Experience

APMP UK

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Marketing Officer

  • May 2022 - Present

  Voluntary board position driving the APMP UK marketing and communications strategy. This focuses on maintaining our professional standing in the bid industry, keeping our members informed and influencing and promoting our industry. Voluntary board position driving the APMP UK marketing and communications strategy. This focuses on maintaining our professional standing in the bid industry, keeping our members informed and influencing and promoting our industry.



LUTRETTE LIMITED

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

• Director

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Babcock International Group – Marine sector Providing bid writing (Change management, Governance, contract and performance management, Transition management), document formatting and proof reading for the final submission of a £1.2B training bid for the Royal Navy. Babcock International Group – Aviation sector Providing bid leadership to the French team on 2 French Navy opportunities (combined contract value circa 500 €M), both involving the acquisition and maintenance of aircraft to meet customer deadlines and requirements. Show less



QinetiQ

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Bid Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Dec 2018



Babcock International Group

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bid Manager

  • Mar 2015 - Mar 2017

  Working on bids worth £25m +, I am responsible for managing the bid team through the bid process to ensure that we deliver a compliant bid of good quality that meets all our internal governance requirements, and equally, meets all the customers requirements.In the last year I have been the Bid Manager on the FOMEDEC bid that led to Babcock being awarded preferred bidder by France's Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) for a €400 million contract to provide a training platform and related services for the French Air Force (l'Armée de l'Air). Show less

• Quality Manager, Major Bids

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2015

  Providing support to major bids projects (bid projects of £25 million and over) for quality, design and development of management systems, assurance teams, certification and compliance to MOD and civilian standards. Strong focus on promoting integrated management systems that comply with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 standards as a minimum. Familiar with ISO 22301, BS 11000 and MOD AQAP standards. Experience of developing management plans to contract standard and developing project plans to support bids. Recently completed and passed the Association of Project Management Practitioners course. Show less



Babcock

• Quality Manager

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2012

  Responsibilities include: Providing strategic direction quality and business improvement in the business Providing support and advice on quality issues on bids and mobilisation projects Providing support and leadership to a small team Managing the internal audit schedule to ensure that audits are conducted and reports are compiled. Maintaining and improving the ISO 9001:2008 certified Quality Management System Responsibilities include: Providing strategic direction quality and business improvement in the business Providing support and advice on quality issues on bids and mobilisation projects Providing support and leadership to a small team Managing the internal audit schedule to ensure that audits are conducted and reports are compiled. Maintaining and improving the ISO 9001:2008 certified Quality Management System



Flagship Training

• Quality & Business Improvement Specialist

  • Mar 2006 - Aug 2008

  Responsibilities include: Conducting audits according to the internal audit schedule. Delivering projects to implement improvements to the business Maintain policies, processes and procedures. Contribute to the production and delivery of the Quality Management Review every 6 months to the Managing Director and team of Directors. Maintain the Quality Management System and liaising with the BSI auditor on all planned visits. Working with the Quality Manager to review the Quality Management System as part of the Business Transformation Programme. Specific Achievements: Completion of planned audits in 2006 Delivery of the Quality Management Review in June 2006 Review of the Audit process to make it more strategic and promote responsibility throughout all areas of the business for their own processes and procedures. Starting the MSc Strategic Quality Management at Portsmouth University. Implementation of the new Document Management System Show less



Cims Ltd

• Development & Communications Officer

  • Mar 2005 - Mar 2006

  Responsibilities include:This role focuses on on-going communication to the operation to ensure that everyone is kept up to date on product and system changes through classroom training, coaching, bulletins, regular team update sessions for example.Specific Achievements:Successfully managed the training stream of 2 major product launches Developed Project Management skills and knowledge Increased assertiveness and confidence to challenge ideas and plans, and justify reasons for doing so. Show less

• Training - Project Lead

  • Jun 2005 - Sep 2005

  Responsibilities include:Co-ordinating the training stream for a project to upgrade the company's existing Siebel application from version 7.0 to 7.7 across 4 European sitesDevelop training materials for user training, Train the Trainer and UAT training that can be used across all 4 operationsSpecific Achievements:The training plan was completed to plan and on time. The effectiveness of the training was reflected in the call handling times of agents who showed an increase on the first day of using the upgraded system.I was proud to have managed and successful completed a training project on such a scale.Progression related trainingBusiness Continuity Planning Show less