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Chichester, England, United Kingdom

Working in the "Place Category" within the Procurement and Contracts Management Team - West Sussex County Council for the best practice delivery of procured service contracts for the citizens of West Sussex. Responsible for services initiation, benchmarking, market insight, contract mobilisation, reporting and lifecycle governance of over 300 contracts of which 30 are Strategic and Business Critical relationships worth in excess of £250 million per annum, aimed at delivering excellence in… Show more Working in the "Place Category" within the Procurement and Contracts Management Team - West Sussex County Council for the best practice delivery of procured service contracts for the citizens of West Sussex. Responsible for services initiation, benchmarking, market insight, contract mobilisation, reporting and lifecycle governance of over 300 contracts of which 30 are Strategic and Business Critical relationships worth in excess of £250 million per annum, aimed at delivering excellence in services across Energy & Utilities, FM, Waste Management and Capital Construction. Show less

Lancing, England, United Kingdom

Led a team of "subject matter experts" in Operational and Information Technology indirect procurement whilst maintaining direct procurement responsibility for Logistical and Postal services, FM and Consumables, Recruitment services and Utilities that generated £600k of direct savings to the business in a 6 months synergies and integration programme.Working extensively with stakeholders and with key blue chip clients to provide best in class 3rd Party outsourced services using a network… Show more Led a team of "subject matter experts" in Operational and Information Technology indirect procurement whilst maintaining direct procurement responsibility for Logistical and Postal services, FM and Consumables, Recruitment services and Utilities that generated £600k of direct savings to the business in a 6 months synergies and integration programme.Working extensively with stakeholders and with key blue chip clients to provide best in class 3rd Party outsourced services using a network of preferred suppliers, whilst developing processes for the selection, on-boarding, performance management and governance of Supply-side contracts. Promoted "Corporate Social Responsibility" , " Supplier Performance Management" and "Sustainable Procurement Strategies" developing strategic relationships with continuous improvement that were able to support the needs of a Global Communications business. Show less

Lancing, England, United Kingdom

Slashed internal and blue-chip client 3rd party services and supplies costs in the following expense categories- IT / technology - Logistics/ supply chain- International Postal services- Agency Labour - Utilities and energy management- Facilities - Secure waste, Cleaning and Security services- Operations - Capital purchases , maintenance and support servicesLeading and developing a highly motivated indirect procurement team with direct "hand-on" activity… Show more Slashed internal and blue-chip client 3rd party services and supplies costs in the following expense categories- IT / technology - Logistics/ supply chain- International Postal services- Agency Labour - Utilities and energy management- Facilities - Secure waste, Cleaning and Security services- Operations - Capital purchases , maintenance and support servicesLeading and developing a highly motivated indirect procurement team with direct "hand-on" activity negotiating and delivering preferred supplier framework contracts with direct savings and EBIT contributions in excess of £25 million, meeting exacting standards of Supplier Compliance and Performance. Show less

Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom

Developed a successful Supply Chain team responsible for all material and sundry site requirements on a just in time basis. In this role. Introduced the SAP ERP inventory management platform that supported the SOP and financial back office whilst implementing Kanban procedures for Just-In-Time 24x7x365 print and mail operations across 3 sites in the UK.

Hungerford, England, United Kingdom

Headed the UK Transactional Print and Mail Operations meeting all service level commitments, on-boarding of key clients and hitting production targets. Responsible for securing significant inward capital investments in Production and Warehousing Operations, Integrating and implementing services for key blue-chip clients following acquisitions and mergers. Turned around the failing Manchester site over 6 months with progressive personnel training and up-skilling, strict vendor compliance and… Show more Headed the UK Transactional Print and Mail Operations meeting all service level commitments, on-boarding of key clients and hitting production targets. Responsible for securing significant inward capital investments in Production and Warehousing Operations, Integrating and implementing services for key blue-chip clients following acquisitions and mergers. Turned around the failing Manchester site over 6 months with progressive personnel training and up-skilling, strict vendor compliance and team performance enhancement initiatives. Show less

Salisbury, England, United Kingdom

Delivered major interim manufacturing process and packaging efficiency improvement projects for Princes Soft Drinks and Vimto Soft Drinks:

Bawtry, England, United Kingdom

Developed and enhanced 3rd party UK logistics operations to supply demanding retail customers in Virgin Drinks UK. Auditing of contract packaging plants across the UK maintaining product standards and author of technical process specifications.

Education, Advanced Communicator Bronze

Activities and Societies: Toastmasters International - Solent Speakers - Fareham Hampshire not for profit "educational leadership.

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Honours Biochemistry