Bracknell, England, United Kingdom
An accomplished senior procurement leader with in-depth experience strategising and building high performing procurement teams. Passionate about team building and people development. Dynamic communicator able to develop effective relationships quickly across all levels both internally and externally across varying stakeholders. Commercial and business skills gained and developed within various categories across Automotive, Consumer, Health Care and Industrial sectors. Highly motivated and energetic professional, managing full process for high risk and high value spend projects to drive improvements to the company's bottom line and improve service to our customers. Key skills: People management & development. Pragmatic, analytical & collaborative in approach. Category strategy development. Organisational design. Stakeholder management & engagement. Procurement methodologies & negotiation. Networking & team building.
Responsible for: Managing multi billion global indirect spend across Capital Engineering, Facilities & Site Services, Energy, Maintenance Repair and Operations and R&D; Developing, coaching and leading a 60 strong global Category Management and Tactical Procurement Teams to deliver YoY cost and cash improvements. Contribute to strategic approach and embedding Sustainability and Diversity in our supplier base while supporting all ESG topics across the Indirect spend cube. Creating true partnerships with our suppliers to maximise their value and drive supplier innovation for continuous improvement.
Responsible and accountable for the creation and implementation of indirect category strategies for 3M’s EMEA procurement group, known as Strategic Sourcing & Packaging Solutions (SS&PS). Main drive is to improve supplier management/consolidation, mitigate risk and drive bottom line improvements to all regional P&Ls. Managing a team of Indirect Category Leaders across their assigned area of responsibility covering; Professional Services, Marketing, Finance, IT, Capex, MRO, Facilities, Utilities, Fleet & Travel.
I joined Syngenta as an apprentice and moved through a number of facilities, site services and engineering support roles with increasing responsibility.