Steph Murphy Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Lead for the UKIMEA Procurement and Travel Team. Manage categories across Professional Services, HR, Marketing, FM, Travel and Sustainability.

Solihull

Warwick

• Category Manager for Agency Staff contract encompassing £23 million spend per annum• Manage spend and activity across variety of Indirects goods and services across Calor including IT, Facilities, and Finance functions• Procurement lead on new CRM system and On Board Truck Computing (OBTC) tender exercises and implementation• Procurement lead on implementation of new national company car and van contract

Warwick

•Leverage opportunities across Calor for a number of national contracts for a wide range of goods and services including: waste, utilities, security, employee expenses, (MFDs), vehicle hire, fuel cards and travel•Ensure use of best practice procurement principles and practices to seek continual improvements•Manage national contracts for security, waste, hotels, PPE and stationery and company vehicle contract•Key member of a Purchasing Portal Project team which looked at all purchasing activity, identifying gaps in the processes, led the tender for new Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) system and was also a key member of the implementation team• Work closely with key stakeholders at all levels to ensure appropriate strategy, governance and policies are followed, and commercial risks are mitigated for major purchases across Calor•Led tender exercise and presented recommendations for new eTendering and contract management tool to support best practice within the team•Manage external company Bravo Solutions for implementation of Bravo’s eTendering system, which forms part of a global platform to improve procurement processes across the group•Responsible for reviewing Purchase Order compliance across Calor and reported to a P2P Steering Group, producing dashboard of compliance, worked with sites and departments to improve their Purchase order compliance through training and reporting•Developed ‘Purchasing Guidelines’ to ensure business wide audit and policy compliance •Continually seeking additional opportunities for cost savings and process efficiencies through use of global agreements (e.g. MFDs, Fork Lift Trucks) and online tools•Manage three full time members of the Purchasing Team•Provide information on procurement activity for external audits and for group•Manage a team of professional buyers, and build the base skill set into a group of world class procurement experts.•Report, and advise the UK board on matters relating to spend, policy, suppliers and strategy

•Provided a comprehensive centralised procurement service across a wide range of goods, services and works to meet the needs of and delivered best value for Warwickshire Police•Provided professional advice and guidance for all aspects of procurement, promoting effective working relationships•Managed six full-time members of Contracts and Purchasing Team, incorporating Contracts Officers and a Central Purchasing (buying) Team. This included the management of performance and development, administration of the appraisal system, sickness and absence management, provision of counselling, welfare, and recruitment and selection, in order to ensure the effective management of all staff•Reported quarterly on the work of the procurement team demonstrating the work of the unit and the value to Warwickshire Police•Responsible for monitoring compliance with Contract Standing Orders by all officers and staff•Identified, reviewed and planned tender and contract programmes on behalf of Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police. The two forces were working in alliance to set up a single centralised procurement unit•Actively involved in change management in developing a single procurement unit•Reviewed existing contract documents including tender documents, terms and conditions, and contract standing orders to standardise one set of ‘precedent’ documents for both forces•Conducted tender exercises in accordance with public sector procurement regulations, including E.U. tender exercises for a variety of goods and services, which supported the strategic and operational needs of the police. This included consultation, specification, tendering, implementation, management and review of all existing and new procurement arrangements for goods and services including P2P•Represented Warwickshire Police on procurement matters at various meetings and groups, internally and externally•Oversaw the implementation new ‘Police Procurement Hub’ (P2P) replacing existing eProcurement system

Procurement analysis and tendering of wide range of goods and services at local and regional level, including E.U. tenders. Examples include pest control services, veterinary services, Police Dog kennelling services, vehicle accident repairs, sale of redundant property, electrical and security repair and maintenance services, •Conducted an E.U. tender exercise for the Collection and Destruction of Waste worth £8 million on behalf of the ‘Regional goods and services procurement consortium' consisting of eleven Police Forces. This was a complex procurement exercise divided into six lots•Provided advice and guidance on Contract Standing Orders to colleagues, both within the team and other departments in relation to this and other procurement related matters and tendering guidelines•Actively involved in collaboration with the alliance with West Mercia Police, and also through working with Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Councils (CSW) to identify joint contracts and savings•Deputised for Contracts and Purchasing Business Manager

Managed contracts and convened commodity groups for postal services (courier services, international and domestic mail), travel services and vehicle management (vehicle purchase and lease, vehicle hire, vehicle maintenance, taxis and coach hire). This involved the management of tendering processes in line with E.U. Public Sector Procurement Directives and University Financial Regulations•Led Commodity Groups to achieve savings towards a target for the department set by the University's Procurement Steering Group. Produced quarterly progress reports for this Group, which also identified new areas for savings and process improvements•Negotiated and liaised with suppliers to achieve cost savings, streamline processes and high standard of service for University departments •Responsible for devising the University's travel purchasing policy•Provided advice to departments on good procurement practice, the University's Financial Regulation on Purchasing as well as advice on E.U. Directives

Responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the courierservices contract for the University and ran the Post Commodity Group.•Managed University wide contracts for vehicle hire and water coolers•Ran the Purchasing Agency which involved the placing of orders onbehalf of other University departments and sourced and placed orders on behalf of the Finance Office •Provided advice on good procurement practice, Financial Regulations and approved suppliers •Administered the University credit card and procurement card•Annually organised the University's Suppliers' Fairs •Coordinated the sale of University vehicles and managed the MOTs and taxation of all University owned vehicles•Organised training and workshop sessions and provided administrative support for the Head of Purchasing and Insurance