My adaptable skill set allows me to specialise in procurement transformation and offer dedicated consultancy services that can be tailored to multiple industries, with a strong focus on:1. **Supply Chain Optimisation**: Conducting comprehensive assessments to reduce costs and enhance financial stability in both direct and indirect areas.2. **Solutions and Transitions**: Specialising in tailoring solutions for current and new clients, and ensuring smooth transitions of business… Show more My adaptable skill set allows me to specialise in procurement transformation and offer dedicated consultancy services that can be tailored to multiple industries, with a strong focus on:1. **Supply Chain Optimisation**: Conducting comprehensive assessments to reduce costs and enhance financial stability in both direct and indirect areas.2. **Solutions and Transitions**: Specialising in tailoring solutions for current and new clients, and ensuring smooth transitions of business for improved operational efficiency.3. **Business Transformation**: Guiding businesses through transformative journeys to achieve strategic goals and world class status.4. **Effective Project Management**: Ensuring seamless project execution from end to end.5. **Strategic Sourcing and Category Management**: Crafting strategies and frameworks to optimise procurement.6. **Change Management**: Assisting in adapting to change, challenging the status quo and moving the business forward.7. **Continuous Improvement**: Developing and implementing cost-saving programs and efficiencies.8. **Integrated Outsourcing Solutions**: Offering comprehensive outsourcing solutions seamlessly integrated into your business.9. **Efficient Supply Chain Management and Procurement**: Expertise in optimising supply chains for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.10. **Supplier Relationship Management**: Fostering valuable supplier relationships to enhance collaboration and value delivery, for a win win approach.11. **Tender Support**: Providing support throughout the tendering process for successful procurement.With a strong retail background and versatile procurement skills applicable to various industries, I’ve tailored (but not limited) my consultancy services to meet the diverse needs of the Facilities Management sector, driving efficiency and success in your operations. Show less

Creating winning, bespoke proposals that leverage the best of CBRE’s supply chain and category management practice across EMEA.Lead the procurement function and activities for multiple new bids & transitions across 33 supply chain leaders in EMEA, over c90 countries. Including being fully immersed in global opportunities, leading for EMEA.Developing achievable yet competitive financial and service commitments across bids, transitions and operations, owning the plan to meet… Show more Creating winning, bespoke proposals that leverage the best of CBRE’s supply chain and category management practice across EMEA.Lead the procurement function and activities for multiple new bids & transitions across 33 supply chain leaders in EMEA, over c90 countries. Including being fully immersed in global opportunities, leading for EMEA.Developing achievable yet competitive financial and service commitments across bids, transitions and operations, owning the plan to meet them.Smoothly transitioning client accounts into a new supply chain and positioning the go-forward operations team for success. Developing tools, templates, and training materials to support step changing the business and challenge the status quo.Work alongside the global solutions and category SME’s. Show less

Double hatted this role and recruited a replacement, enabling the business to continue to develop strategically, unlocking exponential growth across multiple accounts

Owner of the EMEA Preferred Supplier Programme, providing vision & strategic direction to maximise supplier capability. Driving an industry leading programme with world class supply partners.Owner of the Supplier Relationship Management Programme to enforce a partnership driven approach to unlock value.Accountable for all EMEA events focused on greater exposure of suppliers (Innovation/QHSE/Diversity/Supply Partners/Breakfast Briefings etc…)Accountable for Procurement focused… Show more Owner of the EMEA Preferred Supplier Programme, providing vision & strategic direction to maximise supplier capability. Driving an industry leading programme with world class supply partners.Owner of the Supplier Relationship Management Programme to enforce a partnership driven approach to unlock value.Accountable for all EMEA events focused on greater exposure of suppliers (Innovation/QHSE/Diversity/Supply Partners/Breakfast Briefings etc…)Accountable for Procurement focused training for both internal and external teams. (Better Buying/End to End Value Chain Reviews/Presentation Skills/Category Management etc…) Show less

Accountable for creating an in-depth strategic category management programme to support global, regional, and local supply chain initiatives.Create and implement industry leading category management governance, processes, and tools.Development of a world class strategic training programme to upskill procurement and accounts teams across EMEA.

A newly appointed leadership position to be the custodian of the supply chain for business development.Transform the supply chains approach and engagement to new market opportunities.Introduce structure to the bidding process, as well as create bidding materials to show case a world class supply chain.

Lead the JPMorgan Chase transition soft and hard services team across 33 countries. JLL EMEA’s single biggest clientLead the soft services transition mobilisation team across multi transitions.Strategic support on Global Category Management start up.Support strategic pillars and guide the strategy owners.

Full end to end supply chain review, to reduce costs and strengthen the balance sheet. Direct and indirect focus.Strategic business development, security of current portfolio and acquisition of incremental business.Product development focused on Price, Promotions and Placement.Training in retail engagement, account management, presentation skills and retail buyers negotiation strategies.

Category Convenience Buying ManagerAccountable for delivering £567m sales across Cooked Meats

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Accountable for managing total waste and maximising recyclate into financial return for Tesco`s 550,000 tonnes of waste. Generate renewable energy from waste through alternative technologies to landfill.

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Project ManagerCapitalise on Promotions to drive maximise sales and profit for total company

Project Manager for Supply Chain improvements/efficiencies

Accountable for £56m turnover

Implemented strategic cross category business units to utilise supply chain efficienciesOrganisation/Facilitation of strategic supplier meetings across all commercial functionsImplementation/Facilitation of Value Chain Reviews to deliver incremental savings

Various managerial positions within the store environment