Experience

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  Department of Conservation (DOC)

  • Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

  • Acting National Procurement Manager

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

    Supporting the Department with their transition to a new category-led procurement operating model, development and embedding of new enabling systems and processes, and the stand up of the new expanded procurement team structure.

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  Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

  • New Zealand
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • General Manager, Managed Isolation and Quarantine

    • Jul 2022 - Aug 2023

    The General Manager is the senior leadership position in MIQ and is responsible for the overall delivery of the branch. This critical role is accountable for leading MIQ senior leaders across a breadth of outputs, from assurance of business obligations to future strategic programmes.

  • General Manager Service Quality and Assurance

    • Apr 2020 - Jul 2022

    Responsible for ensuring the quality of business operations across Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) remains high, by guiding and supporting business readiness, consistency of operations and the implementation and maintenance of health, safety, protective security, property management, learning and development, risk, assurance, and resolutions strategy across MIQ.

  • General Manager Service Quality

    • Mar 2017 - Apr 2020

    Responsible for leading the newly established Operations branch to support Market Services' strategic direction by ensuring the quality of business operations across the Group. The role is responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight in the development and implementation of operational business planning, delivery of technical training programmes, business transformation activities, operational processes and assurance regimes and the provision of regional support for Market Services across the country.

  • Health, Safety & Security Deployment Director (Secondment)

    • Apr 2016 - Mar 2017

    Responsible for developing and leading a transformational health, safety and security change programme across the Market Services and Immigration New Zealand groups of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

  • Project Director (Secondment)

    • Nov 2015 - Apr 2016

    Responsible for the transfer of the Property Management Centre of Expertise (now renamed the Government Property Group) out of the Ministry of Social Development into the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to create a single integrated procurement and property functional leadership branch for Government.

  • General Manager New Zealand Government Procurement (Secondment)

    • May 2015 - Nov 2015

    Responsible for the transformational development of Government procurement policy and practice in New Zealand. Accountable for functional leadership of government procurement and leading the procurement reform programme.

  • Manager - Commercial Pool

    • Jan 2013 - May 2015

    Established and managed a commercial advisory function that provides specialist procurement and delivery advice to public sector agencies (on a cost recovery basis) on their higher risk more complex "business unusual" procurement activities. Particular focus on infrastructure, construction, transformational ICT and social services.

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  Meridian Energy

  • Group Manager Procurement & Workplace Strategy

    • Nov 2004 - Dec 2012

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  New Zealand Green Building Council

  • Director NZGBC

    • 2008 - 2012

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  Asia Pacific Utilities Group

  • Vice Chair & Member -Management Steering Committee

    • 2006 - 2010

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  NZ Army

  • Logistics Officer

    • 1981 - 2004