Experience

Government Commercial Function

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Commercial

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Building Digital UK Department Commercial Lead - software, hardware, digital, telecoms infrastructure, legal services, professional and marketing services. Leads on commercial plans to deliver value for money using different procurement procedures such as competitive dialogue, Dynamic Purchasing System, Frameworks, Open and closed tender. Manages the project sourcing reviews to increase market competition, and drive down operational and contractual costs for the strategic contractual arrangements to achieve the intended outcomes and benefits to be realised throughout the contract lifecycle. Leads and manages a team of Commercial Managers to train, guide, equip and empower on all commercial issues within Procurement, Contract and Supplier Relationship Management to manage operational contractual agreements with high spend, risks, opportunities to add value, complex and critical to the business. Manages the Commercial supplier evaluation to determine supplier suitability on quality, delivery and price. Develop and expand the commercial knowledge of the commercial team by identifying the relevant training and development tailored to each individual as well as providing coaching and mentoring opportunities for staff members to attain their maximum potential and focus on areas of improvement that is linked to their PDPs. Manages the commercial audit process, the supply chain and subcontracting compliance including disputes resolutions for strategic contracts. Manages Social Value and Responsible Procurement objectives and outcomes to feed into the overall Organisational objectives. Lead on Risk Management by identifying commercial and contractual risks early to implement mitigation plans by using a risk benefit analysis to consider the impact, probability and the likely that the risk might occur. Provides Senior Management Team with the Professional, Technical & Commercial advice by using Market Intelligence to make the informed decisions and adopt to market changes. Show less



London Borough of Lambeth

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Contract Management Business Partner

  • Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

  •Manages a spend of £507 million per year across the Local Authority by conducting quarterly reviews on the current FY Budgets up to date through partnership working with the Senior Management Team, Accounts Payable and Finance Team to effectively monitor contractual spend obligations. •Line Management of Contract Management Business Partners tasked with partnering with Service Areas to craft methodology for technology spend allocation. Account-abilities includes, providing Contract Management support, training, share lessons learnt and best practice and provide Procurement professional advice to Service Areas. •Conduct commercial reviews, payable/internal billing functions, constructing out budget and shaped models for business expenditure and forecasting to achieve economies of scales, threshold discounts and identify spend out of contractual arrangements. •Support the implementation of a bespoke e-Procurement linked with the e-Contract Management and the e-Supplier Relationship Management system by reviewing the organisation commissioning life-cycle from identifying the need for services/products, procurement, contract management, post award to service review and recommissioning and, streamlining expenditures to build a database integrated with the accounting/P2P system. •Revamping internal authorization process permitting Heads of Services or Budget Holders to pre-approve technology spend. •Leads on business partnership between the Procurement, External Partners, Suppliers, and Internal Key Stakeholders and serve as a trusted liaison to facilitate operations issues, deliver on time performance, ensure deliverables, benchmark services and products and, that contractual terms and conditions are upheld. •Partners with Senior Management Team to coordinate the Contract Management Model implementation by identifying mutual key prioritization of the Organisation’s Objectives such as maximizing value for money and the realization of the intended outcomes. Show less



Public Health England

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate & Marketing Category Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

  •Managing the Corporate and Marketing Category spend of £56 million to feed into the cost savings improvement plans and Procurement Strategy that contributes to make or buy decisions. •Developing Marketing Procurement Strategies for the Above the line (ATL) that consists of activities (advertising) that are not targeted at a specific customer and covers a wider territory and the Below the Line (BTL) advertising that consists of activities that create a real emotional connection with the targeted customer. •Leading on Marketing and Corporate Tender projects from start to finish such as Travel, Hotels, Meeting Rooms, Car Hire, Utilities, Stationary, Marketing Campaign Solutions, Media Planning & Strategy and Market Research in relation to eating healthy, stopping smoking, reducing alcohol consumption, sexual health and promoting exercising. •Implementation of a tender pipeline to ensure effective resource allocation and time management within the Category Team. •Managing the development of a cross function team by ensuring staff members are exposed to multiple categories rather than a single category as part of the learning and development to up-skill team members on their skills, knowledge, expertise, and experience. •Managing quarterly stakeholders’ workshops on Procurement Education, Training, Learning and Development for continuous improvements on Procurement and Contract Management across the Business Units. •Leading on the implementation of a robust contract management process through the introduction of a contract classification level tool and standardized score cards templates to improve business efficiency and effectiveness. •Contract Negotiations to achieve best value for money, intended benefits, improved stakeholder’s relations, cost avoidance and feed into the Organisation’s overall objectives and Strategy. Show less



Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Category Specialist

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2017

  •Managing a category worth £43 million for IT, Estates, Maintenance and Facilities Tender projects from start to finish such as procuring new laptops for employees, Total Waste Management services, Laundry services, Interpreting and Translation services, Franking Machines, Stationary and Utilities including the Car Park and security. •Line Management of staff by setting yearly objectives, performance reviews, appraisals, delegating tasks, workload, and projects reviews to meet targets, milestones, and deadlines. Including identifying suitable Training, Learning & Development opportunities. •Financial Planning and Forecasting to manage spend across the category by conducting quarterly spend review and analysis to achieve savings and monitor potential over spend and mitigate were possible. •Identification and management of supplier and contractual risks related to financial, governance, reputation, regulatory, operational, and strategic though the probability assessment of the risk occurring, the impact, the cause and effect including the mitigation plan. •Led on several procurement projects using various OJEU procedures such as open, restricted, competitive dialogue, light touch regime, Single Tender Action, Direct Award, VEAT Notices, frameworks and bulk buying, to demonstrate value for money and achieve savings. •Used Business Intelligence tools to provide analytical support and recommendations to develop the Category Procurement Strategy and provide the business with a supply base that supports safe, reliable, and complaint operations while delivering the innovation and benefits agreed to in the category strategy •Managing refurbishment contracts and onsite new office builds using JCT and NEC forms of contracts. •Managing Capital Schemes in terms of identifying effective and efficient areas of projects spend. Show less



Essex County Council

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contract Manager

  • Nov 2014 - Mar 2016

  •Managing Outsourced Health Care Services worth £12M through contract review meetings to address supplier performance, safeguarding issues, payments inquiries, contract extension, termination, breaches, and suspension. •Managing contracts spend through consulting with the Finance Team and the Accounts Payable team to obtain accurate data and conduct monthly spend analysis and compare against the contract value. •Managing contractual disputes for Old Peoples Residential & Nursing Homes, Working Age Adults Residential, Home Support Services, Supported Living & Shared Lives, Meals and Wheels Services, Public Health, Day Opportunities, Support Services and Extra Care. •Providing sourcing/procurement projects support for Nursing contracts integrated with Health (NHS) Procurement using the Light Touch Regime from start to finish. •Supporting the implementation of the Care Act 2014 into new Health Care contracts and Procurement strategy. •Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders through workshops, networking events, engagement forums, newsletter, focus groups and meetings. •Managing the Novation process due to changes within an organisation in terms of trading name, acquisition and merger, bank account and key personnel leaving. •Monitoring, recording, and updating the Supplier Adults Team Risk Register to ensure operational risks are mitigated in a timely manner. •Managing the up-lifts process that involves suppliers requesting an increase in payments for service users though spend analysis and bench-marking against the current market prices. Show less