Experience

2buy2

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

• Category Manager

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Consultancy lead working in the charity sector and managing ICT category across education buying. Consultancy lead working in the charity sector and managing ICT category across education buying.



The University of Manchester

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Supplier Manager

  • Dec 2017 - Jan 2021

  Responsible for collecting and collating data to support collaboration and negotiates terms and conditions to reflect the scale of requirements and encourage good performance within IT Services. Evaluation of tenders based on specification and evaluation criteria, acceptance documentation and advised on contracts and service level agreements. Monitored and reported on supplier performance, information security, customer satisfaction, and market intelligence. Investigated, resolved or escalated problems and also works within IT Supplier Management processes, clarifying requirements through to placing, and monitoring contracts.Pro-actively manages risk in the contract, monitoring progress against business objectives and benefits, specified in the business case, identifying where change is required and responsible for negotiating and managing change were required.Main project/contract areas of responsibility were Cloud Computing Services, Cloud Telephony, Data Centres, Academic Timetabling and contract management of various SaaS solutions. Fixed term contract



NUS Services Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Buyer

  • Oct 2016 - Nov 2017

  Buyer within the trading support team, providing purchasing members with competitively priced products within the catering and food categories and supporting internal department’s initiatives which assist members in increasing sales and profitability. Responsibilities include managing the tender process for all catering and food categories with the team and identify, initiate and maintain working relationships with external suppliers in order to provide members with competitively priced products and successful support programs.



Procurement for Housing

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

• Category Buyer

  • Jan 2014 - Oct 2016

  Category buyer within the indirect spend category at PfH and predominantly responsible for the vehicle lease, vehicle purchase and soft facilities management frameworks. Responsibilities include, managing supplier relationships, developing existing contracts, tendering for new framework agreements and bespoke mini competitions,managing the interface with internal department and supporting PfH members. Category buyer within the indirect spend category at PfH and predominantly responsible for the vehicle lease, vehicle purchase and soft facilities management frameworks. Responsibilities include, managing supplier relationships, developing existing contracts, tendering for new framework agreements and bespoke mini competitions,managing the interface with internal department and supporting PfH members.



Valueworks Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• eProcurement and eCatalogue Assistant

  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

  eCatalogue and eProcurement Assistant for Valueworks. Main responsibilities included working closely with buyers, assisting and maintaining products and images to all supplier catalogues, running monthly MI reports and monitoring supplier rebates across all consortiums, mainly working with Bathrooms, Plumbing & Heating, Electricals and Merchants. Additional support provided to help cost client projects. eCatalogue and eProcurement Assistant for Valueworks. Main responsibilities included working closely with buyers, assisting and maintaining products and images to all supplier catalogues, running monthly MI reports and monitoring supplier rebates across all consortiums, mainly working with Bathrooms, Plumbing & Heating, Electricals and Merchants. Additional support provided to help cost client projects.



Mezzino Student Living

• United Kingdom
• Leasing Non-residential Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administrator

  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2012



Diligenta - a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrator

  • Aug 2008 - Mar 2011