Experience

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  Schneider trading associates, london

  Sept 2002 - Mar 2006

  Senior trader

  • Developed and refined relative value and events driven trading strategies within a team framework; heavy reliance on Excel, Minitab and Bloomberg for analysis.• Given autonomy to evaluate risk and make trading decision in a fast paced pressured environment.• Executed trading strategies in accordance with predetermined risk criteria.• Reviewed performance against model assumptions.• Reviewed hedging strategy against volatility and fundamental economic data.

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  Stcm trading

  Apr 2006 - Sept 2007

  Senior trader/director

  • Planned and executed a new business in a foreign country from conception to realization.• Individually recruited and led a team of graduate traders; responsible for motivating, stabilising and training recruits to meet high performance standards.• Successfully negotiated fundamental contracts with senior directors.• Liaised with lawyers to draw up the shareholder agreement to reflect conditions agreed.• Given autonomy to evaluate risk and make trading decision in a fast paced pressured environment.• Personally responsible for both forecasting and monitoring of company trading exposure, transaction costs & P/L of the company. • Investment Appraisal, including support for commercial negotiations.• Head liaison with Deliotte for the compilation of the company accounts and audit.• Assimilated information for the production of the company management accounts.• Foreign Currency Management. Show less

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  Jaguar land rover

  Jan 2008 - Feb 2010

  Category manager

  • Lead for the development and implementation of category procurement strategies across dedicated commodity groups inc. Electrical & Interior/Exterior trim• £45m commodity spend; 5% cost save delivered in 2009.• Supplier relationship manager for dedicated commodity groups.• Successfully transferred key commodity groups to BRIC suppliers as part of cost reduction initiative.• Cross Functional Project Management – key advisor to principle decision maker for investment strategy; >£1m saved by detailing how the business case facilitated the early introduction of a new technology.• Auction Strategy - Influential part of a team sourcing £750m worth of business using ‘game theoretical’ economic negotiation design, £94m saved compared to best quote going into auction. • Credit Management, 85% of suppliers moved to improved credit terms in 2009.• Supplier Rationalization, reduced supplier base by 25% in 2009.• Cost/Benefit Analysis – particular study into optimal weight reduction strategy.• Lead Negotiator.• Developed and implemented electronic component decay models to facilitate 2009 cost negotiations.• Value Stream Mapping Analysis.• Raw Materials Management.• VA/VE Analysis.• Variant Tree Analysis.• Currency Management. Show less

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  Rsa

  Mar 2010 - Dec 2013

  Principally responsible for creating value via the strategic selection, negotiation and formalization of central supplier contracts for Technology: applications, hosting, consultancy, shared services. • Support and manage multiple senior stakeholders in IT, Operations, Claims, Marketing, HR, Risk & Compliance, UK Change.• Superuser for Ariba Professional.• Departmental subject matter expert: Specification drafting Lead for the development and implementation of procurement strategy: Engineering overflow services, capital items, technological improvement projects, IS.• Departmental process improvement project: Benchmarking • Lead negotiator for commercial vehicle repair tender, 10% saving and improved service offering delivered vs. previous contract.• Delivered new roadside repair service inc. business case development, commercial negotiation, senior management approval, contract draft.

  • Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Technology

    Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

  • Strategic Sourcing, Area Lead: Engineering & Inspection

    Feb 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Strategic Sourcing, Motor Category

    Mar 2010 - Jan 2011
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  Rbs international

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2015

  Group sourcing manager, it

  Led the front office technology transformation from a procurement perspective. Spend under management £40m.• 2014 savings target exceeded: £1.1m delivered. Over £3m of savings already planned/partly delivered for 2015.• Over 40 projects delivered in 2014 vs. a departmental average of 17.• Led strategy and delivered contract to change provider for global futures execution, enhanced serviced achieved in conjunction with savings of over 30% - equal to an annual run of £700k.• Re-negotiation of commercial and contractual agreement with provider of Institutional Banking payment processing, over 30% saving achieved - equal to an annual run of £900k.• Led project to outsource hosting of FX risk management and pricing capability in Asia, circa £200k annual savings forecast.• Undertook lead role in a departmental process improvement project - Category Management. Show less

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  Pagegroup

  Mar 2015 - Dec 2017

  It procurement manager

  A role with a global remit across Page Group’s 35 countries; responsible for software, hardware and telephony. • Exceeded personal savings target for 2016 and helped department meet savings objective;• Led supplier selection activity for replacement of global Finance systems; including selection of systems integrator;• Successfully led renegotiation of global Microsoft enterprise agreement;• Led strategic sourcing activity to enable transformation of EMEA’s Cisco telephony systems;• Delivered UK transformation project to migrate from ISDN 30 to SIP;• Responsible for reseller relationship and key enterprise agreements;• Manager to Sourcing Analyst within team. Show less

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  Elekta

  Dec 2017 - Nov 2021

  Head of it procurement
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  Pegasystems

  Nov 2021 - now

  Business officer