Steve Parsons

Experience

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  Taylor Wimpey plc

  Jun 1979 - Mar 1995

  Various Procurement roles

  • Developed skills in office management, stock control and purchasing• Completed company Graduate Trainee training programme• Posted to civil engineering projects in West Africa (Benin) and the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman)• Part of the stores team appointed to the project to construct the accommodation facilities at Mount Pleasant Airport on the Falkland Islands• Member of the procurement team for the construction of the Channel Tunnel

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  Groupe Eurotunnel

  Apr 1995 - Dec 2005

  Senior Buyer

  • OJEU restricted procedure tender process from inception to contract award and management of the ongoing PR contract. The introduction of performance measurement as one of the payment criteria, unusual to this category, was a keystone of the eventual agreement• Procurement of fire detection equipment maintenance for the tunnels. Tender processes included detailed planning to ensure that there was no break in the service being provided (as it was a safety critical requirement). The eventual contract included retention payments pending achievement of contracted safety inspections as well as savings on earlier contract costs• Lead for the development and implementation of the procurement workstream of the ERP system (SAP)• Training of end users in the SAP system Show less

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  Medical Research Council

  Jan 2006 - May 2008

  Procurement Analyst

  • Contributed to the roll out of category management at the MRC• Presented to research units and regions around the MRC reinforcing the aims and objectives of the strategic procurement function• Development of reports and methodologies to support service delivery for both strategic and operational areas• Understanding and presentation of savings delivery• Key contributor to the creation, recruitment and enablement of the MRC operational purchasing team• Instrumental in the migration of MRC units’ operational purchasing activities into MRC Shared Service Centre Show less

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  Research Councils Shared Services Centre Ltd

  May 2008 - Mar 2013

  • Delivered transactional finance services via high performing teams to customers in the UK Research Councils and other clients within the UK public sector via a multi-site operation• Worked with colleagues in the transition team to extend SSC services to new clients• Lead teams to exceed Government performance targets, in particular for invoice processing and prompt payment • Delivered finance and purchasing services to the UK Research Councils.• Part of the team that onboarded 13 clients onto the Oracle platform• Managed the reduction of backlogs caused by onboarding activity to within SLA over the course of one financial year• Lead a project to automate and develop the purchase to pay offering to our clients• Headed up a workstream to optimise the supplier database as part of a wider purchase to pay improvement programme. • Design and production of monthly dashboard for the procurement management team• Allocation of support requests to team members• Troubleshooting supplier management issues• Optimisation of workload across the team• Contributed to the maintenance and improvement of the interim operating model

  • Service Delivery Manager

    Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Purchase to Pay Manager

    Nov 2008 - Dec 2011

  • Procurement

    May 2008 - Nov 2008
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  UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS)

  Apr 2013 - Feb 2017

  • Managed the achievement of 3% team savings (around £2m) across the client base through standalone sourcing exercises and execution of mini competitions via framework agreements in the 2015/16 financial year.• Managed the sourcing and award via OJEU processes of high profile agreements for:- Technical Advisor for the British Antarctic Survey (£6 million)- Main contractor for refurbishment of 1960s warehouse building at landmark research facility in the North West (£4 million)- Minor Works service providers for client's locations in Oxfordshire, Cheshire and Edinburgh (£10-12 million)• Managing the procurement of a main contractor for a seven year term service contract to upgrade facilities in the Antarctic research stations for the British Antarctic Survey (£100 million)• Managed the allocation of workload across the team for new build, refurbishment and facilities management goods and services for various clients• Observance of European Union and UK Government procurement policy and regulation on all team souring activity• Application of NEC3 suite of contracts across the team• Standardisation of corporate policy and processes across all team activities. Show less

  • Head of Procurement - Construction & FM

    Jun 2015 - Feb 2017

  • Senior Category Manager - Construction

    Apr 2014 - May 2015

  • Procurement Service Delivery Manager

    Sept 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Service Delivery Manager

    Apr 2013 - Aug 2013
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  Hampshire County Council

  Feb 2017 - now

  A member of the Procurement Senior Management Team responsible for ensuring that procurement strategy is aligned with the operations of the department and the Council as a whole. - Responsible for the management of the property, FM and ETE (economy, transport and environment) categories at the authority;- Managing the procurement of the Council-wide Minor Works requirement, awarded in July 2017. Managing a team providing Category Management for the Council's Property Procurement portfolio

  • Category & Commercial Lead

    Jan 2019 - now

  • Category and Commercial Lead - Property, FM & ETE

    Apr 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Senior Category Manager - Property

    Feb 2017 - Mar 2017