United Kingdom
Group Supply Chain & Procurement Director for Galliford Try, a leading UK Construction company with a turnover in excess of £1.9 billion per year. Functional lead for 85 professionals across the group. Appointed to the Board of Directors for The Supply Chain Sustainability School. Fellow and Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (FCIPS). Member of CIPS Construction Senior Leaders Group. A multi award-winning Senior Procurement & Supply Chain leader with significant experience in all types of procurement, supply chain management, supplier relationship management and development, category management and strategic sourcing. Wide range of direct and indirect procurement, subcontract, materials, and plant experience. Comfortable in senior high-profile leadership roles, Group wide and in complex multi-interface mega multi-billion £ projects, working with some of the largest clients including HS2, National Highways, DfE, DIO, MoD, MoJ, National Grid and multiple water sector companies. A very personable and engaging natural team leader with C-suite board level stakeholder management skills. High level of professionalism with a strategic innovative mindset, transformational and visionary, persuasive and decisive, highly tenacious, and ambitious. Creates high performing collaborative inclusive team environments. A confident regular presenter and external speaker, in person and virtually, with audience sizes up to 1000 people. Transformational commercially astute leader able to identify need, create vision, plan, and deliver results.