Simon Payne Email & Phone Number

• I am currently the Council’s sole Category Manager within the Strategic Commissioning Team (SCT). I manage a team of between 6-8 procurement officers who are responsible for delivering all of the Council’s centralised.
• Supporting the development and delivery of the Council’s Strategic Commissioning Strategy 2021-2025.
• Coordinating and leading Procurement Review meetings with Service Managers across the Council.
• Developing continuous improvement processes relating to the Council’s procurement activity.
• Working to recruit and develop staff to generate creative market solutions through a professional, skilled and appropriately resourced procurement function.
• Developing processes to ensure that procurement benefits and financial savings are identified, secured and delivered.

Stirling

I was asked to step into the role of Category Manager on an interim basis initially. Again, I was managing a team of between 6-8 procurement officers who were responsible for delivering all of the Council’s centralised procurement activity, though excluding Social Care at this point in time. Again, I continued to act as the Procurement Lead on a number of.

Stirling

• I joined the Council at a time when it was undergoing a significant strategic transition from devolved procurement to a centralised procurement function. My role was principally to act as the Procurement Lead on a.
• Providing specialist procurement related advice and guidance to all levels and employees across Stirling Council.
• Represent the Strategic Commissioning function at a variety of both internal and external working group.
• Provide both assistance and cover for the Category Managers as required.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• My role was to provide a range of administrative and logistical support in relation to the Procurement & Commercial Improvement Programme (PCIP). This role gave me a unique introduction to the workings of public sector.
• I was the first point of contact for PCIP enquiries, ensuring that these were handled swiftly and effectively in line with Scotland Excel’s customer care focus.
• I was required maintain effective relationships with both colleagues undertaking customer PCIP assessments, and representatives from the participating Local Authorities.
• I was also required to collate customer pre-assessment documentation and make it available to PCIP assessors, and work to support the development of high quality customer reports as a result of the assessments.

Dundee, United Kingdom

As an Implementation Advisor at Dundee City Council my role was to support the project manager overseeing major service changes within the waste department. This was my first role in local government and the role was varied and required considerable flexibility. I undertook data capture and survey work, gave practical advice to householders relating to.

United Kingdom

As a tutor at the University of St Andrews I led undergraduate tutorials. The three key components of this role were:Firstly, planning the structure and content of the tutorials in advance. This involved digesting the key ideas contained within complex texts quickly and accurately, and preparing the presentation of these ideas.Secondly, delivering the.

As an Assistant Manager for Goals Soccer Centres I was required to perform a number of duties. The three key components of this role were: Firstly, leading and guiding the workforce as required. This involved engaging with and working with staff at all levels of the organisation, from maintenance workers and external contractors to the central management.

As the receptionist at Goals Soccer Centres I was required to perform a number of duties. These included: providing high quality frontline customer service; addressing customer complaints as they arose; implementing marketing strategies; promoting products and special offers via the website and other social media: telesales; and the processing of bookings.

Master Of Philosophy (Mphil), Ethics

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Political Philosophy