Experience

Think Tank Consulting Australia

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  Lauren leads a team of professional procurement, supply chain and contract management professionals at Think Tank. Think Tank are specialists in leading and supporting transformational procurement and supply chain initiatives across the South Australian public and private sectors. Our expertise is in delivering procurement and contract management strategies and services in highly complex project environments. Currently Think Tank are delivering procurement strategies and services for a number of major projects across South Australia including Defence, Healthcare and Infrastructure. Lauren has recently completed a four year project providing procurement, commercial, strategy, change management and supply chain services to the Australian Government Department of Defence's $90bn naval shipbuilding projects and delivering savings initiatives and strategic category management programs within the mining industry. Show less



CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lead Facilitator - Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Lauren is a lead facilitator for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) training programs in South Australia. Lauren delivers group training and provides one-on-one support for a number of CIPS programs, including the Corporate Award Program program to achieve Membership of CIPS (MCIPS), Introduction to Procurement, Contract Management, Category Management, Contract Law and Effective Negotiation. Lauren is a lead facilitator for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) training programs in South Australia. Lauren delivers group training and provides one-on-one support for a number of CIPS programs, including the Corporate Award Program program to achieve Membership of CIPS (MCIPS), Introduction to Procurement, Contract Management, Category Management, Contract Law and Effective Negotiation.



ArcBlue

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Management Consultant

  • Nov 2014 - Nov 2017

  Lauren provided strategic commercial and procurement leadership to deliver SA Health's $148m medical equipment procurement program for the new Royal Adelaide Hospital. Lauren was responsible for delivering end-to-end procurement projects for Furniture, Fittings and Equipment (FFE) including managing complex approaches to market in line with SA Health procurement policies. For the last six months of her engagement on the project, including during the high risk, time critical and high profile Facility Transition Period, Lauren was appointed to the Procurement leadership role, managing a team of 17 direct reports to successfully procure, deliver, commission and facilitate training for over 10,000 medical equipment items. Show less



Qantas

• Australia
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Inflight and Corporate Goods and Services

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2014

  Lauren was a member of Qantas’ procurement executive team, delivering a pipeline of procurement activity to realise significant commercial benefits including savings, increased operational performance and decreased risk during Qantas’ 5-year procurement transformation program. Lauren delivered a wide range of procurement projects across the Qantas Group including savings initiatives, category management implementation, mergers and acquisitions and contract management. Lauren's role was instrumental in delivering outcomes in high risk, high profile domestic and international projects. Show less

• Manager, Food and Beverage

  • May 2011 - Aug 2012

  Lauren was Manager of Food and Beverage procurement for inflight and lounges across all ports on the Qantas domestic and international network. Lauren developed and delivered a global catering strategy which created competition across the Qantas International Network and delivered significant savings in traditionally monopolistic supply markets.

• Manager Customer Contracts and Performance

  • Feb 2009 - May 2011

  Reporting to the Head of Customer, Contracts and Quality, Lauren was the lead national customer contracts and relationship manager for Qantas Catering. Lauren's role was to respond to client airline tenders, negotiate contracts, manage relationships and support the domestic catering network with optimised reporting and customer relationship management activities.

• Corporate Graduate

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2009

  Lauren was selected as one of 23 graduates (out of over 6000 applicants) for the Qantas Graduate Program. Lauren worked in Qantas Freight, supporting the development of international business strategies, marketing campaigns, Learning and Development programs for a new IT system and logistics optimisation.