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BidwellsProcurement Manager
Jun. 2024Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
KennedysSustainable Procurement Manager
Sep. 2022 - Jun. 2024Cambridge, England, United KingdomOffering specialised guidance to all stakeholders throughout the procurement process, ensuring tailored, sustainable, diverse, and innovative sourcing solutions. Cultivating, establishing, and maintaining robust relationships with all stakeholders, including internal colleagues such as Team Leaders, Divisional Heads, Directors, and Local Managing Partners, as well as external suppliers and service providers. Contributing to the advancement of the Global Procurement Strategy and Policies throughout the organisation, aligning with our vision and objectives. Spearheading the supplier engagement initiative to integrate sustainable procurement practices within our supply chain, enforcing compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct, and implementing measures to minimise carbon emissions from procured goods and services. Overseeing the ongoing enhancement of the firm's procurement processes and reporting mechanisms, monitoring expenditures and supplier performance, satisfying ESG reporting obligations, and delivering valuable commercial insights by pinpointing risk areas that require attention. Designing and implementing comprehensive procurement and contract management training programs across the organisation.
EQUANSProcurement Manager - Support and Performance
Sep. 2020 - Aug. 2022London, England, United KingdomIn this newly created role within EQUANS, I was able to bring my experience from Category and Operational management to work on streamlining processes that had become outdated. Reviewing these processes allowed me to understand the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders across different departments including Health and Safety, Commercial, Legal and Responsible Business. Close collaboration with the Responsible Business team has allowed me to further my knowledge of Environmental and Ethical practices within Procurement and has given me the opportunity to engage further with SME suppliers with the focus on Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion. o Development and rollout of SRM programme including tools for the job with reportable metrics monthly and flow of objectives from Risk Mapping into SRM agendas for specific categories. o Redesign of current onboarding process to be streamline and tailor for vendors and subcontractors. Close engagement with Category Managers to support. o Business processes: Review/update of all existing Procurement processes and creation of Process Map Directory - Review of applied DLAs (fit for purpose / relevant / scenario based) o Audits / Accreditations - Support INCOME (Governance) and Responsible Procurement including ISO 20 400 workload o Partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School UK along with close engagement with Social Enterprises to become partners with EQUANS o Responsible Procurement including ESG, Sustainable supply chain and introduction of carbon neutral and innovative solutions.
EQUANSProcurement Manager - Bids and Mobilisation
May. 2019 - Sep. 2020London, England, United KingdomWith a turnover of over €60 billion p/a Engie is a leading energy and Facilities Management company with three key activities: - Production and supply of energy, services, and regeneration. My support within the Central Procurement Division throughout Bids & Mobilisation along with Category Management reinforced strong relationships with clients within the Private and Public sector with my focus on Hard and Soft Services. I have recently been supporting the Operational Procurement team furthering my knowledge of the cradle to grave process. Working closely with the Category Management team to build strategic relationships incorporating promotion towards economic and sustainable value with new and current sub-contractors across the total Facilities Management sector. This also included supporting in framework agreements with our preferred suppliers towards successful agreements on rebates of up to 5% of our annual spend. Successful bids and mobilisation of contracts through TFM:
• Arriva Rail
• Network Rail
• Ministry of Defence
• Bombardier
• HMCTS
Garrets InternationalTeam Lead
Oct. 2017 - Apr. 2019London, England, United KingdomWith a turnover of $168m pa, Garrets is the leading provision and stores management partner in the world catering for over 2,000 vessels in more than 715 ports across 130 countries. o Procuring high quality produce at the lowest prices
o Strategic procurement management of multimillion-dollar assets owned by shipping giants Maersk, MOL, NYK and MSC. o Promoted to Team leader within one year of employment at Garrets reporting to the Head of Operations. On occasions in the absence of the Head of Procurement I would report directly to the COO. o Contributed to year on year feeding rate loss reduction, with year ending results as best performing team in 2017 and a continued trend into 2018. o In charge of our company’s largest client, Wallem Ship Management, consisting of over 150 vessels with a vast range of multi cultures on board. o Financial authority of orders up to $50,000USD. In the absence of higher management and urgent weekend approval, I would have authority to approve orders of $100,000USD on behalf of my team without approval.
o Part of the ISO committee to help maintain and operate the quality of our management system in order to comply with the requirements of ISO 9001 scope ‘Procurement and supply of catering food for ships’. o Working closely with key stakeholders
Garrets InternationalBuyer
Apr. 2016 - Sep. 2017London, England, United KingdomReporting to the team supervisor my role involved procuring provisions for clients with multimillion-dollar vessels globally within multi-time zones and multi-cultures to ensure timely, cost effective delivery within allocated feeding budget and to contribute to the delivery of the departmental and team objectives. I leveraged finely honed communication and negotiations skills to foster new relationships with suppliers and clients, as a global buyer for provisions for the fleets I managed; I worked with approx. 1,200 suppliers globally depending on vessels’ trading patterns. In order to retain business and potential to improve level of business from clients I ensured effective communication with vessels, captains, the clients and our commercial team was kept at all times. Achievements in this role include:
• Contributed to year on year feeding rate loss reduction.
• Improved service excellence with Tier 1 suppliers - positive feedback increased from 85% to 90%.
• Improved spend with Tier 1 internal suppliers’ locations from avg. 65% total country spend to over 80% total country spend, in line with company expectations and KPIs.
• Represented the company at regional trade shows.
Digiflex LTDBuyer
Jun. 2013 - Apr. 2016Southend-on-Sea, England, United KingdomWith a turnover of £3m pa, Digiflex was one of the fastest growing eStores covering several large marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon. Starting as a Customer Service Administrator I developed myself very quickly to become head buyer growing my skills further within purchasing and stock control. This allowed me to work within several different marketplaces across Europe and the rest of the world including New Zealand and the US. Liaising with suppliers in Asia on a daily basis allowed me to build a stable relationship with several companies to help provide the best products available while negotiating the best prices for maximum profit. Achievements in this role include:
• Implementation of new email system for quicker response times to our customers.
• Negotiating Terms and Conditions with new and existing suppliers which contributed towards the companies £3m turnover for the years.
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