Experience

HomeServe EMEA

• United Kingdom
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Group Vendor Management

  • Sep 2018 - Present



BAT

• United Kingdom
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vendor Manager

  • May 2017 - Apr 2018

  Provided consultancy to the Head of Vendor Management in designing and building a global greenfield Vendor Management function. Assisted in procurement for a major transformation programme across all streams of IT, with a particular focus on resource augmentation, infrastructure and applications support and maintenance. Provided consultancy to the Head of Vendor Management in designing and building a global greenfield Vendor Management function. Assisted in procurement for a major transformation programme across all streams of IT, with a particular focus on resource augmentation, infrastructure and applications support and maintenance.



York Road Project

• Volunteer

  • Nov 2016 - May 2017

  During a career break, I volunteered with a local homeless charity. The work was varied, from cleaning and reception duties, through to running workshops and one-on-one coaching on CVs, job and housing applications and other mentoring. During a career break, I volunteered with a local homeless charity. The work was varied, from cleaning and reception duties, through to running workshops and one-on-one coaching on CVs, job and housing applications and other mentoring.



SABMiller

• Food & Beverages
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Commercial Management

  • Oct 2013 - Nov 2016

  · Built a function to retain and enhance post-contract value of outsourcing and IT contracts (hardware, software, telco, professional services, infrastructure)· Worked on cost saving and supplier rationalisation streams of IS transformation, where we significantly reduced the company’s annual IT spend and reduced the number of suppliers by half· Managed transformation of the contracting process to bring contract approvals from over 45 days to under three days, using a combination of stakeholder management and technology· Set up an LGBT network for staff in the UK, which was subsequently globalised. Managed headline sponsorship of Pride in London.

• Global Strategic Vendor Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Oct 2013

  · Managed global relationships with IBM, HP, TCS and other Tier 1 suppliers while we globalised the IS function· Major relationship rescue – dispute and termination negotiations on a business-critical relationship ($100m+, global, multi-year). · Deputy for Head of Vendor Management, uplifting of my regional team (see below) to create the global function· Worked on integration of a number of acquisitions including Bavaria, CUB.

• Head of Vendor Management - Europe

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2011

  · Introduced strategic supplier relationship management (SRM) to SABMiller – created and implemented my own vendor management methodology· Built a regional procurement and vendor management (VMO) function to support the implementation of SABMiller’s Global Template (SAP)· Assisted in the creation of an offshore procurement company for SABMiller.

• Group IT Legal Advisor

  • Jan 2005 - Aug 2007

  · Accountable for negotiation of all IS-related contractual arrangements – including global, regional and assist business units with their local requirements - in a fast-growing and highly acquisitive company· Worked on the integration of Bavaria (Latam regional acquisition)· Numerous large-scale agreements implemented below budget and on time in support of transformational Global Template programme, as well as business as usual.



Hyperion Solutions

• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Europe Contracts Manager

  • 2000 - 2005



Smiley Licensing

• Legal Manager

  • Oct 1998 - Oct 2000