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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Synopsis of role: Ensuring ClarusOne’s members surety of supply through various forecasting and demand management initiatives whilst mitigating downstream risks through sourcing strategies and initiatives.Key achievements: Came into the role at a historical low of inbound service levels at 74% and improved this to 90% • Key expert and primary contact for member demand, inventory management, and forecasting, ensuring accurate forecasts through monthly reviews to align with C1's demand and drive cost-saving initiatives.• Identified, addressed, and reported top supply disruptions, effectively averting disruptions and leading to increased sales, quantifying a quarterly savings of $1.6 million.• Developed and maintained comprehensive reporting on member-driven demand forecasts, presenting large datasets in an easily consumable format. This facilitated effective sourcing actions and provided insights for stakeholder decisions. • Recognized process improvement opportunities and collaborated with internal tech teams to automate low-value tasks, demonstrating a cost-effective, process-oriented approach with aligned prioritisation leading to a time savings of 8 hours weekly.• Built and managed relationships with supplier partners, supply chain teams, overseeing supply availability initiatives and demonstrating a motivated, urgent approach to managing workloads.

Russel Square, London

Synopsis of role: Managed the relationship between C1 and Walmart ($2.5 Billion of C1 spend) ensuring customer satisfaction. I also undertook several projects which I managed to completion for Walmart.Key achievements: Shifted Walmart’s central fill sourcing to be done via C1 which grew the C1 portfolio by $20.2M annually.• Enhanced operational excellence through account management, led strategic planning sessions and achieving a $16 million annual cost reduction by optimizing Walmart's formulary for increased adherence.• Led internal process improvements, resolving member operational concerns, and aligning sourcing activities, resulting in a weekly time savings of 112 hours equating to a resource savings of $100K annually across my team.• Led the transition of WMT’s central fill demand to C1, increasing C1 business by $20.2 million.• Participated in strategic planning sessions to harmonise buy-side and sell-side strategies to enhance member profitability and drive coordinated efforts to surpass growth targets. • Realised strategic objectives, and cultivate solutions catering to member needs, encompassing future growth endeavours and strategic segmentation of the portfolio to optimise molecule performance.• Interpreted member needs and facilitated the alignment of C1 initiatives with member goals; negotiated prioritization and resource allocation for timely project fulfilment to meet customer needs.• Achieved our teams annual saving goal of $600M by providing strategic reporting and effectively tracking member progress and goals while identifying potential cost-saving initiatives. These reports informed decision-makers and stakeholders, leading to the timely allocation of resources and implementation of cost-saving strategies.

Russel Square, London

Synopsis of role: Support sourcing strategies and salesforce management to grow and cultivate supplier relationships.Key achievements: Identified pricing harmonization opportunities within the joint venture and negotiated with suppliers to gain cost reductions which led to $4.6M in savings within my supplier category. • Contributed to the $1 billion annual savings goal through tactical decision making and solving business problems related to potential or current business opportunities.• Led the implementation of new software via guided visual training for cross-functional teams, enabling seamless daily business support for C1's largest retail customer, this optimisation resulted in a 10% reduction of procurement cost through time savings within the team.• Cultivated robust relationships with suppliers, enabling more favourable terms and collaborative cost-saving initiatives. These relationships facilitated streamlined procurement processes and negotiated cost reductions, resulting in substantial annual cost savings.

London, United Kingdom

• Built a strong foundation and understanding of the US Pharma market• Understood all internal bespoke systems used by both parent organizations (McKesson/ Walmart) and helped with the data integration.• Took initiative as an intern and gained training in the product management role where I assisted the product management team with a day to day workload• Joined the Captains initiative which focused on the integration of the US work culture and the UK work culture for both local higher and expats.o This involved planning activities to help create a team cultureo Defining ClarusOne’s culture which takes the best practices from both parent organizations

Chingford, London

Costco is an American wholesale company, where I worked part time during my education. Here I undertook a variety of roles and moved around several segments of the company in order to gain a wider understanding of how the business operates. • Sales Representative - This was a customer facing role in which I analysed customer data and managed customer relations in order to meet sales targets and benefit the members with the executive membership tier.• Photo Lab Technician – Technical role in which I was required to manage both instore and online customer orders as well as machinery maintenance.• Member Service Associate – Responsibilities included analyses of customer transactions to ensure excellence in service minimising checkout errors. I also dealt with a range of independent customer queries. • Front End Associate – Cashier and customer maintenance in which the ability to understand the needs of the customer as well as establishing excellence in customer service were key skills which were highlighted in this role.

Chingford, London

Bachelor’S Degree, Biochemistry, 2:1

Activities and Societies: American football Team - Deffensive back safetyI studied BSc Biochemistry at the University of Essex. I am.

Education record

A levels - Studied at Winchmore sixth form; Biology Geography Chemistry GSCEs grades A*- C including Maths English and Science studied at