1997 – Present. Principal Consultant
July 2008 to present Interim Category Manager Corporate Services.
Re-establishing Strategic Category management processes and procedures for the council.
• Management of existing category in support of the Business Transformation processes..
• Management of Design Studio and Outsourced Marketing print contract in conjunction with the Marketing Manager.
• Travel, Hotels, Legal Services, Security, Mail , IT & Comms categories.

Jul 2007 to Dec 2007 Interim Strategic Sourcing Manager.
Negotiating global services, hardware, and software purchase labour, and reseller agreements. Contract extended.
• Saved 46% on Cisco systems procurement against previous quotes.
• Delivered new contract negotiations overnight for communication systems in South America, to support urgent request from Global Sales Team. Negotiations completed at 0430 GMT.

August 2006 to June 2007 Interim Supply Contract Manager (maternity cover).
Negotiated global service, software and development contracts for resale and content/data services.
Member of virtual global team headed up in the USA. Contract extended.
• Negotiated savings of 55% on software and 50% on Services, Support & Maintenance.
• Negotiated new contract for content provision services including full SLAs, guarantees and incentives (penalties) in USA. Adopted as new global contract terms.

April to June 2006 Interim Supply Manager – Software.
Negotiating Global Software Service, Support and Maintenance contracts.
• Created and implemented supplier engagement strategy. Negotiated 50% support cost reduction for corporate global Oracle renewals programme.
• Negotiated global tax saving for Oracle renewal with Financial Directors in Brazil and Holland.
• Negotiated new global pricing structure for security software. Saved >80%.

October 2005 to April 2006 Interim IT Procurement Manager.
Defined strategy and negotiated EMEA service supply, outsourcing, software, hardware and data contracts.
Due diligence and novation of all contracts for the takeover.
• Negotiated 45% price reduction on software licences and maintenance.
• Re-negotiated existing outsourced contract for Data Centre support. Reduced cost by 23%.
• Negotiated contract for EMEA desktop service support with colleagues in Holland and Germany.
• Supported DPWN Due Diligence process and novated all contracts, to DPWN requirements.

Jan to June 2005 Environment Agency.
Procurement and strategic management of software development and contact centre development and support.
• Organised first Defra/EA software procurement knowledge exchange.
• Negotiated software contract maintenance requirements, used in flood control with on-site maintenance and support 24/7 in disaster situations, a critical path in UK Flood warning.

Sept 2004 to December 2004 Strategic contract staff supply agreements, software contracts analysis, negotiation, implementation and mentoring of senior staff.
• Created new EMEA Sarbanes-Oxley compliant software and service procurement procedures.
• Negotiated revised market data contracts for Sales and Marketing.
• Negotiated new contract structuresfor Marketing Field Support and briefs to creative Design Teams.
• Negotiated contracts for the supply of technical labour resources for critical data centre operations.

June – Aug 2004 Forensic Science Service introducing strategic procurement processes to IT and telecoms portfolios.
• Negotiated 51% saving on new software requirements, including the provision of all installation, service and maintenance needs post tender.
• Reduced current cost of service and maintenance contracts by 35%.

Jan 2004 to May 2004 negotiating IT service, software and hardware agreements using Six Sigma principles and processes.
• Created new procurement strategy. Negotiated 40% cost reduction for engineering resource.
• Originated outsource RFP for BP Germany - outsourcing IT datacentres and support services.
• Created global CRM software strategy. Wrote and managed RFP for global CRM.

Dec 2001 – Dec 2003 negotiating and re-negotiating complex strategic agreements. Contract extended.
• Introduced Continuous Cost Reduction Contracts & BEMS to client. Saved 25%.
• Negotiated lower cost, contracts for hardware, software, services and outsourcing, saved 50%.
• Negotiated Indian resource supply for 200 FTEs, 15% reduction & introduced contract metrics.
• Re-negotiated failed contract after a catastrophic operational failure. New contract delivered 100% of performance requirement at peak loadings.
• Negotiated and managed delivery with6 sales Department of new contract for installation of flatscreen POS display screens in all Points of Sale for customer information.

Apr 2001 – July 2001 Creating new international data communications network for a Bank.
• Installed BEMS for client organisation and trained client's personnel to use system.
• Negotiated and implemented new contracts for all International and national telecoms circuits, firewalls, switches, servers, software, support, installation and services on time. Saved 20%.

Aug 2000 to Apr 2001 Cable & Wireless creating Global Optical Fibre Team. Contract extended.
• Conduct Strategic review and report on existing Fibre/ Capacity contracts and processes.
• Created new procurement framework for dark fibre, wavelength and capacity. Delivered savings of 40%, subsequently rolled out to the globe. Planned annual saving £25 Million p.a.
• Executed due diligence review of $1.5Bn VOIP contract.

Oct 1997 to Apr 2000 Electricity, managing cables portfolio. Contract extended.
• Chaired Cable and Overhead Line Sourcing Groups. New contracts reduced cables budget from £37 Million p.a. to £12 Million p.a. at same supply rate. Saving over 8 year contract £200 Million.
• Established new service supply procedures and processes for cable logistics direct to site reduced cable stocks 85%, created remote ordering process to reduce process time and admin.
• Introduced use of e-procurement to catalogue purchasing.

1991 – 1997 Chief Buyer.
Managed central strategic procurement team and leveraged procurement potential for maximum returns.
• Created and managed strategic procurement team. Saved over £15 Million a year.
• Reduced the approved supplier base from over 2500 suppliers to 800 and stock by 30%.
• Integrated IT contracts for 186 operational sites enabling the board to outsource the IT function.
• Introduced EDI for electricity supply to 10,000 supply points.
• Created EC compliant professional systems for the entire procurement process.

1986 - 1991 Senior then promoted Principal Procurement Officer.
• Launch Vehicle Systems – Ariane IV flight, launch, tooling, ground support and transportation.
• New Ariane Launch Control System installed in Kourou, French Guiana.

1979 - 1986 Procurement Officer, then Contracts Officer.
• Procurement of Naval and Air Launched Weapon Systems.
• Customer interface for major new weapons procurement programme.

Prior to 1979 I purchased for Plessey Connectors- turned parts. Sinclair Radionics -calculator, computer & TV components. Pye Telecom - electronic and electro-mechanical parts. Lola Cars - Factory Buyer. Marshalls - progress chaser and D Mackay- storeman.

Diploma in Management Studies, Diploma of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, HNC Business Studies, Quality Auditor, CRB vetted, Trained Prototype Wireman

Computer Skills Computer literate using Microsoft Office Pro. Oracle e-business suite. SAP R/3 and R/4, Ariba, also Achilles, Contracto, Ipro, Lotus Notes, MSA, Pisces, Quest, The Utilities Exchange and the Internet.