Greater Portsmouth Area
I am a confident procurement professional with over 20 years’ experience within several industry sectors and business sizes. I have experience and understanding of re-sourcing from the UK to low cost regions of Europe and SE Asia. Passionate, highly motivated, loyal and totally committed. MCIPS and degree qualified.
Heading up the Indirect Procurement at Head Office, I am responsible for Strategic direction and ownership of the Millbrook Healthcare Group’s Indirect spend covering 34 sites, categories include IT, Insurance, Facilities, Utilities, Fleet, Travel and all Indirect materials & services. The role enables me to provide leadership to reduce cost, deliver value, manage risk, increase performance and create change. Activities includes sourcing, contract management, negotiation, SRM, governance & compliance, along with improving control & efficiencies by driving decentralization purchasing processes via purchasing cards and portals.
Responsible for the procurement and supplier management of the entire indirect IT Hardware requirements. This category management role encompassed all elements of the supply chain, including vendor asset management and associated support and licensing contracts. The category covered all End-user Compute Devices, Infrastructure requirements and Babcock’s ability to Print. The responsibilities include the creation of the category management strategies, vendor management through structured governance, running RFI/RFP’s, contract management, negotiating terms & conditions, the management of cost, implementation of portfolio changes and working with executive internal stakeholders to achieve successful service delivery.
Seagate acquired Xyratex in April 2014 as part of its vertical integration strategy and to expand its existing storage solutions portfolio. During this transition I took over the sole responsibility for the procurement of the Hard Disk Drives (HDD) and Solid State Disks (SSD) used within the Seagate Systems Storage business. This commodity has the highest spend within the business and thus the greatest impact to business operating performance. The role includes the devolvement of the procurement strategy for HDD and SSD, setup the supply chain of alternative vendors, negotiating terms of trade, qualification of suppliers and management of cost.
A relocation to the south coast enabled me to take this highly visible and strategic role within a blue chip company in a cutting edge dynamic industry. The position provided me an opportunity to have responsibility and accountability of sourcing Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA’s) from the highest spend tier 1 supplier to Xyratex. The role included the devolvement of the procurement strategy for PCBA’s, setup the supply chain of alternative vendors, negotiating terms of trade, qualification of suppliers, management of cost and competitive benchmarking.