About David
Senior Technology Procurement & Vendor Management professional with 15+ years of experience leading strategic sourcing, SaaS negotiations, supplier governance and procurement transformation across global organisations including Dell Technologies, Allied Irish Bank and International Airlines Group (IAG).
Specialised in enterprise technology procurement, AI/SaaS commercial negotiations, contract lifecycle management, supplier consolidation, TPRM, and cost optimisation within regulated and multinational environments.
Experienced partnering with CIOs, procurement leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to drive commercial value, strengthen governance and improve operational efficiency across complex supplier landscapes.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
Polish
Conversational
Portuguese
Conversational
Can work on-site
Staines-upon-Thames (up to 50km)
Experience
- International Airlines GroupProcurement Transformation Lead - IT Subscriptions & People ServicesTRANSPORTATIONNovember 2025 - Today (7 months)Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hounslow, UK• ● Joined to bring order to a fragmented subscriptions estate, consolidating €3M+ across flight operations and safety platforms and re-establishing renewal discipline and commercial control.• ● Ran end-to-end RFx and renewals across RPO and People Services, resetting commercial baselines for recruitment, training and advisory services across €0.4M–€2M addressable spend.• ● Worked closely with stakeholders to shape options, secure approvals, and keep decisions moving through governance without delays.• ● Rebuilt supplier management rhythm (performance discussions, issue resolution, renewal readiness) so contracts didn't drift and suppliers stayed accountable.• ● Took legacy benefits and wellbeing agreements back under control, tightening terms and strengthening renewal positions across medical and wellbeing services.
- Dell TechnologiesGlobal Category Manager – IT Subscriptions & SaaSDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2022 - October 2025 (3 years and 9 months)London, United Kingdom• ● Brought in to stabilise and simplify a complex SaaS landscape, managing $25M–$35M annual spend across CRM, HR and AI platforms across EMEA and North America.• ● Reset renewal commercials and removed waste, delivering $2.4M+ validated value through benchmarking, scope correction, and recovery of 10–15% unused licences.• ● Reduced overlap and tail spend by consolidating the supplier landscape by ~20–25%, restoring transparency and control through Ariba and ThoughtSpot reporting.• ● Led global sourcing across technology and professional services, using spend analytics, supplier data, and contract metadata to support senior decision-making and optimize total cost of ownership.• ● Negotiated contract extensions and renewal protections across strategic vendors, strengthening termination rights, audit clauses, notice periods and commercial safeguards.• ● Managed the controlled retirement of redundant SaaS tools end-to-end (exit terms, migration obligations, service run-off), eliminating duplication without disrupting the business.• ● Unblocked slow legal and renewal cycles (up to 40% faster) using AI-assisted clause analysis and supplier risk segmentation.• ● Put practical renewal governance in place (calendars, approval thresholds, usage tracking) to stop avoidable spend creeping back in.• ● Acted as the "commercial anchor" across digital workstreams, helping stakeholders align quickly and keeping sourcing activity moving under pressure.
- Allied Irish BankSourcing Manager - IT and Corporate ServicesBANKING AND INSURANCEOctober 2021 - March 2025 (3 years and 5 months)• ● Joined a Tier-1 bank environment to stabilise risk-sensitive categories including financial data platforms, analytics tools, LPO, insurance, pensions and marketing services.• ● Delivered €1.4M annualised savings by re-tendering and forcing renegotiations across regulated supplier portfolios (insurance and pensions).• ● Reset €2M+ subscription spend across financial data and analytics tools by aligning price to usage and restoring renewal discipline.• ● Led complex LPO sourcing and SOW negotiations, managing jurisdictional risk, regulatory exposure and fast-changing demand.• ● Streamlined fragmented marketing/professional services supply, cutting duplication by 28% via Coupa catalogue rationalisation.• ● Led the TPRM workstream within AIB's DORA programme, embedding GDPR, ESG and operational resilience expectations into sourcing decisions.• ● Improved supplier and contract data quality by standardising master data and key fields (supplier IDs, contract terms, pricing indexes), creating lineage-ready audit trails between ERP records, contracts and pricing controls to reduce leakage and strengthen governance.
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Education
- Bachelor's degree in International Business AdministrationUniversité Paris-Est Créteil2010Bachelor's degree in International Business Administration
- SAP Technology ConsultantSAP Technology Consultant