Experience

The Green Block

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Procurement & Data Analytics Lead

  • Apr 2023 - Present



Transport for London

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Procurement Analyst

  • Feb 2022 - Mar 2023



Clear Channel UK

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Interim Category Lead

  • Sep 2021 - Dec 2021



The Greenblock Consulting Ltd

• Interim Procurement Lead

  • Jul 2019 - Nov 2020

  Consultancy based role leading and supporting on tactical and strategic programmes within Train Operating Companies and Transportation, Facilities Management and Education (University). Senior Data Analyst delivering data analytic solutions to clients and internal / external stakeholders. Opportunity assessment reviews, desktop data mining, stakeholder engagement, supplier and spend profiling to determine accurate baselines and in scope addressable spend. Sourcing strategy and delivery which is data and requirements led. Working from home and autonomously, to deliver short term tactical turn arounds and longer term transformation programmes with demonstrable results. Show less



Arriva UK Trains

• United Kingdom
• Rail Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Sourcing Specialist

  • May 2018 - Nov 2019

  Identification of cost reduction opportunities through analysis of spend and commercial agreements with a view to rationalising, consolidating and leveraging group spend (c.£1m opportunity identified). Development of continuous improvement intitiatives using best practice guidance from supplier engagement. Tactical cost reduction focussing on in-year savings by identifying quick wins using internal benchmarks. Rationalising supply catalogues such as stationery, workwear/ PPE , removal of premium branded products, reduction of core lists and limiting catalogue access (c. £350k). Supporting delivery of a value engineering project on train presentation. Contract life savings of c.£10m, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to baseline and understand the current situation, value engineering to reduce waste and improve cleaning times. Supplier relationship management and contract Management. Categories: Marketing & Media, Office Supplies, Cleaning and Janitorial, Print, Mail & Couriers, MRO, industrial cleaning, Occupational Health and FM. Show less



Dairy Crest

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Category Manager - Site Services and Engineering (MRO)

  • Apr 2017 - Apr 2018

  Successful delivery of cost reduction strategy (c.£400k). Achieved through supplier engagement, benchmarking, extracting value add and continuous improvement initiatives (planning and supply chain efficiencies, process improvements, increasing plant up time etc), product rationalising, direct negotiations and sourcing activities. Strategic sourcing, spot buys, benchmarking and RFx. SRM, contract management and monitoring of KPI’s to deliver value add benefits and continuous improvement. Working closely with strategic suppliers such as OEM’s and commodity suppliers to ensure we are aware of innovations and movements within the marketplace. Risk management both legally and commercially and mitigating those risk through creation of robust contracts and ensuring contract compliance for all spends greater than £250k. KPI’s and metrics in place to measure the right areas to drive the performance of the supplier and ensure optimum levels are achieved. Commercial risk management - understanding the market intel and the driving forces behind market movements. Caustic soda is a great example of this, due to the current volatility caused by manufacturing output reductions caused by natural disasters and EU legalisation on mercury cell production. This volatility created a Supply / demand issue and pushed prices to unprecedented levels. Show less



Proxima Group

• Cwmbrân, Wales, United Kingdom

• Procurement Advisor

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2017

  Project identification and stakeholder engagement across a broad range of categories. Successful delivery of cost reduction targets (c.£350k). Achieved through management of contract expiry and renegotiations, strategically sourcing and competitively tendering where appropriate, identification of quick wins (tactical) and developing medium to long term category plans (strategic). Data mining, analysis and dashboard creation. Ability to work strategically or tactically and adapt to the changing needs of the client. Being able to move at pace and priortise when markets move, or the demand from the client changes due to throughput volume changes or production changes which increases / decrease demand for operational services and spend. SRM and contract management, managing contracts throughout their lifecycle and extracting the value add. Show less



Tata Steel Nederland

• Netherlands
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sourcing & Contract Lifecycle Manager

  • Jan 2015 - Apr 2016