London, England, United Kingdom
An experienced Procurement leader who has created, built and transformed the procurement function at Kindred from a greenfield site to strategic, value-adding team with a focus on delivering the maximum benefit to the business in terms of financial and non-financial measures. Experience in building strong cross-functional relationships with a customer-centric philosophy and a belief that sustainable benefits can only be delivered when the business is fully engaged, and the procurement strategy is aligned to business objectives. Skilled in Procurement Strategy and Delivery, Technology Enablement, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Performance, Negotiation, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Development of Best Practice and Category Management
Global responsibility for Procurement across the Kindred Group, circa £1.2bn revenue. Setting a strategy to deliver sustainable competitive advantage and tangible business benefits. Accountability for £650m third party spend which is critical to the business operations.
Lead a highly effective and professional team with a modern procurement perspective designed to deliver high levels of stakeholder satisfaction, becoming a trusted advisor to the business and by default deliver value across the organisation. Additional responsibility across all Indirect categories: Marketing, Technology, Product, HR and Corporate Services
Full end to end global responsibility and management for marketing procurement at Kindred. Working across all categories, including media, digital, sponsorship, creative, production, asset management, events, PR, market research.
EU marketing procurement lead. Working across a wide range of marketing categories specialising in Digital Marketing and Marketing Technology.
Category manager at Betfair aligned to the indirect spend areas of Corporate including HR, FM, Professional Services and Travel, as well as Operations and Product. Manage a budget of £65m within a total company spend of £170m for a FTSE 250 company. Helped deliver strategic buying within Betfair and continue the development of the procurement department from a Greenfield site to a successful forward thinking department delivering real savings and benefits to Betfair.
Working as a category manager for marketing, looking after Market Research, Media Planning and Buying, Marketing Data and Data Segmentation and On-line / Digital Marketing.