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Established cross-brand integration of Procurement with 9 month program across 13 manufacturing sites in North America, Europe and Asia

Delivered $5+m savings during COVID disruption across direct categories such as machines & fabricated parts, raw materials, castings, standard electrical parts, and fittings.

Due Diligence of target companies for further bolt on acquisitions, estimating stand alone potential and synergies across direct and indirect spend
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Embedded margin awareness across Cloud based SaaS company, with 20+% annual growth

Procurement programme demonstrated value of cross-functional working, unlocking savings to fund future growth

Improved forecasting to drive cloud and other negotiations, resulting in product & client level margin transparency which became a key planning input for future development

Ongoing support for cloud cost optimization to drive forecasting & highlight value engineering options based on live, product level spend data
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Established a greenfield procurement function that is now a top performer in portfolio

Ran two waves of strategic sourcing programs, in tandem with company’s procurement team to source a wide range of categories across IT and indirect spend – executing RFPs & leading negotiations to contract signature

Savings were closely aligned with finance, and derived from a comprehensive set of demand and supply side levers
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Interim procurement leadership and strategic procurement support for a manufacturing carve out from a public company across North America, Europe and Asia

Managed exit from TSA over 12 months, including strategic sourcing of refreshed logistics footprint and warehousing and multiple contract amendments
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Led the strategic sourcing activities delivering significant savings and service improvements, while minimizing business disruptions through specific focus on incumbent suppliers in both indirect and direct spend categories

Acted as the central Procurement organization and established new operational routines, while bridging the gap between the individual business units

Established customized eFlow tracking tools to monitor and enforce compliance of newly established rates and track savings in key categories

Developed and delivered supply-chain protection and cash flow improvement plan globally
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Led a procurement transformation program to support post-merger value creation plan

De-centralized purchasing and organizational design resulted in extreme supplier and spec fragmentation

Executed sourcing program across multiple CapEx and OpEx categories: Garbage Trucks, Spare Parts, 3rd Party Maintenance, Tires, Lubricants, Steel and Plastic Collection Materials, Engineering Consultants, Temporary Labor, and Plant Equipment Rental.

Developed sourcing strategies, established best-in-class pricing agreements / contracts, more favourable payment terms, and designed procurement organization
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Performed a clean room procurement assessment to identify merger synergies and build a detailed plan to start delivering synergies from day one following the acquisition

Delivered $40m+ synergy benefits through a cross-functional change management approach; procurement was the most successful synergy track exceeding the targets rapidly

In parallel, built the new procurement operating model including the new organization and technology platform implementation while executing the synergy initiatives across more than 60 initiatives

Formulated optimization strategies across the entire workforce and real estate footprint
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Categorized the spend of the UK distribution business

Developed sourcing strategies for all key spend categories

Engaged with the stakeholders to agree a robust savings pipeline to meet the operational needs of the business

Handed over delivery responsibility to the client as planned
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Undertook a detailed spend analysis on £100m of spend and categorization more than 11,000 vendors for the UK magazines business

Worked with stakeholders to develop a pipeline of sourcing plans for the key spend categories

Delivered more than 30% savings on selected categories through a strategic sourcing process

Developed an organizational improvement model and transition plan to ensure smooth implementation
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Undertook a categorization of all spend and developed sourcing strategies for all key categories

Worked with key stakeholders to deliver sustainable savings (40% better than forecast) through the implementation of a strategic sourcing process

Put in place a spend and savings tracking dashboard

Developed a procurement organization structure; defined job titles and helped recruit the new procurement team

Delivered a series of strategic sourcing training workshops to help embed the team
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Project Reporting

Developed online project reporting tool providing visibility of projects to Procurement and Senior Management

Defined key project KPIs to report on and designed output layouts (charts, tables, etc)

Developed reporting process taking into account various internal and external information sources such as Oracle, SAP and supplier data

Developed a fully customized secure online Project Reporting Dashboard
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Supported the newly formed Hitachi Rail Procurement team with the building of a large number of new trains in the UK

Developed new category management processes, Hitachi KPI portal, online supplier engagement tools and improved new product introduction process

Trained and coached the teams in new processes while providing subject matter expertise to the teams as required

Designed and installed bespoke procurement dashboard for Hitachi Rail to help monitor various commodity, labor and currency indices for over 30 key sourcing categories

Used our proprietary technology hub to build an exclusive online portal that gathers global index data and flags major index changes that can affect pricing components of its key sourcing categories
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Sourcing

Developed, built and implemented sourcing platform which allows for more effective tender management, speed, agility and quality of output

Historic tender material all now stored and easily accessed through platform

Ensures tender process is clear and transparent for bidders as well as being fully auditable and complying with strict OJEU requirements
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Demand Planning

Developed, built and implemented bespoke demand planning web application with customisable analytics dashboard displaying aggregated view of future demand by resource, identifying peaks and troughs

Defined new standardised project and resource categories with generated template projects used to understand future spend forecasts

Critical resources now monitored to enable insightful planning and application forms basis of monthly supply chain hub meetings

10 organisations across three regions using demand planning dashboards to make procurement and project planning decisions
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Commodities Tracking

Designed and developed customised commodities tracking tool providing visibility into commodity movements as well as their direct impact on individual categories

Developed commodities tracking process, whereby monthly commodity index data and qualitative market data is uploaded onto the portal and impact on categories is automatically calculated and visualized

Category managers now have full visibility into impacts of commodities on their categories and can respond appropriately giving them a strong advantage towards suppliers
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Sourcing

Implemented a bespoke eSourcing platform to meet client’s complex sourcing needs and which complied with strict OJEU requirements

Up to date tender templates stored on system allowing for the latest versions to be used consistently and easily updated

100% of sourcing projects now completed using this platform resulting in a faster tender process, fewer handoffs and no need for manual tracking/recording
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Recruitment

Developed a procurement assessment tool which enabled applicants to procurement (or existing procurement employees applying for a more senior role) to be tested against an agreed list of criteria

Efficio developed four category case studies and a series of questions designed to test the applicants structured thinking, knowledge of the procurement process, ability to engage with stakeholders and numerical aptitude

Applicant tests are reviewed by trained Efficio consultants, scored and returned within three days
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Sourcing

To avoid having to pay a substantial financial penalty to external parties due to delays in appointing a supplier, Efficio were appointed to conduct a reverse auction within a tight deadline to negotiate with multiple suppliers

Within 15 minutes of auction, initial proposal prices were reduced to be within budget, representing saving of 12%

Contract was awarded and signed with the winning bidder, enabling the bidder to commence work immediately and the client avoided having to pay significant penalties
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Spend Analytics

Implemented spend analytics platform managing over 3000 suppliers of which 1400 are active, generating 37,000 invoices per annum with 100% of spend classified

Customized, interactive visualization platform used by wider organization to ensure spend is being tracked since limited P/O compliance in place

Output reporting used in key meetings with business sponsors to identify new savings opportunities and ongoing refresh schedule provides full updates quarterly
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Construction Cost Management

Developed, built and implemented bespoke web application, supported by revised commercial management processes

Implementation supported by a comprehensive training program and ongoing support

400 users across 10 organizations (clients and contractors) now using the application to set target costs and process applications on a daily basis , data visibility significantly improved and increased collaboration between contractors and client
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Contact Management

Developed new approach to contract management through implementation of new solution to store and manage contracts

Over 800 contracts located and uploaded with PDF copies of contracts attached

System used in conjunction with spend analytics to determine on-contract spend with quarterly improvement targets

After six months, over £2.3m in savings delivered through sourcing that would have resulted in cost increases
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Spend Analytics

Launched joint finance/procurement to validate data sources

Developed custom taxonomy to reflect unique reporting requirements based on modified UNSPSC classification structure

Classified 100% of spend and suppliers providing new opportunity in both direct and smaller indirect spend not previously classified
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Project Management

Executed a 2 Wave sourcing program over 12 months addressing all relevant indirect spend categories which achieved over 15% savings across all addressed indirect spend categories

Helped build a category based procurement organization equipped with the right tools, templates and eSourcing capabilities

Rolled out eProject management tool to track progress, milestones and results across all addressed categories
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Identified and/or implemented treatment strategies across more than 450 contracts

Negotiated high complexity IT-related contracts which involved establishing new software licences – the aim here was to become compliant and mitigate cost impact

While the emphasis was on ensuring compliance and minimizing risk, cost control was also an important factor
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Built in a practical application enabling the client to automatically derive price for packaging orders, reducing the need for frequent tendering

Developed additional features over time to incorporate new packaging requirements

Provided 24 hour call support to the client as part of the service agreement of the application
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Managed Strategic Sourcing program across a fragmented spend base

As part of this program, developed and implemented an eSourcing tool that handles in excess of 3000 price points

Delivered the targeted cost reductions, and improved control and tracking of the bidding process through use of dynamic dashboards and real-time customizable reporting
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Managed Strategic Sourcing program across a fragmented spend base

As part of this program, developed and implemented an eSourcing tool that handles in excess of 3000 price points

Delivered the targeted cost reductions, and improved control and tracking of the bidding process through use of dynamic dashboards and real-time customizable reporting
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Engaged to design and implement a suite of eSourcing tools in a dynamic market, to help the client engage with its worldwide shipping carrier supply base more reguarly and more effectively

Developed and implemented two cloud-based applications (i) Contract Rate Negotiation, to support the tender management process (contract rates), and (ii) Spot Rate Negotiation, to support the spot buying process (spot rates)

Post-award, tracking actual spend and KPI data to give the client full visibility of ongoing performance
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Conducted Strategic Sourcing program focused on Southern Water's Tier 1 supply chain partners

Appointed to provide an ongoing Managed Procurement Service to support procurement across Operations and Infrastructure

Providing a supply chain hub function to manage the forecasting of demand for key goods and services across the supply chain

Installed a flexible pool of resources, including a support desk, to provide a number of sourcing support services, including analytics, supply market analysis, production of KPIs, and benefits tracking

Supporting the client with a suite of 'plug and play' procurement technologies to enable a rapid program start, and to underpin new organizational ways of working
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Engaged by one of the UK's leading port operators, to provide a multi-year Managed Procurement Service to transform and modernize procurement across the Group, covering six port operations

Responsible for P2P processes and the sourcing of all spend areas from corporate business services, to capital expenditure and core operational categories such as Logistics, Labor and Mobile Assets

Located permanent Efficio team with the customer's staff, providing an integrated managed service

Supported the operation through deployment of Efficio's suite of procurement tools and systems, to help embed new ways of working and best practices
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Performed strategic review of Enterprise's delivery model together with Opportunity Assessment of the whole direct and indirect spend

Assessed existing procurement team and recommended improvements and process changes

Performed one wave of sourcing including Utilities, PPE, IT Hardware and Fuel, while also installing eSourcing process and tools Enterprise
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across entire European Not for Resale spend

Executed Strategic Sourcing process across a wide range of categories, including Shop fitting, Packaging, Fleet, Uniforms, and a range of indirect spend categories
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Conducted group wide multi-wave Strategic Sourcing program covering all key spend areas including Food and Beverages, Cleaning, Construction and Refurbishment, Marketing and many others

Developed a complete organizational blue-print for procurement organization and delivered a comprehensive training programme for procurement staff

Supported client in implementation phase and established transparent result tracking process
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Conducted group wide multi-wave Strategic Sourcing program covering all key spend areas including Food and Beverages, Cleaning, Construction and Refurbishment, Marketing

Developed a complete organizational blue-print for procurement organization and delivered a comprehensive training program for procurement staff

Supported client in implementation phase and established transparent result tracking process
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment on all spend across all 350 restaurants of the group identifying major opportunities in food procurement

Launched first wave of Strategic Sourcing addressing the bulk of the food spend

Applied competitive leverage, specification optimization and long term indexed agreements with extensive use of eSourcing tools

Launched a second wave addressing the remaining tail spend
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Conducted comprehensive Opportunity Assessment across five retail brands and all their stores to identify opportunities across indirect expenditure in Denmark

Executed cross business unit sourcing project across all indirect expenditure covering subcontracting, machinery, store fitting, marketing and 15 additional categories

Launched working capital quick win module to extend payment terms and generate a cash bucket to fund the transformation effort
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Conducted in-depth Opportunity Assessment across UK Marketing organization

Conducted single wave sourcing project across key marketing categories, including Public Relations, Audio Visual, Creative and Paint
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment spanning eight markets across direct and indirect expenditure

Launched a two year Procurement Transformation program supported by the management committee

Led the first six months of transformation through coaching, program management and targeted sourcing support to exceed the initial savings targets

Instilled a sourcing methodology, templates, toolkits and training which continue to be used by the organization today
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Conducted Opportunity Assessments across several country business units in Germany and France across logistics spend

Identified and delivered significant savings from sourcing last mile transport, optimizing routing, changing packaging and delivery operations and reconsidering network infrastructure set up
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Conducted Opportunity Assessments across several country business units in Germany and France across logistics spend

Identified and delivered significant savings from sourcing last mile transport, optimizing routing, changing packaging and delivering operations and reconsidering network infrastructure set-up
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across all Italian and Danish units covering all spend

Launched Procurement Transformation project aimed at creating new global sourcing organization while conducting a group wide Strategic Sourcing initiative

Addressed in one wave all key direct categories (i.e., metallic, plastic glass, electrical and electric components) as well as packaging, road transportation and general indirects

Applied strategies encompassing competitive leverage, global sourcing, volume consolidation, supply base restructuring and total cost management
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across all Italian and Danish units covering all spend

Launched Procurement Transformation Project aimed at creating new global sourcing organization while conducting a group wide Strategic Sourcing initiative

Addressed in one wave all key direct categories (i.e., metallic, plastic glass, electrical and electric components) as well as packaging, road transportation and general indirects

Applied strategies encompassing competitive leverage, global sourcing, volume consolidation, supply base restructuring and total cost management
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Following the acquisition of ghd by Montagu, Efficio conducted an Opportunity Assessment to identify areas for cost reduction

Executed a Procurement Program to address a number of spend areas such as Legal, Marketing, Logistics, Customer Services, Postage and others

Worked closely with the new product development team to address the Packaging category, by optimizing cost out at the beginning of the product development cycle
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Following the acquisition of ghd by Montagu, Efficio conducted an Opportunity Assessment to identify areas for cost reduction

Executed a procurement program to address a number of spend areas such as Legal, Marketing, Logistics, Customer Services, Postage and others

Worked closely with the new product development team to address the packaging category, by optimizing cost out at the beginning of the product development cycle
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Following a brief Opportunity Assessment, launched a Procurement Transformation program across Europe, Asia and South America

Conducted a structured capability development program with formal and interactive training sessions, coupled with on the job training

Worked closely with Engineering, Manufacturing and Procurement to strategically source a very large capital investment for Thailand operations
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Conducted pan-European Opportunity Assessment across entire spend

Executed Strategic Sourcing program covering MRO and indirect spend categories

Designed and implemented 'from scratch' procurement organization
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Conducted pan-European Opportunity Assessment across entire spend

Executed Strategic Sourcing program covering MRO and indirect spend categories

Designed and implemented 'from scratch' procurement organization
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Conducted a focused Opportunity Assessment across the entire spend (Opex, Capex) across Denmark, Sweden and Poland

Delivered significant improvements through an engaging project model across several categories, including logistics, plastic parts and various indirect spend categories

Sustained the new strategic sourcing way of working by installing an improvement procurement organization
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Conducted a focused Opportunity Assessment across the entire spend (Opex, Capex) across Denmark, Sweden and Poland

Delivered significant improvements through an engaging project model across several categories, including logistics, plastic parts and various indirect spend categories

Sustained the new strategic sourcing way of working by installing an improved procurement organization
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Executed Procurement Improvement Program to create central sourcing function and coordinate initiatives across 11 sites spread across Europe, Eastern Asia, Oceania and North America

Supported Manufacturing Footprint Optimization project aimed at setting up new operations in China and moving supply base from Europe

Introduced a large number of new suppliers based in China and Eastern Europe for the most critical direct materials

Rationalized technical and functional specifications across the group and leveraged higher spend volumes
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Conducted a Procurement Transformation including Strategic Sourcimg, People Development, Process Improvement and Business Engagement

Created cross-functional teams to source a number of direct and indirect spend categories such as glazing navigation systems, MRO, and others

Worked effectively with Engineering to execute value engineering and specification improvement opportunities
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Conducted a Procurement Transformation including Strategic Sourcing, People Development, Process Improvement and Business Engagement

Created cross-functional teams to source a number of direct and indirect spend categories such as glazing, navigation systems, MRO, and others

Worked effectively with Engineering to execute value engineering and specification improvement opportunities
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Conducted global Opportunity Assessment across all areas of spend

Assisted Cognis with a three wave global Strategic Sourcing program across Europe, America, Latin America and Asia

Strategically sourced Raw Materials, Facilities Management, MRO, Plant Engineering and many other categories globally

Worked closely with Procurement, Engineering and Production to address all value levers, particularly specification change
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Conducted two Opportunity Assessments across logistics spend in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Identified significant performance improvement potential from strategically sourcing road freight and external warehouse services

Analyzed network set-up and implied cost to deliver additional performance improvement (e.g., opening new warehouses to increase service levels or closing warehouses to reduce logistics expenditure)
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across direct and indirect spend for low voltage division in China

Strategically sourced metal parts in China, involving an extensive new supplier identification exercise and a rigorous Strategic Sourcing tender

Introduced Strategic Sourcing approach across five business units in China and facilitated cross business unit tender
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Conducted European-wide Opportunity Assessment to identify and quantify cross business unit synergies across both direct and indirect cost areas, and across five European countries

Developed sourcing strategies for key strategic categories, including sub-contractors, contract labor and other indirect spend categories
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across entire Opex and Capex spend in the UK, Spain, Italy, France and Australia

Executed Strategic Sourcing program across aircraft, parts, refurbishment, maintenance, fuel, logistics and travel

Worked effectively to pull together stakeholders across geographies and across a set of highly autonomous, recently acquired companies, and execute a powerul sourcing process in the market
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Conducted Procurement Opportunity Assessment across entire Opex and Capex spend in the UK, Spain, Italy, France and Australia

Executed Strategic Sourcing program across aircraft, parts, refurbishment, maintenance, fuel, logistics and travel

Worked effectively to pull together stakeholders across geographies and across a set of highly autonomous, recently acquired companies, and execute a powerful sourcing process in the market
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Conducted strategic review of the LSG (part of Phones4U) supply chain

Conducted global market analysis of mobile phone recyclers and renovators and due diligence of shortlisted suppliers
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across O2's operations in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland

Thereafter supported O2 with a two year Procurement Transformation

Over three waves of sourcing, strategically sourced the majority of the spend, including base stations, handsets, telecoms, marketing, IT and HR

Drove significant training and coaching program

Reviewed existing purchase-to-pay processes and designed to-be processes

Helped O2 to select partners for eProcurement and for eSourcing, negotiated agreements and implemented solutions
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Supported Nokia in the Asia-Pacific region to establish a dedicated procurement organization to address key Marketing categories, with a focus on China, India and ASEAN countries

Delivered supply solutions to support the rapid deployment of retail store facilities throughout China - with a focus on rapid market share growth

Drove the use of a rigorous category approach across the region

Aligned the objectives of key suppliers to Nokia marketing requirements to ensure delivery of Nokia objectives in the region
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Executed a pan-European Strategic Sourcing project across Benelux, UK and other geographies

Strategically sourced a wide range of Business Services, IT, Facilities Management, HR and Professional Services spend
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Executed a pan-European Strategic Sourcing project across Benelux, UK and other geographies

Strategically sourced a wide range of Business Services, IT, Facilities Management, HR and Professional Services spend
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Executed two wave Strategic Sourcing program across all European locations, including UK, Germany, France and others

Categories sourced included Office Suplies, Office Equipment, Records Management, IT, Recruitment, Mail and Couriers, Mobile Telecoms, Fleet, and FM

In parallel, instituted a 'from scratch' Procurement organization where there had been none before; in the interim, worked with budget holder functions to instil a more commercial approach
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Conducted an extensive Opportunity Assessment across Zurich's Marketing expenditure

Identified opportunities to improve marketing efficiency and effectiveness across five countries (Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and UK)

Trained Marketing and Procurement team in new strategic sourcing approach
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Conducted a tail spend reduction project within the IT area

Analyzed the spend from a service and criticality perspective to create a set of treatment strategies

Executed the plan to drive benefits from consolidation, reduction in vendor numbers and removal of redundant services
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment over entire indirect and claim related expenditure

Executed two-wave strategic sourcing program covering auto, content, building and health insurance claims (strategic sourcing, process improvement, policy changes) across four countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland)

In parallel, scaled up the strategic sourcing function and increased sourcing capabilities
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Conducted an end to end procurement transformation programme to achieve a challenging cost reduction target

Executed multiple waves of strategic sourcing across all areas of spend alongside an organizational change

Trained over 100 people in strategic sourcing and implemented a coaching program supported by toolkits and category expertise to ensure that the program was sustained
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Conducted an assessment of spend on direct spend categories, including ingredients and packaging across the AMET (Africa, Middle East and Turkey) region

Mobilized a pan-region Procurement function, center-led from Johannesburg, and drove the use of Category Management with a focus on sugar, plastic and corrugated packaging and point of sale materials

Successfully transferred Cadbury Schweppes Strategic Sourcing methodology to the local procurement teams

Drove significant savings in the key categories in Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa
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Conducted a global Opportunity Assessment covering indirect spend, organization and processes

Designed a three year Procurement Transformation program to build a high performing indirects purchasing function

Led and delivered a number of proof of concept categories in Europe/USA to demonstrate financial and operational benefits of global collaboration
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across non-production Procurement covering all of ASML's locations globally

Worked with category managers to understand current plans per category and agree on additional potential and strategies used to achieve this

Delivered sourcing strategies across all non-production spend

Benchmarked procurement organization, processes and tools, and recommended improvements to move towards a world class function
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Developed post-merger synergy assessment across a number of newly acquired US companies

Delivered map of procurement practices and organizational structures in acquired units; analyzed acquisitions' spend versus Philips contracts to understand synergy potential and create baseline and targets for saving program

Identified savings opportunities at category level and gained full buy-in from the acquired companies' management for implementation
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across entire spend

Designed and implemented fit-for-purpose 'from scratch' procurement organization

Strategically sourced a wide range of indirect spend categories, including Property, Business Operations, Travel, HR and Professional Services

Instilled commercial discipline into the procurement process, which was previously driven by budget holders
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Supported Atento with its procurement transformation across Spain, Brazil, Mexico and Latin America

Executed strategic sourcing projects across all areas of spend, including IT, Telecommunications, Facilities Management and other categories

Executed extensive quick wins workstream to capture EBIT benefits in-year

Redesigned global procurement organization
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment on all spend across all 350 restaurants of the group identifying major opportunities in food procurement

Launched first wave of Strategic Sourcing addressing the bulk of the food spend

Applied competitive leverage, specification optimization and long term indexed agreements with extensive use of eSourcing tools

Launched a second wave addressing the remaining tail spend
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Supported Thames Water for three years with Strategic Sourcing support in Capex and Opex spend

Following this, Thames Water outsourced the sourcing of all goods and services to Efficio

As part of a multi-year Managed Procurement Service contract, Efficio is responsible for the management and execution of framework contracts within Thames Water to deliver both cost optimisation and quality delivery

Efficio provides a mix of permanent category management resources, project based consulting resources, and a range of bespoke sourcing technologies

As part of the managed service, Efficio has developed and deployed a full, end-to-end eSourcing capability, along with a cloud-based spend analytics tool to support sourcing compliance and category planning
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Supported Thames Water for three years with Strategic Sourcing support in Capex and Opex spend

Following this, Thames Water outsourced the sourcing of all goods and services to Efficio

As part of a multi-year Managed Procurement Service contract, Efficio is responsible for the management and execution of framework contracts within Thames Water to deliver both cost optimization and quality delivery

Efficio provides a mix of permanent category management resources, project based consulting resources, and a range of bespoke sourcing technologies

As part of the managed service, Efficio has developed and deployed a full, end-to-end eSourcing capability, along with a cloud-based spend analytics tool to support sourcing compliance and category planning
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Developed the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) approach to enable Anglian Water to manage and develop key suppliers in Repair and Maintenance in the East of England

Addressed two key spend categories covering materials and service requirements to drive cost and efficiency improvements

Actively engaged the senior management team at Anglian Water to extend the SRM approach to other categories, including key contractors
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Conducted in-depth Opportunity Assessment across entire spend, including Opex, Capex and indirect spend

Conducted in-depth benchmarking of procurement processes and organization and designed road map for moving the function to the next level

Developed sourcing strategies for all elements to spend and developed category-by-category sourcing savings business case

Executed Strategic Sourcing of Telemetry and ICA across the business
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment over entire Centrica Group spend

Executed two wave Strategic Sourcing program covering a wide range of direct and indirect spend categories, including Boilers & Spares, Central Heating Contractors, Fleet, Solar Panels, Insulation, and a range of indirect categories

In parallel, conducted extensive Strategic Sourcing and SRM training for entire procurement team
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Conducted accelerated Opportunity Assessment across Belgium, the Netherlands and France

Executed sourcing program covering Logistics, Temporary Labour and Containers

Conducted working capital improvement program extending supplier payment terms
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Conducted accelerated Opportunity Assessment across Belgium, the Netherlands and France

Executed sourcing program covering Logistics, Temporary Labor and Containers

Conducted working capital improvement program extending supplier payment terms
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Conducted comprehensive Opportunity Assessment to identify both sourcing and organizational improvements

Executed multi-wave sourcing program covering both Collection and Landfill divisions of Biffa with a number of direct and indirect categories being addressed

Conducted Working Capital Improvement Program extending supplier payment terms

Redesigned and rebuilt procurement organization coupled with a comprehensive training program
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Conducted comprehensive Opportunity Assessment to identify both sourcing and organizational improvements

Executed multi-wave sourcing program covering both Collection and Landfill divisions of Biffa with a number of direct and indirect categories being addressed

Conducted Working Capital Improvement Program extending supplier payment terms

Redesigned and rebuilt procurement organization coupled with a comprehensive training program
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Conducted comprehensive Opportunity Assessment across the UK, Belgium and The Netherlands

Executed cross business unit sourcing project across Fleet, Logistics, Fuel and Bodies

Conducted Working Capital Improvement Program, extending supplier payment terms
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Conducted comprehensive Opportunity Assessment into entire spend, covering Opex, Capex and Indirects

Developed procurement strategy and organization redesign

Developed category-by-category sourcing savings business case and sourcing strategies for key spend categories
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Executed a Strategic Sourcing program across selected spend categories

Designed end-to-end processes for managing temporary staff and IT contractor hires

Implemented a supplier led managed service solution for temporary staff
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Conducted global Procurement Assessment

Strategically sourced four global categories in the Marketing and HR areas; globally coordinated and optimally leveraged local teams

Outsourced global training spend to one provider

Sourced creative and media agencies globally

Established regional rate cards for Temporary Labor and sourced Managed Service Providers to manage the spend ongoing

Conducted extensive global Category Management training and coaching program

Providing ongoing procurement execution resource
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Conducted a comprehensive Opportunity Assessment across the Carillion Civils business to identify opportunities

Worked in a cross functional business team to identify, validate and size the opportunities for supply chain procurement improvement

Developed a delivery plan for the client to execute as part of a wider business change program
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Supported the client with a major procurement initiative following the purchase of another company

Provided central Program Management Office for the initiative to track progress, support the category teams and secure benefits

PMO disseminated tools, templates, and subject matter expertise to procurement team to aid in achievement of benefits
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Supported Atento with its procurement transformation across Spain, Brazil, Mexico and Latin America

Executed strategic sourcing projects across all areas of spend, including IT, Telecommunications, Facilities Management and other catgeories

Executed extensive quick wins workstream to capture EBIT benefits in-year

Redesigned global procurement organization
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Conducted Opportunity Assessment across entire European Not for Resale spend

Executed Strategic Sourcing process across a wide range of categories, including Shop fitting, Packaging, Marketing and a range of indirect spend categories
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Followed a brief Opportunity Assessment, launched a Procurement Transformation program across Europe, Asia and South America

Conducted a structured Capability Development program with formal and interactive training sessions, coupled with on the job training

Worked closely with Engineering, Manufacturing and Procurement to strategically source a very large capital investment for Thailand operations
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Executed Procurement Improvement Program to create central sourcing function and coordinate initiatives across 11 sites spread across Europe, Eastern Asia, Oceania and North America

Supported Manufacturing Footprint Optimization project aiming at setting up new operations in China and moving supply base from Europe

Introduced a large number of new suppliers based in China and Eastern Europe for the most critical direct materials

Rationalized technical and functional specifications across the group and leveraged higher spend volumes
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Supported the client to contract a significant multi-year infrastructure spend through Strategic Sourcing

Conducted end to end procurement of framework contracts for the delivery of key services such as track, electrification, and property renewals

Developed a cloud-based commercial management system, “OnTrack”, which provides both Network Rail and its construction contractors, a single source for all cost data

Implemented a cloud-based Demand Planning tool to enable accurate forecasting of demand for key goods and services across the supply chain

Providing ongoing support services including analytical services, help-desk support and development of system functionality as well as training and coaching for all system users
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Conducted global Opportunity Assessment across US and UK operations and created Procurement Transformation blueprint

Thereafter assisted National Grid over three years with an extensive Procurement Transformation program across its US and UK operations

Executed Strategic Sourcing over the majority of the spend, including Construction, Transformers, Meters, Pipe, Insulators, selected Tier 2 construction categories, MRO, Fleet, and many other direct and indirect spend categories

Redesigned global procurement organization, introduced new Category Management process and conducted extensive ongoing training program across all Procurement staff, to move the function to the next level of effectiveness
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Conducted global Opportunity Assessment across all areas of spend

Assisted Cognis with a three wave global Strategic Sourcing program across Europe, America, Latin America and Asia

Strategically sourced Raw Materials, Facilities Management, MRO, Plant Engineering and many other categories globally

Worked closely with Procurement, Engineering, Production to address all value levers, particuarly specification change
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Supported client with procurement of a major signaling program

Prepared supplier clarification and negotiation meetings

Created a very detailed and transparent model to understand the cost verus performance across the submitted proposals
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Assisted BP with strategic sourcing of select categories, including Marketing Print, Branded Merchandise, Environmental Remediation and Rail Tanker Car Leasing

Worked globally to design sourcing strategies, execute tenders, conduct negotiations and select new suppliers
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Executed Strategic Sourcing program across spend areas previously not controlled by Procurement, e.g., outsourced Design and Engineering, Engine Testing, Engineering Personnel, Personal Protection Equipment

Worked effectively across Ford of Europe, Volvo, Land Rover and Jaguar to optimize supplier agreements, redistribute volumes, and implement fundamental and innovative specification changes

Cost Optimization

Organizational & Process Transformation

Risk Reduction

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