Experience

ProcureTech

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Procurement Transformation

  • Jan 2022 - Present



SourcingIT

• Experienced Leader - Procurement Transformation & Advisory / Source-to-Pay / BPO Services

  • Nov 2017 - Present

• Philip Morris International - Driving strategic procurement transformation & digitisation

  • Jan 2021 - Jul 2022

  Providing strategic transformation and programme delivery services with a focus on :-Procurement Transformation • Supply Chain Optimisation • Programme & Project LeadershipDigital Procurement • Enterprise Cost Reduction • Design ThinkingProcurement Strategy Development • Stakeholder Engagement & AdoptionStrategic Sourcing Advisory • Category Planning & Spend Activation • Spend AnalyticsChange Management • Process Improvement • AutomationDelivery & Operations Management • Complex Deal Negotiations & ContractingBrexit & GDPR Preparations • SaaS Tools & Systems ImplementationCurrent Engagements :Philip Morris International - Procurement Transformation DeliveryJan-21 to presentProcurement solution consultancy and programme management services for global scale procurement transformation with Philip Morris International.

• Lloyds Banking Group and Mars Wrigley - Driving strategic procurement transformation & digitisation

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2020

  Providing strategic transformation and programme delivery services.Recent Engagements :Mars - Procurement Value Creation and Program Transformation DeliveryMar-20 to Dec-20Programme delivery consulting service to drive value creation & provocation with Mars Wrigley Confectionary procurement function covering the European direct materials categories (raws & packs) with $1.8bn spend.Lloyds Banking Group - Procurement Transformation and Strategic Change ProgrammeMay-18 to Feb-20Overall programme director engaged to drive the strategic procurement transformation programme, colleague buying journey, supplier risk reduction journey and Ariba S2P deployment through 24 months of accelerated delivery.



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programme Leader / Client Executive - Business Process Transformation

  • Mar 2014 - Oct 2017

  Programme and Account Leadership focussed on transformation across a number of strategic sourcing, category management & tail spend services in procurement BPO with $1.3B of annualised spend in the Financial Services, Products and Media industries covering - Procurement transformation, account & delivery leadership, executive relationship management, business development, change management and all procurement functional delivery of strategic sourcing, category management, spend & contract compliance, tactical & spot buy services.Experience with many blue-chip companies including HSBC, Disney, PepsiCo, Mondelez, and Clariant.Accenture is the world's leading procurement solutions and outsourcing specialist delivering comprehensive source-to-pay services and managing $150B in spend globally and over $25B within EMEA making it the largest provider of Managed Procurement Services by Spend under Management in the region. Accenture Operations (through acquisition of Procurian) increased it's position as a leading provider of comprehensive end-to-end procurement solutions.

• Program Director / Client Executive - PROCURIAN Procurement BPO

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2014

  Program Leadership for the global procurement transformation and delivery of source-to-pay services covering $1.5B of annualised spend in EMEA within Financial Services industry covering - program and account leadership, client relationship management, business development, procurement set-up & transition, process transformation, change management and all procurement functional delivery of strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, spend analytics, tactical buying, procurement operations, accounts payable and P2P Ariba support.Experience with many blue-chip companies including Zurich Insurance, Symantec, and Hertz.Procurian was the leading specialist in comprehensive procurement solutions & transformation, and acquired by Accenture in 2013.



ICG Commerce

• Latvia
• Information Technology & Services

• EMEA Program Leader - Source-to-Pay Services

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

  Program Leader for the global outsource of S2P services covering $400m of annualised spend in EMEA within the Technology industry covering - Programme management and delivery leadership, procurement set-up & transition, process transformation, change management and all procurement functional delivery of strategic sourcing, category management, vendor management, spend analytics, tactical buying, and procurement operations.Experience with many blue-chip companies including Symantec, Hertz, Blackberry and Kimberly-Clark.ICG Commerce was the leading BPO provider of Indirect Procurement Services globally, before re-branding as Procurian in 2011

• Global Strategic Sourcing Leader - IT / Telecom Procurement Practice

  • Mar 2007 - Dec 2008

  Leader of the IT / Telecom practice for procurement indirect services in Europe.Joined ICG Commerce as one of five early members of the new team in Europe to lead the IT / Telecom practice for procurement services in Europe working with clients in FMCG, Technology, Products, and Manufacturing. The role had responsibility for sourcing & category management advisory with key clients, supporting new sales and business development, transformation and delivery execution of strategic sourcing initiatives working in partnership with senior stakeholders at multiple levels to ensure value creation and achievement of committed savings targets.ICG Commerce was the leading BPO provider of Indirect Procurement Services globally, before re-branding as Procurian in 2011



BOC South Pacific

• Australia
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global IT eInfrastructure Sourcing Partner / Service Delivery Manager

  • Jul 2004 - Dec 2006

  Managed the service delivery on a global basis through a partnership of internally resourced teams and external providers covering all aspects of eInfrastructure (globally hosted SAAS, applications management, telecom services and global networks) operational delivery from customer engagement right through to service provider management. The principal accountability was to ensure that all eInfrastructure services were successfully transformed for global delivery, managed to budget (£4m annually) and met the committed service levels between IT and the business customers in the LOBs.

• Global Centre of Excellence (India) - Programme Leader

  • Jun 2006 - Nov 2006

  As part of a major project to set-up an IT Captive Centre in India, worked in the position of programme lead for global service delivery. This role worked alongside application and infrastructure leads to develop the operating model and drive the service transformations for this Global Centre of Excellence (GCE) including the recruitment of a total of 80-100 staff with annual budgeted savings of £3m.Focused on driving all aspects of the GCE service delivery stream from recruitment to successful transition of global IT service management to India, with responsibility for key deliverables and decision making across a wide range of areas covering- Organisational structure planning, development & implementation- Role definition, skills profiling & job specifications, recruitment- IT and business process mapping- Knowledge capture, transition planning, transfer execution and tracking- Transition CSFs, KPIs and signoff

• Sarbanes-Oxley - Programme Leader

  • Jan 2006 - Jun 2006

  Working within the global Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) project, delivered one of four general computer control (GCC) workstreams as programme lead over a period of 9 months to successfully establish and remediate controls across US, Europe and APAC for audit signoff 4 weeks early.Held responsibility for the overall programme management of the time critical remediation phase- Developed global remediation plans to introduce and maintain consistency of process and controls- Established detailed project plans, including resource forecasts and prioritisation of work- Collaborated around the world to achieve design effectiveness and successful PwC testing- Engaged with senior IT directors, internal business assurance and PwC to obtain buy-in to key principles and process changes and priority remediation actions

• Global Supply Manager - IT Strategic Projects

  • Dec 2000 - Jul 2004

  Strategic Sourcing Lead for global and regional major IT projects covering outsourcing, professional services, software, application development & support, telecom, networks and infrastructure.

• Chartered Engineer (various mgmt postions) CEng MIMECHE

  • Sep 1994 - Dec 2000



ExxonMobil

• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Jun 1992 - Oct 1993