Freelance Programme Procurement Manager Woking, Surrey, UK
Procurement professional with substantial experience of tendering, contract negotiation & management of multi £m contracts across a broad range of spend categories in both public & private sectors.
| Rating: | Unrated (New) |
| Hourly Rate: | £70.00 |
| Available From: | Now | Seller ID: | 295272 |
CV
Senior manager with over 20 years of high-value procurement, commercial and operational experience gained in tendering and contract negotiation and management of a broad range of multi-million pound contracts.
Key achievements include:
Delivering significant category savings
Envisioning and leading change to drive best practice
Influencing effectively at a senior level in major organisations
Specialities include: supply chain management, contract management, commercial management and business process re-engineering
Employment History
(Mar 2008 & ongoing)
Programme Procurement Manager
City of LondonProcurement of multi-million pound work packages associated with the modernisation and transformation of advertising on the London Undeground resulting in the delivery of significant savings and increased resourcing in order to accelerate delivery of the install programme
(Sep 2007 to Mar 2008)
Contracts & Procurement Specialist - Compliance
Canary Wharf, London• Establishing & devolving quality / compliance practices within delivery groups
• Training in corporate governance, delegated and 2-key authority principles
• Reviewing procurement plans, recommendations to award and contracts
• Analysing plant contract administration processes for Six Sigma PIP
• Developing procurement strategy and prequalification process
(Dec 2006 to Aug 2007)
Senior Procurement Manager
Leatherhead, Surrey• Bid support for contracts relating to temporary deployable accommodation for the Ministry of Defence / NATO in the Middle East
• Operational support in the review of processes and procedures for Aspire Defence Services an £8 billion, 35-year programme to upgrade and run the Aldershot and Salisbury plain garrisons for the Ministry of Defence
• Devising and developing procurement practice and procedures for major client in Dubai
(Jun 2002 to Nov 2006)
Head of Contracts & Procurement
Newbury, West Berkshire• Identifying and delivering £375k worth of cashable Procurement savings
• Rebutting £367k claim and successfully transitioning to a new key supplier
• Increasing customer satisfaction with procurement service – from 33% to 90%
• Delivering milestones of National Procurement Strategy for Local Government
• Devising and implementing Council wide Procurement training programme
• Leading eProcurement / Finance project as Procurement ‘business owner’
(Apr 1999 to May 2002)
Commercial Manager
Amey Business Services Limited, Maidenhead, Berkshire• Identifying and negotiating best prices with key suppliers
• Ensuring pricing conformed strictly with output specification
• Negotiating main contract through to financial and legal closure
• Reducing contract capped costs and delivering significant client savings through negotiation of variations to the staffing numbers and rates of pay for each service element
Categories & Skills
Engineering & Technical
Categories
Skills
- Defence (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience - PFI / PPP)
- Health Sector (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience - PFI / PPP)
- Local Government (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience - PFI / PPP)
- Over £200m (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience - Project Size)
- PFI / PPP (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Procurement/Buying (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Project Size (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
Management Consultancy
Categories
Skills
- Business Reengineering (Business Consulting)
- Construction Management (Business Consulting)
- Contract Management
- Cost Reduction
- Facilities Management (Business Consulting)
- Interim Supply Chain Director (Business Consulting)
- Negotiation
- Process Design
- Procurement/Purchasing (Business Consulting)
- Supply Chain Management (Business Consulting)
- Tender Appraisal

