Philip Alken

Experience

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  Netflix

  Dec 2013 - Jan 2015

  Senior Customer Support Representative
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  Circle K

  Feb 2015 - Sept 2018

  Supported the US Procurement Directors across Direct and Indirect Spend CategoriesSpend Analysis – consolidated purchase and sales data across a variety of internal and external sources in order to perform supplier benchmarking, trend analysis, quarterly financial and synergy reportingVendor Management – Facilitated communication with US National Contract suppliers: contract management & negotiation, general supplier communication on strategic, tactical issues; contract distribution and reporting across internal departments (legal, category management, rebate billing, accounting) Show less

  • Senior Analyst - Global Procurement

    Jul 2016 - Sept 2018

  • Junior Accountant - Station Accounting Denmark

    Feb 2015 - Jul 2016
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  Vodafone

  Sept 2018 - Apr 2024

  Managing supplier strategy and execution of private 4G/5G networks for enterprise customers with a focus on demand management, with responsibility for leading negotiation of global framework agreements with OEM suppliers, establishing category strategy to enable growth scaling, managing strategic bids, and driving product standardization. Initially joined Vodafone's B2B team to manage ¬€30MM Capex/Opex spending for IT software and professional services. Transitioned to expanded responsibilities for UCC to manage a global portfolio of ~€100M annual spend across UCC category comprising IT hardware/software, IT professional services, maintenance services, and managed services.

  • Global Procurement Manager - Mobile Private Networks

    Jan 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Global Procurement Manager - Unified Communications & Connectivity (UCC)

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2022
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  Banking Circle

  May 2024 - now

  Senior Procurement Manager