Corporate Services Category Management.• HR• Legal• Marketing• Telecoms

Managed the following categories-HRMarketingGeneral Hardware and PPEProfessional ServicesWaste and EnvironmentalInsuranceLogisticsStationary and Office Supplies

Managed UK and US based Subcontractors for the ongoing success of the Wedgetail AEW&C ISS Contract.Included:Contract ManagementNegotiationSupplier AuditingProject ManagementSupplier Relationship ManagementO/S Travel

Responsibilities:1. Vendor management;2. Working in cross functional teams, including project teams and bid teams;3. Preparation of contractual documents;4. Contract tendering, evaluation and selection;5. Negotiation of contracts and contractual mechanisms;6. Liaising globally with senior management, staff at all levels, suppliers/subcontracts and potential customers; and7. Development, implementation and achievement of savings targets.

Responsibilities:1. Management of the estimating and pricing activities within 3 streams of Business;2. Strategic pricing, estimating, cost modeling, planning, formulation, reviews and analysis of all cost estimates; 3. Prepared the pricing proposal responses to commercial terms and conditions and other commercial aspects that included: foreign exchange, warranties, price variation, escalation, payment terms and schedules and expenditure profiles;4. Developed bid related price and financial summaries for management reviews and 5. Ensured that all new work had been reviewed for risk and that risk had been priced in accordance with company guidelines.

The commercial and procurement graduate program consisted of four rotations which lasted six months each. In these rotations certain objectives needed to be met to complete the program.Responsibilities:1. Administration of contracts,2. Managing the relationship with each customer,3. Reviewing and analysis of estimates which supported the company’s integrated business plan targets,4. Risk Assesment,5. Pricing strategies,6. Assessing the impact of commercial terms and conditions to pricing proposals,7. Commercial management of the subcontracts and key supplier contracts,8. Management of tendering activities,9. Variations to the subcontracts,10. Resolution of contractual issues, and11. Managing the performance of key suppliers.