David Farquharson
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Amit Singh
David is a creative, energetic, solutions oriented and highly motivated professional with great communication skills. He is an exceptional team player and is always willing to put all his energy and time to get the job done. David is very quickly able to establish himself as a trusted advisor through his amazing work ethics, measured advice and ability to execute & deliver desired outcome. He has got an unique skill to comprehend and simplify complex problems to break them in stages to solve them structurally and analytically. It has been an absolute pleasure working with David and whenever I will have to pick a team, I would always be looking to draft David.
LinkedIn User
David is a motivated, optimistic and authentic person who proactively involves himself in different projects and is always willing to contribute tangible outcomes to the team. He successfully owned and lead procurement projects end to end and motivated business stakeholders and suppliers to contribute. His ability to build relationships is exceptional. It was a pleasure to work with David.
Amit Singh
David is a creative, energetic, solutions oriented and highly motivated professional with great communication skills. He is an exceptional team player and is always willing to put all his energy and time to get the job done. David is very quickly able to establish himself as a trusted advisor through his amazing work ethics, measured advice and ability to execute & deliver desired outcome. He has got an unique skill to comprehend and simplify complex problems to break them in stages to solve them structurally and analytically. It has been an absolute pleasure working with David and whenever I will have to pick a team, I would always be looking to draft David.
LinkedIn User
David is a motivated, optimistic and authentic person who proactively involves himself in different projects and is always willing to contribute tangible outcomes to the team. He successfully owned and lead procurement projects end to end and motivated business stakeholders and suppliers to contribute. His ability to build relationships is exceptional. It was a pleasure to work with David.
Amit Singh
David is a creative, energetic, solutions oriented and highly motivated professional with great communication skills. He is an exceptional team player and is always willing to put all his energy and time to get the job done. David is very quickly able to establish himself as a trusted advisor through his amazing work ethics, measured advice and ability to execute & deliver desired outcome. He has got an unique skill to comprehend and simplify complex problems to break them in stages to solve them structurally and analytically. It has been an absolute pleasure working with David and whenever I will have to pick a team, I would always be looking to draft David.
LinkedIn User
David is a motivated, optimistic and authentic person who proactively involves himself in different projects and is always willing to contribute tangible outcomes to the team. He successfully owned and lead procurement projects end to end and motivated business stakeholders and suppliers to contribute. His ability to build relationships is exceptional. It was a pleasure to work with David.
Amit Singh
David is a creative, energetic, solutions oriented and highly motivated professional with great communication skills. He is an exceptional team player and is always willing to put all his energy and time to get the job done. David is very quickly able to establish himself as a trusted advisor through his amazing work ethics, measured advice and ability to execute & deliver desired outcome. He has got an unique skill to comprehend and simplify complex problems to break them in stages to solve them structurally and analytically. It has been an absolute pleasure working with David and whenever I will have to pick a team, I would always be looking to draft David.
LinkedIn User
David is a motivated, optimistic and authentic person who proactively involves himself in different projects and is always willing to contribute tangible outcomes to the team. He successfully owned and lead procurement projects end to end and motivated business stakeholders and suppliers to contribute. His ability to build relationships is exceptional. It was a pleasure to work with David.
Credentials
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Molchanov Freediving - Wave 1
MolchanovsSep, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Advanced Open Water Diver
PADIJan, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & SupplyJul, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
City & Guilds Licentiateship (LCGI) Level 4
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Level 2 BTEC First Diploma in Public Services
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QA Microsoft Excel Level 3
QA Ltd
Experience
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Beam
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United Kingdom
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partnerships Lead
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Jan 2022 - Present
Beam is the world’s first crowdfunding platform for homeless people.Funded by the Mayor of London and the UK's leading tech entrepreneurs, Beam has proven a powerful new model to help homeless people get into work.Beam has been covered widely including by the BBC, The Times, The FT, The Independent, London Evening Standard, Sky, Time Out and others and has been named by The Guardian as one of the most important social tech innovations of 2018.www.beam.org Beam is the world’s first crowdfunding platform for homeless people.Funded by the Mayor of London and the UK's leading tech entrepreneurs, Beam has proven a powerful new model to help homeless people get into work.Beam has been covered widely including by the BBC, The Times, The FT, The Independent, London Evening Standard, Sky, Time Out and others and has been named by The Guardian as one of the most important social tech innovations of 2018.www.beam.org
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Gaff&Gaff
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Entertainment Providers
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Owner
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Nov 2019 - Present
What better time to cheer someone up? Once upon a time you couldn't Give A Flying Fuck. Now you can. The End.Designed and manufactured a novelty toy, pitched to retailers with Flying Fucks now stocked nationwide in Scribbler. What better time to cheer someone up? Once upon a time you couldn't Give A Flying Fuck. Now you can. The End.Designed and manufactured a novelty toy, pitched to retailers with Flying Fucks now stocked nationwide in Scribbler.
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Invigorate Platform
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United Kingdom
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Partnerships
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Sep 2021 - Jan 2022
Invigorate is the UK’s first insights-led growth platform helping innovative scaleups and their investment partners grow faster. Invigorate is the UK’s first insights-led growth platform helping innovative scaleups and their investment partners grow faster.
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Sky
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United Kingdom
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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Brand Partnerships Manager
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Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
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Software Procurement Manager
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Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Optus
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Australia
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Digital Category Manager (contract)
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Apr 2019 - Sep 2019
Procurement lead for the Digital team supporting agile squads. Procurement lead for the Digital team supporting agile squads.
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Sabbatical
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Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
Sabbatical spent travelling to 14 countries in the Middle East and Asia. Sabbatical spent travelling to 14 countries in the Middle East and Asia.
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Sky
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United Kingdom
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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Marketing Procurement
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Sep 2017 - Oct 2018
Focusing on: Digital, TV Ad production, Rewards & Incentives (customer acquisition & employee incentives) and Market Research
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Junior Manager Strategic Procurement
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Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
6 Month Secondment at Sky Deutschland.Focused on: Establishing procurement in the greenfield area of content production by building a legacy of solid relationships. Led to Sky DE Procurement’s first involvement in projects, along with Sky Group Procurement’s first involvement in a Sky Original Drama. Led multiple tenders in Sky Sports.
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Technology Procurement - Telecoms and connectivity
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Jun 2016 - Mar 2017
Focused on: Optical transponders capex project, CDN, P2P circuits, OB, mobile dongles.
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Marketing Procurement
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Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
Focused on: Rewards & Incentives category for customer acquisition, SRM for creative agencies and supported tenders for postage and retail stands.
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Johnson & Johnson
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Operations Analyst
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Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
• Lead in redesign of loan distribution packaging to meet internal & external needs resulting in improved product & a cost saving of 44% on previous years spend, resulting in a J&J Platinum Encore Award.• Significant member of the Synthes integration Team, merging two warehouses & transfer of over 2000 loan sets, resulting in a J&J Silver Encore Award.• Designed & produced monthly UK Commercial Dashboard identifying areas for improvements resulting in highlighting £1.2m savings potential.• Connected and worked with Marketing to Re-fresh UK loan business brand.
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Education
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2015 - 2018
Ian Tait and Co
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply -
2011 - 2015
Northumbria University
Business with Logistics and Supply Chain Management BA, Business and supply chain -
2013 - 2013
Avans Hogeschool
International Business Management, European Union Policies -
2009 - 2011
Welbeck - The Sixth Form Defence College
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