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London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

Strategic global role, leading an IT organisation to deliver services across the following functions:• Downstream (De Beers Auction Sales, Forevermark, International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) and International Institute of Diamond Valuation (IIDV).• De Beers Corporate, including Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Corporate Communications & Affairs. • IM Assurance, spanning IM Information Security, IM Strategy, people development, performance reporting, IM financial management, policy, vendor management, license management, risk & audit management and project management Office (office of the CIO).

London, United Kingdom

Accountable for managing the strategic relationships, performance, reporting and vendor risk management aspects of the major Global IM vendors. These vendors manage the Anglo American IT networks, infrastructure and application services with a combined contract value of circa $550 Million. The services are critical to the delivery of IM Services across Anglo American, resulting in a high profile role that requires complex stakeholder management at all levels.

London, United Kingdom

Accountable for a team of 10 vendor management professionals, spanning 213 vendors, supporting all M&S head-offices and store network with an annual spend of circa £110M.

Lead the managed service portfolio; Managing suppliers, internal resources and budget required to provide a quality externally managed IT service. Key accountabilities include commercial contract management, supplier business performance management and strategic sourcing.

Accountable for all commercial vendor management activities for the IT services category. Building strong relationships with vendors and translating business needs into a global vendor delivery model that supports Barclays overall vendor strategy.

Accountable for the overall relationship management of a select few strategic IT vendors used by the Bank's technology division.

Built a world class application management service offering for Barclays & Barclaycard business users. Managed the overall application management service from one of Barclays key strategic IT vendors.

Managed the service delivery of all application services, including development and resource provision from key/strategic suppliers.

Delivered IT outsourced contractual solutions through scope definition, market testing, capability assessment, request for proposal, planning, proposal evaluation, supplier selection, negotiation, due-diligence, transition definition/execution.

Joined Aon's graduate scheme. Started as a programmer and undertook all systems development life cycle roles (using various technologies). This also included team leadership, project and programme management roles.

Interviewed traders to develop an understanding of their business processes and inspected their accounting records to evaluate the correct VAT payable, submitting tax assessments as necessary.

Mba, Business Administration

Bsc, Computer Science