviewing supplier relationship management practices and process and making recommendations for improvement and assist team with embedding new process and practices.

London, United Kingdom

Developed and managed the procurement processes, policy and procedures for JLT. Supported the Head of Procurement to deliver agreed procurement objectives, strategy and governance for the business. Key Achievements ¬ Developed, implemented and maintained robust procurement procedures in line with best procurement practice, the Procurement policy and SOPs¬ Designed and rolled out supplier relationship management (SRM) model, service owner handbook and toolkit. Trained service owners in best practice supplier management.  Led sourcing of ERP, P2P and eSourcing platforms, managed P2P and eSourcing systems¬ Personally managed numerous high value strategic supplier relationships including IT outsourced services, facilities management services, software and SaaS providers¬ Implemented monthly and quarterly MI used for reporting to the senior management team, tracking sourcing events & prioritisation, tracking performance against procurement targets, saves, non-compliance with the sourcing policy and where applicable, supplier performance management¬ Increased utilisation of the purchase order system from 73% in 2014 to 93% in 2016 through monitoring compliance and conducting targeted education ¬ Conducted supply chain risk assessments twice yearly, and as required, to identify hih risk areas and complete mitigating actions, particularly with regards to EUGDPR, modern slavery and anti-corruption & bribery¬ Operationalised quarterly update of suppler spend analytics tool, managing data feeds from 11 countries and conducted periodic reviews to ensure 100% accuracy on top 1,000 suppliers¬ Maintained and developed the contracts database, effectively migrated from Sharepoint 2003 to SharePoint 2013 and contracts renewal ¬ Establishing effective working relationship with procurement and internal stakeholders to develop effective and best practice strategy planning to meet business drivers and provide specialist and professional procurement advice

Exposure to a wide range of industry sectors including Banking and Financial Services, Aviation, Not for Profit and Media as a procurement specialist and acting engagement manager for Proxima clients. Responsibility for identification and implementation of savings initiatives over a wide range of categories including Professional Services, Telecomms, Hospitality Services, Catering, Temporary Labour and Recruitment and Training. Responsible for client delivery, reporting, management of team resource and projects and client on-sell. Achievements and projects are numerous put key achievements include;➢ Delivered £5m savings on an annual spend on £60m from two successive savings campaigns within hospitality and staff catering services ➢ Led Global Accounting & Tax Compliance tender covering 120 countries reporting to the Global Head of Business Services delivering a saving of £3.5m on an annual spend of £55m➢ Delivered £320K savings on £2.2m annual spend within the Temporary Labour and Recruitment category through implementation of a Manage Service Provider model and an Employed Consultant model for IT Consultants and through fee negotiation and mitigation➢ Led strategic review of the training category delivering £150,000 annualised savings on an annual spend of £1.6m➢ Managed numerous Professional Services projects including Legal Services, HR Services, Accounting and Finance Services delivery an average saving of approximately 22%➢ Cross category experience with market leading expertise in HR and professional services

London, United Kingdom

Promoted to Sourcing Manager following successful design and roll out of industry leading sourcing processes and contributed significantly to various commodity, distribution and outsourcing deals.Key Achievements ➢ Responsible for end to end sourcing process; competitive tendering (RFI/RFP), supplier evaluation, negotiation, contract drafting and execution for various commodities.➢ Examples include Professional Services (total spend £5m, total saving 9%), IT software (Bespoke and Off the Shelf, total spend £510k, total saving 13%), IT services (total spend £780k, total saving 8%), Corporate Property (Mechanical and Electrical and Security, total spend £15.4m, total saving 4%) ➢ Negotiated Distribution Agreements (£15m+ revenue generation) and Third Party Administration agreements (total spend £1m).➢ Prepared and presented contract approvals briefings to senior stakeholders and company directors.➢ Sourcing business partner for Corporate Property and responsible for stakeholder management, building credibility for the department and sourcing pipeline visibility and delivery.Prudential Assurance Ltd Policy and Process SpecialistReporting to Policy and Process Manager and responsible for developing and embedding best practice processes and toolkits to provide a consistent, transparent and robust organisational benchmark for sourcing, outsourcing and 3rd party contractual management.Key Achievements➢ Developed and embedded industry leading best practice sourcing, outsourcing and supplier relationship management frameworks.➢ Development of detailed tactical toolkits to support the overreaching frameworks.➢ Designed a training program on the processes and toolkits and delivered to over 200 individuals across multiple sites.

London, United Kingdom

Originally recruited to join the transition team which is responsible for ensuring the smooth migration of in house procurement operations to a best practice outsourced managed service. Scope of responsibility extended to provide operational support to strategic sourcing department developing and implementing cost savings initiatives across multiple clients and territories.Key Achievements➢ Responsible for investigating with new and existing suppliers ways of reducing costs. Successfully initiated 5 cost savings plans delivering 8% saving on £9.5m spend (£760,000) through changing product and service specifications, supplier negotiations and process improvements in a challenging customer focused environment.➢ Head of project office for eProcurement system implementation ensuring delivery of quality standardised reports to client and internal management tracking project deliverables, timescales and budget. ➢ Provided strategic direction and drafted Supplier Adoption strategy and communication plan for eProcurement system.

Ba (Hons) Business Administration, Business Admin, 2:2

13 Gcse'S A-C Grade And 3 A Levels