Founder

• October 2015 - December 2022

Consultancy, Training and Speaking in Procurement to both SMEs and Large companies

Chief Commercial Officer

• April 2014 - October 2015

Completed a full outsource of the Bank Procurement function to drive service improvement and cost reduction on an annual third party spend of c£500m, including the management of operational risk across 1000+ supplier relationships/contracts for all commodities and services Met regulatory requirements under SYSC8 Led key commercial negotiations to support operational and back office transformation

VP Central Procurement

• August 2012 - April 2014

Recruited directly from McKinsey following my work to achieve significant cost reduction in Global Indirect category spend Leading an eProcurement transformation of global purchasing processes and systems to deliver true eBusiness based on lean process, managed data and eTools including SAP Sourcing, Infor BaaN, Oracle webportal and Cloud SaaS Led a capability development programme, with specific focus on delivering training in negotiation, spend analysis and understanding supplier markets

Consultant

• February 2011 - August 2012

Engaged globally on strategy and operational supply chain work across defence, aerospace, pharmaceutical, media and public sectors Led supply chain improvement in direct and indirect categories for a global pharmaceutical company (£2bn spend in scope) and the Northern European operations of a global outdoor media company (£100m in scope), delivering between 10% and 16% cost reduction and improved operational performance

Chief Operating Officer

• March 2009 - February 2011

Startup: Commercial business preparing 16-24 year olds for work through a combination of learning, training and work placement built around call centre activity.  We opened our first Call Centre Academy in Sep 09 and employed over 1000 people. Managed relationships and contracts to achieve: Funding from the Learning & Skills Council / Skills Funding Agency Approved Centre Status and Awards from Edexcel

Managing Director

• February 2007 - March 2009

Worked with Lead Generation team to develop the supply chain through new strategic relationships with growing UK financial services companies, including Virgin Money, Tesco Personal Finance and Asda Financial Services Harnessed the management team in a full business review to establish gap against best practice and then accelerated transformation in the face of the credit crunch to restore stable profitability from significant forecast EBITDA loss

Global Head of Procurement, Supply Chain Quality and Safety

• August 2003 - February 2007

Delivered the global transformation of strategic procurement and operational control of a £120m equipment fleet used by 10 operating companies worldwide Reengineered and integrated the Product Development process into supply chain to deliver new product range on time and in budget Drove introduction of ISO 9001:2000 Quality Assurance system and developed an ISO14001 Environmental Management System Implemented a global Safety Management System, achieving OHSAS18001

Royal Engineer Officer

• August 1986 - August 2003