• Procurement Manager and a member of the Senior Management Team responsible for a Direct and Indirect spend of over £55m• Management and Development of a Team of 5 procurement professionals at varying levels (Buyers, Senior Buyers and Category Managers)• Direct Category Management of CAPEX, Logistics and MRO• Driving Procurement activities and cost saving initiatives in line with Organisational Strategy and Goals• Development and Implementation of Procurement Policy, Procedures and systems to support the Global D&A

• Category Manager for Speciality Oils and Traded Products responsible for a spend of 15m • Managing relationships and price negotions with suppliers worldwide• Challenging price increases and re-negotating price reductions.• Drawing up purchasing contracts relating to delivery scheules, quality and quantity of product.• Monitoring of agreements and making claims for late delivery, poor quality or short supply.• Management of a Team of 2 Buyers

• A member of the Senior Management Team responsible for the purchasing and stock control of fresh flowers valued at £80m per year. • Managing relationships and price negotions with suppliers based in the Turkey, Spain, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Isreal and UK• Challenging price increases and re-negotating price reductions. • Drawing up purchasing contracts relating to delivery scheules, quality and quantity of product. • Monitoring of agreements and making claims for late delivery, poor quality or short supply. • Management of three teams: A team of 2 UK Buyers, A team of 2 Stock controllers also based in the UK and a buying team in Holland consisting of 3 buyers and 1 Quality Controller• Working with the Commercial Department on New Product Development including sourcing of new suppliers and products.• Working with the Production Planning Department to monitor production levels and adjust stock intake according to fluctuations in Sales• Working with the Technical Department and Quality Control Teams to ensure products are meeting specification and any problems immediately communicated to suppliers and rectified.• Working with the Stock Controller to ensure products are correctly allocated to production, stock is arriving in a timely manner and stock levels are correct to system values.

Responsible for the purchasing of fresh produce. Monitoring of Product Costing/Margins, Supervision and Training of Sales Team Staff, Set-up and monitoring of Administration systems for the Sales Administration Department, production of weekly and monthly management information.

Supervision and Training of Administration Staff, Monitoring of Administration systems for the Sales and Purchasing Department, production of weekly and monthly management information. Assisting Buying Manager with day-to-day tasks.

Successful management and training of a team of admin assistants, Set-up and monitoring of Administration systems for all of our government funded projects spread over five offices around Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Development and maintenance of I.T. systems, Development of various databases using Microsoft Access, production of weekly and monthly management information, Design and implementation of company website, Recruitment and training of my own members of staff.