London, England, United Kingdom
I am a result orientated Supply Chain & Procurement professional, working to deliver best practice in supply chains and procurement to provide a more efficient and value-added service. I have worked within the Public and Private sectors, working closely with stake holders at all levels within the organization to develop a collaborative, innovative long-term solutions & partnerships with customers & suppliers to increase VFM/savings to meet or exceed customer expectations. I work with key stakeholders to influence and implement strategies and best practice supply chain capabilities through developing people, systems, processes and policies. Key Skills ________________________________________ Client/Customer focused, Supply Chain Management / Lean Six Sigma / Project Management / Business Process Mapping / SAP ERP/ Supply Chain Procurement transformation, Procurement (P2P), Procurement Strategy, Contract management / Category Management (FM/ICT/PS/Eng) / Negotiation experience / Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) /, S&O Planning, Logistics, Warehousing, Strong analysis skills, NEC, Consultancy, Management & Development of Teams.
• Responsible for New and renewal of software licenses across the HO estate. • Actively managed supplier contractual obligations and activities, Liaison closely with finance, technical, delivery and legal teams • Delivered contractual change requests to the point of execution of change by HO commercial team via utilisation of change process and negotiation with suppliers. • Delivered new procurement activities (goods and services) and contract extensions • Ensured activity and outputs deliver value for money, are compliant with procurement law and demonstrate best commercial and procurement practice • Manage risk and mitigating actions via high quality stakeholder management and appropriate and objective challenge when appropriate • Assist in the development of commercial process to allow for a more efficient procurement across HO estate. This include introduction of Value Added Reseller (VAR) to drive efficiencies and savings.
Working with key stake holders; • Identifying, assessing and reducing potential risks to commercial agreements and supplier performance. • Planning, delivering and managing all procurement activities to deliver contracts and frameworks for works, goods and services contracts. Including prequalification, tender and negotiation of contracts and contact award recommendations using procurement processes and systems. • Supply chain analysis, development and implementation of procurement strategies and category plans • Management of construction, engineering, supply and service contracts. • Formulation of negotiation parameters, analysis and interpretation of commercial data and demonstration of flexibility whilst achieving negotiation objectives. • Chairing performance meetings with suppliers, communicates performance data and agrees improvement plans. Able to differentiate between issues that can be managed locally and those that need to be elevated for either information, or resolution and action.
As Commercial Manager provided support to a range of programme of work focused around IT categories and post award contracts. Helping to manage a portfolio of contracts segmented based on risk, value and criticality and lead delivery of a portfolio of commercial contract management activities within corporate and IT. · Creating & delivering Contract Management Strategies that fulfil business requirements & deliver Vf Money. · Providing advice in the development and amendment to Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators and track performance against contractual obligations. · Actively manage contracts ensuring performance standards are achieved, reduce risk & improve benefit realisation · Supporting business areas delivering benefits & savings to central government, including open book contract management. · Advising the business on the impact of commercial/contract commitments and acting as an escalation route for the business on supplier performance issues, engaging legal advice as necessary. · Supporting business owners to develop and maintain successful, long term, strategic relationships with our suppliers. · Lead and motivate a team responsible for handling a range of contracts. Lead or support contract assurance and undertake supply chain risk management. · Supplier Relationship Management
As ICT SCM. lead, planned, develop and deliver supply chain activities within Digital & ICT Services to procure goods and services, and manage suppliers and contracts which support Council IT systems and services, ensuring the Council maximises service outcomes in relation to cost. • · Lead in the Procurement, Management & Monitoring of ICT owned contracts and suppliers (SRM) • · Maximise supplier performance and value to support financial management of service budgets (SRM) • · Monitor and manage contract/supplier performance, benefits, improvements, costs and savings (SRM) • · Identify and lead procurement of opportunities to reduce costs and improve performance • · Advise and support Council Services on IT procurement and contract & Supplier management • · Work with internal services including Corporate Procurement, Legal & Finance.
• Establish Procurement Function/ Supported the Procurement Lead in procurement and purchasing • Worked collaboratively with senior level Stakeholders to support the strategic direction of HR/ICT. • Identified opportunities to improve efficiencies, quality, and generate greater VfM in each category. • Lead sourcing projects, including strategy, supplier classification, pricing & extended Payment terms • Actively engage with key Suppliers & Contract Management to drive performance and VfM (SRM) • Ensured contract compliance and risk management through implementation of effective procurement • Created ITT/RFQ documents and ran full compliant Tenders via e – Delta Platform • Drafting of contracts and SLA’s – in line with Clients commercial contract law/contractual terms Achievements >Tendered Several HR and ICT for online services saving £112k against budget. >To ensure compliance, updated documentation of existing contracts extensions/government disclosures >Re-Negotiated / Extended several contracts for compliance and completion of documentation. > Develop greater commercial awareness and understanding of processes Worked with stakeholders.