Experience

Oxford Brookes University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Category Analyst - Estates & Campus Services

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Procurement/ category lead for all Estates & Campus Services functions including Transport (Buses) and the Sports Centre. Hard FM experience includes the major capital works projects as well planned and reactive maintenance contracts.Soft FM experience includes Catering, Security, Waste, Total FM services, Cleaning.Supports the development of the contract management capability within the Estates & Campus Services teams

• Interim Category Manager- Estates & Facilities Management

  • Dec 2016 - Jun 2017



Raimbach Associates Limited

• Director

  • May 2015 - Jul 2017

  Provides procurement consultancy and/ or interim support Provides procurement consultancy and/ or interim support



iESE Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Senior Business Consultant (Procurement)

  • May 2015 - Dec 2016

  Supporting multiple local authorities with procurement and transformation projects across a wide range of categories including ICT, Energy, Hard/ Soft Facilities management, Commissioning of Adult Social Care and Children's Services. This diverse range of work includes the development and delivery of training programmes, spend/ contracts register analysis, writing procurement strategies, managing procurement processes, process mapping analysis and providing commercial advice. Supporting multiple local authorities with procurement and transformation projects across a wide range of categories including ICT, Energy, Hard/ Soft Facilities management, Commissioning of Adult Social Care and Children's Services. This diverse range of work includes the development and delivery of training programmes, spend/ contracts register analysis, writing procurement strategies, managing procurement processes, process mapping analysis and providing commercial advice.



Buckinghamshire County Council

• Category Manager - Place/ Corporate

  • Apr 2010 - May 2015

  Responsible for the category management activity for Place and Corporate which has a £180m spend portfolio. As the business partner, provide commercial input for service areas to review activity and develop options in the delivery of their Medium Term Planning efficiency targets.• Led category review of Hard Facilities Management minor works/ maintenance which provided platform for £500k procurement savings.• Reduced Public Advertising expenditure by over 70%/ >£180k.• Delivered category work including Hard FM minor and major capital works; Agency staff; Consultancy; Legal services; Energy; Children’s & Young People placements and foster care; Biowaste; Insurance, Fleet Management.• Provided commercial contribution and/ or led procurement projects including Energy from Waste (£315m); Hard FM minor works/ maintenance (£12m); Household Waste Recycling Centres (£22m); On Street Car Parking (£7.5m); Managed Print Services (£2m), Estates and Asset Management Services (£500k).• Developed and introduced guidance to bring greater understanding and control of Consultancy expenditure.In addition, member of Society of Procurement Officers (SOPO) National Executive committee. Show less

• Procurement Consultancy Manager

  • May 2003 - Apr 2010

  Responsible for the development and implementation of the Council’s Strategic Procurement Strategy across all service and activity areas. • Procurement lead for complex projects using EU Procurement Rules: Competitive Dialogue procedure for Outsourcing of Client transport services (£23m); Bucks Pathfinder Shared Support Services (£43m) - to ISOP stage; Outsource of Design & Print (3.6m).• Revised Corporate Procurement Strategy including the implementation of a Corporate Procurement Board to provide a holistic understanding of expenditure at both senior management level and at Member level.• Business process owner for SAP EBP implementation and the subsequent EBP upgrade with Marketplace to facilitate an effective P2Pprocess. • Progressed collaborative relationships with Federation of Small Businesses, District Councils, NHS, Police, Fire, IESE, Central Buying Consortium. Show less



Connexions MKOB Ltd

• Aylesbury

• Senior Contracts Executive

  • May 2002 - May 2003

  • Managed the commissioning and monitoring of a joined up “Universal” service to 13-19 year olds (£10M). • Set strategy and policy for contracting procedures and monitoring. • Developed partnership agreements with external agencies. • Managed the commissioning and monitoring of a joined up “Universal” service to 13-19 year olds (£10M). • Set strategy and policy for contracting procedures and monitoring. • Developed partnership agreements with external agencies.



Buckinghamshire County Council

• Senior Contracts Manager

  • Mar 1999 - Apr 2002

  • Managed and led the procurement process for a wide range of goods/ services ensuring value for money. These included Best Value Review of Community Meals and collaborative procurements for Mobile Phones and Portable Fire Equipment.• Chairman of the Central Buying Consortium ICT Group.• Managed successful closure of a central store including the sale of £0.5m stock.

• Various

  • Dec 1980 - Mar 1999

  Various procurement/ administrative roles including a 2 year secondment to Milton Keynes Council in 1997 to develop the procurement function.