Description

Senior Procurement professional with 15+ years of experience across permanent and interim roles, leading end-to-end procurement and value optimisation within global, multi-sector organisations including FMCG, manufacturing, public sector and travel, with expertise in category management and strategic sourcing.

Proven expertise in operating in complex, low maturity or greenfield environments, quickly diagnosing fragmented spend landscapes, identifying actionable cost optimisation opportunities and embedding pragmatic procurement frameworks that drive governance, efficiency and measurable commercial outcomes.

Combines strategic thinking with hands on delivery, building credibility quickly with executive stakeholders and leading end to end procurement across the full commercial lifecycle to drive value, mitigate risk and enhance operational efficiency across a broad range of spend areas, with particular strength across indirect categories, including Marketing, Professional Services, Technology and HR.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Institute of Physics and Publishing
Procurement Specialist
PUBLISHING
August 2024 - April 2026 (1 year and 8 months)
•Appointed on an initial contract basis to establish procurement governance and structure in a greenfield environment; retained following Executive Board approval of the operating model.
•Operated across a complex dual-entity environment, engaging with two Executive Boards and two CFOs across the Institute and Publishing arms to identify group wide commercial opportunities.
•Conducted a diagnostic of fragmented spend and processes across a c.£22m spend base, identifying and prioritising quick wins and optimisation opportunities across key spend areas.
•Partnered with Finance to improve spend data integrity and classification, increasing visibility of spend drivers and enabling more robust, insight led decision making.
•Influenced senior stakeholders and Finance to adopt a category management approach for Conferences & Events, securing alignment to reposition a significant spend area from a project based view to a structured, end to end strategy.
•Designed and introduced a fit for purpose procurement governance framework and operating model, incorporating structured and repeatable approaches across key procurement areas (e.g. sourcing, supplier and contract management), to optimise resource allocation and maximise value through targeted procurement involvement.
•Played a key role in complex group-wide technology sourcing initiatives, including new HR/Payroll system and Data Warehouse programme, strengthening outcomes through early cross functional engagement and more robust requirements definition, and influencing the deferral of a major technology investment to avoid significant financial and delivery risk.
Procurement transformation Procurement Governance Spend analysis Change Management Strategic sourcing
Yippee Adventures
Founder and Director
RETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)
September 2017 - April 2024 (6 years and 7 months)
Bristol, United Kingdom
Responsibility for all aspects of running an online business from developing the product portfolio and brand strategy to sourcing products, marketing and product fulfilment.

Key achievement/ Responsibilities:-
•Designed an exciting brand with a range of over 30 children’s activity gift boxes that appealed to parents and children.
•Successfully grew the business YOY, up to an annual turnover of £50K.
•Developed a website with an average conversion rate of 3%.
Market analysis Total cost of ownership Product Development Logistics management Supply chain
British American Tobacco (UK)
Global Category Manager
RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
April 2008 - August 2013 (5 years and 4 months)
London, United Kingdom
Responsibility for defining the global category strategy/ strategies and sourcing principles for Marketing Professional Services including areas such as Full Service advertising agencies, Marketing Research, Trade and Brand Events, Media. Annual spend of approximately £1 billion.

Key Achievements/ Responsibilities:-
•Influence key stakeholders to build awareness of the benefits of developing a Category management approach to key areas of spend.
•Develop and deliver a Global Category strategy and associated sourcing for Marketing Research, both syndicated and customised realising significant benefits for the business including demand management, process re-engineering and supply rationalisation.
•Working with the business, lead the development of an Agency strategy/ model encompassing all aspects of the marketing supply chain to formalise a robust category strategy for other Marketing Professional services.
•Recruit, lead, manage and develop a team of three global sourcing managers together with develop regional/ end market procurement professionals.
Global category strategy Agency management Process re-engineering Supplier management Category Management