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An experienced IT/Telecoms/Infrastructure/Cloud Procurement and IT Transformation specialist possessing an exceptional track record across multiple industry verticals including utilities (OJEU based), automotive, beverages, aerospace, financial services, data warehousing, market data and media.Commercially driven and capable of working as an integral part of a team or independently and unsupervised delivering at speed and often to tight timescales. Self-starter, go getter and not afraid to ask for assistance when it is needed.Significant stakeholder management skills honed whilst at WPP and Aviva where the environment is significantly matrix,process and governance driven requiring collaborative trust to be gained from both peers and senior managers who have no direct reporting line with either myself or the Group IT Procurement function.2 daughters: Actress (Bohemian Rhapsody) and musician who organises her own Asian focused music events. Skillsets • IT Procurement and Change/Transformation Management delivery with experience of creatingo Service Requirements documents and Business Case preparationo Service Level Agreementso Collaboration Agreementso Baseline data documentationo Procurement process (PQQ, ITN, RFI, RFP, evaluation and selection)o Pricing models for EUC, IaaS, AMS, networking/telecoms, data warehousing, analytics • Technically astute and experienced in a range of disciplineso LAN & WANo Cyber Securityo Video Conferencing, Audio Conferencing, Web Conferencingo Contact Centreso Unified communicationso Managed Printo Mobile and mobilityo End User Computing (including Desktop as a Service)o Infrastructure (SaaS, Cloud)o Analytics• Senior procurement experienceo Category planningo Sourcing strategieso Negotiation and contract and SLA creation• Delivery expert - experience with all major aspects of the business-IT project life cycle
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Senior Category ManagerAviva Jul 2021 - PresentLondon, GbCategory Lead for Data AnalyticsDATA AND ANALYTICSClaims & Policy fraud network analytics toolingCyber Assessment ToolingSAP Business ObjectsData warehousingAnalyticsMarket data, unit pricing and underwriting toolsNew Forensics eDiscovery toolingMetadata Management and Data Authorisation Management RFP's value c. £3m TCV close to completion to assist Aviva on it's new data strategy.Snowflake OLAP DW and associated tooling RFP's c.USD$25m TCV with significant rebates and benefits to Aviva.Master Data Management RFP. c.£1.2m per year (TCV £10m). Identification of new MDM provider for Customer & Marketing team to create gold SVOC records.Cyber Risk Assessment RFx. c.£0.5m per year. Identify replacement for incumbent underwriting risk assessment tooling to help grow cyber risk insured portfolio to +£100m by 2024.Product Governance RFP. c.£0.2m per year. New tooling to comply with regulatory requirements to digitise the framework around product governance and amendments to products across GI & Life.INFRASTRUCTUREMicrosoft Azure Transformation for workload landing zone, VDI (AVD), Azure consumption and MxDRBUSINESS CHANGEChange Leadership RFP. Forecast £20m per year engaging a resource augmentation specialist to provide change resources for significant change programs through to 2026. Favourable termination rights; rebate scheme; on and offshore capabilities across key roles. Shopping cart approach for role acquisition reducing need for work orders to be signed off but still following budget approval process electronically.AD&MTransactional engagement with Bamboo platform team as they transition from current environment to new service provider BAU status for support of key systems such as QuoteMeHappy.Mainframe Centre of Excellence RFP. c.£1.2m per year. Outsource of core mainframe skills to an offshore capability to protect operational capabilities in mainframe operations as existing workforce reduces due to attrition (mostly retirement). -
Information Technology Commercial ManagerNational Trust Mar 2021 - Jun 2021Kemble Drive, Swindon, GbShot term contract to assist in the following:RFP - EUC & Service Desk Service desk, managed print, break fixRFP - Voice & Networks IP Voice, unified communications, transition from legacy PBX’s Transition of xDSL, Satellite, MPLS to new solution (potentially SD-WAN)The above representing @£12m of spend RFP – Online AGMConclude solution and commercials for hybrid AGM with a combination of in room and online voting with streaming of the AGM and closed caption integration.IT Asset Disposal programConclude new relationship for ITAD covering secure erasure/disposal with all related environmental reporting and revenue share of resold/refurbished goods -
Senior Category ManagerAviva Oct 2017 - Aug 2019London, GbInterim resource to help ensure backlog of sourcing projects were completedInfrastructure• Fix Global AWS Agreement ensuring that regulatory and security requirements of international markets were correctly reflected Value $45m• Enterprise Architecture Tool RFP Value £3m• Cloud file/collaboration portal for external third partiesCyber Transformation• Adaptive Threat Analysis Value £1.5m. Negotiated End to End service with network provider for hardware break fix• Device log consolidation Value £1m/yr. RFP for tool to collect event logs from network appliances to perform initial UBA• Threat Intelligence Platform Value £0.2m/yr. RFP to source a platform for multiple feeds to feed into a central SIEM platformFinance Transformation• Negotiated accounts reconciliation tool commercials (Blackline). £2.5m• RFI for new Billing & Revenue toolset for Health and GI business units• RFP for replacement Economic Scenario Generator. £3m• RFP for new toolset for SFTR storage and reporting. £0.15m/yr• Interim SRM for AD&M Category for a supplier providing a toolset for pension annuities calculations until relevant team recruited a permanent FTE• IFRS17 CSM. RFP to identify vendor for provision of IFRS17 Contractual Service Margin engine to meet new regulatory requirement due in 2020. £5m• Financial Crime Case Management. RFP to identify provider of centralised global Case Management tool that will receive alerts from other Financial Crime systems. £10m• Actuarial Smart Modelling. RFP to identify new solution provider to replace independent Life and GI modelling tools with a combined composite modelling tool. £5m• Aviva Investments RFP to identify new global AUM reporting tool. £20mBusiness Applications & Digital• RFI for AWS Optimisation Tool• RFP for replacement Training & Competency system for new regulatory requirements• RFP for new Board Evaluation capability• Procurement lead for a new product sourcing IoT components for Smart Homes insurance product -
It Procurement Project ManagerInmarsat Jul 2016 - Sep 2017London, GbOriginally recruited to renegotiate all mobile agreements across all markets. Successfully showed I had other skill areas and could take on additional projects assisting with continuity and to facilitate a fast turnaround for delivery of the projects mentioned below.Global Unified Communications and Collaboration platform (project cancelled due to budget realignment)Tactical Contact Centre Consolidation – Procurement, Project Management and delivery -
It Procurement Business Analyst - OutsourcingSouthern Water Jul 2015 - Jun 2016Worthing, West Sussex, GbWorking for the Head of Service Delivery in conjunction with PwC on a major IT Transformation program.Successfully created new Service Requirements documentation aligned with ITIL and identified new suppliers to allow the move from a single source MSP (Wipro) to a multi-supplier outsourced ecosystem following the OJEU process working in collaboration with PwC covering AD&M, EUC, Networks & Telecom and Infrastructure. -
Head Of Global TelecomsWpp Sep 2001 - Nov 2014London, London, GbWorking for the Global CIO and Group CPO procuring a range of Telecoms services on behalf of WPP’s +100,000 employees across +190 countries.Strategic (Head of) Procurement and SRM role, leading a team of 3 (international) team members within Group IT.Accountable for USD$200m per year of contracted supplier spend. Responsible for Category Planning and Sourcing and Supplier Management across a diverse mix of business entities and geographies with often conflicting priorities and direction.Renegotiate existing strategic contracts and negotiate new agreements for new services utilizing WPP’s multi $m purchasing power to deliver best in class services at the best cost without compromising quality.
Steven Blackburn Education Details
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University Of BirminghamAstrophysics
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Steven Blackburn attended University Of Birmingham.
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