Leeds, England, United Kingdom
*please note: I use LinkedIn to connect to like-minded professionals with shared interests. I do not respond to direct sales messages so please don’t send them. ✅ Proud Procurement Geek 🤓 ✅ Chartered Procurement Professional 🏅 ✅ Government Procurement and commercial expert 📚 ✅ Cabinet Office Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) Employee (ADC = A at ACS Level) 🏆 ✅ Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply North of England Congress Member (elected) and Vice Chair of Yorkshire Branch 🗳 ✅ Professionally qualified: MCIPS by examination and IACCM 📜 ✅ LLM (Master of Laws) with distinction in Public Procurement Law and Policy👨🎓 ✅ Private sector management experience including running small and large businesses, and company directorship 📈 🔸Objective🔸 Highly articulate, confident and persuasive procurement professional and manager with multi-sector experience. Focus on commercial outcomes including high value procurement projects. A track record of writing procurement policies and processes to realise significant process and cost reduction benefits, and leading change projects to implement new ways of thinking. Areas of expertise include public procurement law, commercial negotiation and dispute resolution and international trade. Has an upbeat and dynamic approach to work to achieve results efficiently and effectively 🔸Skills Summary🔸 Strategic public procurement, sourcing, category management, procurement law, training and development, EU Exit and Trade, project management, specification development, supplier appraisal, tender evaluation, contract drafting, contract management, crisis management and business continuity; governance and assurance, team leadership, coaching and mentoring; cost control; HR and team leadership; recruitment and interviewing.
* Accountable for all procurement policies, processes, procedures and templates used in DHSC * Providing expert advice, guidance and support at all levels within the organisation on diverse range of commercial transactions * Supporting cross Government work on Brexit in relation to procurement and free trade agreements * Strategic management of Procurement Branch
Vice Chair of the Yorkshire Branch of the Procurement Professionals' Chartered Institute
Develop and design sourcing strategies to deliver complex, high value strategic procurement projects on time and on budget. Responsibilities include: * On time, on budget delivery of multiple procurement projects * Focus on strategic £multi-million projects (above the OJEU threshold) particularly in the field of health and research and development * Delivery of significant savings to the Department * Support Central Initiatives (LEAN Procurement, Sustainability, Transparency, SMEs) Successes: Procurement Lead for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC). Budget: £100m, Contract value £90m. Saving c£10m.