Responsible for promoting and enforcing P2P processes throughout the business, working with Procurement, P2P and Business Units to standardise processes to ensure P2P Best Practice. Facilitate training of new starters and refresher training; by supporting the P2P trainers to deliver consistent training. Including requisitioning, receipting, Inventory Management and Month end reporting. Ensuring correct Materials masters and codes are used to drive accurate accounting and reporting. Currently working on a smaller scale project with process excellence and visiting all sites across the U.K. Promoting best practice. This also includes P2P how to buy and workshop style sessions, building up long lasting relationships with operations.

As a key member of the Tarmac Buying Team, I have enjoyed supporting and driving the roll out of the Purchase to Pay programme since the merge of the newly formed Company in 2013. Currently I look after the on-going performance management of all sites, taking Bulk raw materials to ensure adherence to business rules. The Buyer role supports a multitude of Procurement activities including, communicating policy, Purchase to Pay process improvement, contract compliance and stakeholder engagement.Professional Competencies♦ Procurement/Purchasing ♦ Effective Communication♦ Financial/Process integrity and Improvements♦ Planning & Organisation ♦ Stakeholder management ♦ Performance Monitoring ♦ Training and Development of requisitioners Key AchievementsBuyer 2013 -PresentPart of the team of Buyers for Tarmac, personally managing all Bulk Raw Material , Capex, Merchanting and Shop Sales processes.Built close relationships with Direct Procurement Category Managers, in order to ensure compliance of the supply of Raw Materials into sites.Regularly advise and assist stakeholders on Invoice Query issues to drive delivery of a significant reduction in overall statistics.Provide one-to- one and group training sessions for SAP Requisitions, Cockpit Query’s and Goods Receipting, this will include visiting sites on a regular basis across the country and presenting training workshops.Collaboration with preferred and approved suppliers to resolve supply and invoicing issues.First point of call for Supplier Performance issues.Developed relationships with multiple sites, provide advice to stakeholders on all aspects relating to the P2P process.Ownership and liaison on driving site specific action plans and P2P training to support the achievement of compliance and budgeted objectives. Compliance to contracts, spend under info records and adherence to business rules targets for the P2P processesProvision of progress reports to Team Leader.

 To ensure that merchandise, supplies and equipment are forwarded on specified delivery dates. Contacting suppliers via telephone and email Communicate with couriers to preclude delays in transit Liaise with suppliers regarding any delivery issue’s  Cancellations via sales Creating purchase orders ensuring the system is updated with the correct details Providing updates on outstanding orders Assisting accounts with any invoice queries Setting up new part codes on the system when new items become available  Obtaining pricing and for quotation purposes

 To ensure that merchandise, supplies and equipment are forwarded on specified delivery dates. Contacting suppliers via telephone and email Communicate with couriers to preclude delays in transit Liaise with suppliers regarding any delivery issue’s  Cancellations via sales Creating purchase orders ensuring the system is updated with the correct details Providing updates on outstanding orders Assisting accounts with any invoice queries Setting up new part codes on the system when new items become available  Obtaining pricing and for quotation purposes

Deliver solutions to arrears customers using negotiating skills▪ Utilise negotiating skills with customers in order to maximise new business and sales opportunities Whilst building long term relationships▪ Ensure comply with legal requirements and compliance to procedures▪ Responsible for delivering team statistics via email, motivating through themes and guiding my team to achieve better results through discussions at weekly team meetings▪ Train new members of the team to bring them up to standard so they are confident to deal with all situations and ensuring that they are confident within the environment