Trusted Advisor acting in an internal consultancy capacity at a senior level within the Transformation Directorate. Advising at board level on the all commercial matters, leadership and management of matrix teams aiming to deliver a world class commercial service. Developing and delivering strategies to build capacity and capability within the directorate and wider MPS enabling the success of the transformation portfolio made up of 13 programmes, 100+ projects

Introduced “no purchase order no pay” across two Trusts thereby reducing eliminating spend resulting in multi million £ savings led multi million transformational change programme delivering significant bottom line benefitscombining of spend portfolios leading to increased purchasing power resulting in lower price points for common goods and services aided by the Purchase Price Index Benchmarking Tool (PPIB) by 30%.Provided strategic advice on the merging of 2 NHS trusts, and led… Show more Introduced “no purchase order no pay” across two Trusts thereby reducing eliminating spend resulting in multi million £ savings led multi million transformational change programme delivering significant bottom line benefitscombining of spend portfolios leading to increased purchasing power resulting in lower price points for common goods and services aided by the Purchase Price Index Benchmarking Tool (PPIB) by 30%.Provided strategic advice on the merging of 2 NHS trusts, and led the merger, which involved TUPE and redundancy considerations. skills, reduced inefficiencies.Development of customer focussed strategies securing continued membership of NHS Trusts realising substantial cashable savings.Uplifting commercial capability (50% skills improvement) through the design and implementation of a continuous improvement programme to address gaps against the NHS Commercial Standards, resulting in the revision of the standing financial instructions and improved governance arrangements. Delivered innovative solutions to secure the future of the NHS procurement hub, delivering benefits to the NHS through streamlined procurement. Show less

Led the creation of a Market Position Statement setting out the aims and objectives for a £250m+ residential and extra care service transformation.Creating Commercially viable solutions resulting in property transformation , through working with multi functional teams to maximise the use of existing land assets. Securing a £2m contract cost saving against a carers service with annual spend of £3.3m, whilst improving the accessibility and quality of the service along with the… Show more Led the creation of a Market Position Statement setting out the aims and objectives for a £250m+ residential and extra care service transformation.Creating Commercially viable solutions resulting in property transformation , through working with multi functional teams to maximise the use of existing land assets. Securing a £2m contract cost saving against a carers service with annual spend of £3.3m, whilst improving the accessibility and quality of the service along with the introduction of digital signposting / self care. Show less

Led a review of the totality of the contracts, introduced improvements to the contractual terms leading to improvements in operational delivery and increase VFMLed the creation of a new Quality Assurance Framework reflecting new regulatory and quality improvements resulting in 50% improvement in quality of care. Creation and implementation of a multi agency innovative safeguarding, quality and risk management approach to the management of care home and community based provision… Show more Led a review of the totality of the contracts, introduced improvements to the contractual terms leading to improvements in operational delivery and increase VFMLed the creation of a new Quality Assurance Framework reflecting new regulatory and quality improvements resulting in 50% improvement in quality of care. Creation and implementation of a multi agency innovative safeguarding, quality and risk management approach to the management of care home and community based provision resulting in increased patient wellbeing reducing the burden on the NHS saving upwards of £100m. Setting and delivering the strategy to achieve value for money through the co-design, delivery and transformation of health and social care services across the city thereby eliminating a multi million budget deficit. Show less

Responsible for Leadership Quality assurance / improvement Contract managementRelationship managementSupplier relationship managementResource management

Responsible forProcurement Resource management Contract Management Performance management / development of performance frameworksProject Management System wide Improvement Improving value for moneyImproving outcomes

Directorate Lead for the WorkSmart change programme.Responsible for Leading changeDevelopment and implementation of modern workforce strategies Stakeholder managementResource management Relationship management

Leading changeDeveloping systemsSupplier and contract management Performance management Relationship management Quality Assurance / improvement

responsible for Carrying out strategic service reviews within the Supporting People programmeIdentifying cashable and non cashable efficiency savingsDevelopment and Implementation of the Accreditation ProcedureConducting Quality Assurance checks on providers

Assessing and issuing charges for residential and non residential type services in accordance with the Fairer Charging policy. Carrying out welfare benefits check to assist with the maximising of income.

Advising and supporting managers with regard to Human Resources issuesPayroll responsibilities