I manage two teams:- one team drafts, bespokes and agrees B2B contracts for PMI and Health services into large Corporate Clients- the other side of the team responds to due diligence questions from large corporates predominantly around cybersecurity

Ran the Tunbridge Wells classes teaching a rugby play programme for pre-school children

Greenfield Energy Limited - Geothermal Heat Management - Design, Manufacture & Installation - Mechanical & Civil Engineering - Project basedMy areas of responsibility included:# Management of contracts including renewal, changes and terminations, contract deliverables and service levels- Established governance process for NDA's and managed in-life contracts for installationsDrafting and negotiating the legal terms of a broad range of standard commercial contracts ensuring contracts are applied correctly, minimising any legal and commercial risk and exposure- Proposed bespoke framework agreement for key customers and initiated negotiationsProvide cross functional support to help resolve commercial issues and disputes- Worked with Project management taking responsibility for non-deliveries and over charging issuesDevelop strong relationships with suppliers to understand their business needs and maintain relevant supplier maps- Moved key suppliers away from adversarial approach to a stronger partnership by developing greater levels of trust and involving key suppliers earlier in the process and giving greater forward visibilityLead and facilitate vendor selection processes ensuring the determination of requirements, specifications and selection criteria, review of proposals, negotiations, and approvals.- From supplier and market road-maps initiated introduction of new suppliers across different commodity groupsBenchmarking, evaluation, re-tendering, vendor and budgetary management. Spend management across Civil Engineering category.- Using a variety of tools - RFQ, Stretch targeting, Should Cost & Open Book identified savings of -15%

My career break afforded fantastic opportunities to take a greater role in childcare and become much more involved in local voluntary activities through school and church.

Valpak - Environmental Compliance / Consultancy / Waste ManagementResponsible for:# Business Development in the proposal of and introduction of new business initiatives focusing on key customers - I generated £750k additional business# Establishing account management structures for key customers - Retention of key accounts increased by 40%

Valpak - Environmental Compliance / Consultancy / Waste ManagementResponsible for:# Procurement Consultancy in delivering research projects looking at the commercial viability of introducing innovative techniques and suppliers to established supply chains- Proposal submitted to Sainsbury's and business model adopted in Greater London# Pre-contract management of bids and tenders including managing team, negotiating contracts, establishing partner agreements, and final presentations- 10% success rate across 60 bids# Post contract management including SRM, performance management against SLA, reporting, financial budgeting, change control and negotiation of variances, governance and compliance - Performance to SLA met or exceeded on all managed contracts and terms increased

Valpak - Environmental Compliance / Consultancy / Waste ManagementResponsible for:# Development of policy models around forthcoming regulations# Submitting Joint Venture proposals # Managing key relationships

Valpak - Environmental Compliance / Consultancy / Waste ManagementResponsible for:# Development of sourcing strategy across material streams - new supplier introduction and market analysis# Contract management of in-life contracts including changes, performance management and dispute resolution# Development of pricing negotiation strategies on spot and forward basis# Vendor Management of key suppliers

Nokia Telecommunications - Base Stations - Design and Manufacture - Electrical / Mechanical Engineering - Volume Manufacture MRP2• Coordinated procurement activities including contract management on subcontract manufacture of specialist enclosures and RF Filtering utilising focused sourcing arrangements to supply product into manufacturing sites in Europe and China. • Streamlined supply chain by negotiating with key suppliers to move products up value chain by taking on greater responsibility. This resulted in increased quality levels and greater control on cost achieving year on year price reductions of 10%.• Negotiated deals with key suppliers to reduce product call-off times to allow greater flexibility in manufacturing process so as to deal with fluctuating demand. Reduced call-off time from 8 weeks to 1 week.• Developed a supplier rating model to be used during new product introduction. The matrix assessed different requirements and weighted them according to the specifics of that product. This speeded up supplier selection and aided onward account management.

• Responsible for supplier development and price negotiation for a range of products including fastenings and specialised optical lenses for thermal imaging equipment. Achieved year on year price reductions of 5%.• Introduced stock management techniques for fastenings including Kanban squares and consigned stocks which resulted in an overall decrease of 15% in stock levels.