Interim Procurement Specialisms

• Integrating and leading global / regional purchasing procurement teams
• Early adopter of best practise procurement / purchasing / strategic sourcing methodologies e.g.:

• Strategic sourcing and category management of diverse high-profile / sensitive / complex categories often with large annual spends.
  • Fast Fit Retailer’s largest category; Tyres £ X00m /annum.
  • Insurance client’s largest specialist professional services spend; Loss Adjusters £ X00m /annum.
  • Medical Insurance client’s; specialist professional services; (Clinical Consultants) £ X00m & Hospitals £ X00m /annum.
  • Pharma client’s largest Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)
• Purchasing Benchmarks / Procurement Benchmarks

• Procurement transformations / purchasing transformations and start-ups
• Leading e-Sourcing programmes - with a particular interest in "collaborative optimisation"

• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

• Post acquisition integration synergy delivery
• Post merger integration synergy delivery
• Drafting and negotiation of large contracts (£ X00m)
• Bespoke supply base performance improvement programmes
• Supplier conferences
• Implementation of e-Sourcing platforms
• Implementation of Purchasing / Materials Management modules for ERP systems (e.g. SAP, JD Edwards etc.)
• Implementation of e-Procurement platforms
• Purchasing knowledge management
• Technical and scientific purchasing (Chartered Engineer)

Category Experience

The following are categories that David has personally led or given substantial procurement direction & support to. Teams that he has led have managed broader ranges of categories than those below.

Direct Categories

• Sub-contract machining
• Contract Electronic Manufacturing (CEM)
• Automotive products, sub-systems and components
• Mouldings:
  • Plastic
  • Rubber
  • EPS
• Textiles
  • Polyester staple fibre,
  • Polypropylene (PP) yarns
  • Felts
• Tooling
• Chemicals
  • Pigments
  • Polymer Additives
  • Fillers
  • Isocyanates
  • Pentane
  • White Oil
  • Catalysts
  • Surfactants
  • Flame Retardants
  • Stearates
  • etc.
• Polymers
  • Rubber
  • PE
  • PP
  • Polyester
  • etc.
• Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
• Excipients
• Packaging
• Private Hospitals
• Train Spares
• Electronics
  • Actives
  • Passives
  • PCBs
  • Connectors
  • etc.
• Fast Fit Retail Products for Re-sale
  • Tyres
  • Exhausts
  • Batteries
  • Etc.

Indirect Categories

• Outsourced Services:
  • Help Desk Services
  • Facilities Management
  • Hard FM
  • Soft FM
• Professional Services
  • Loss Adjusters
  • Clinical Consultants
  • Pension Administraton & Actuarial Consulting
  • Debt Collection
  • Occupational Health Services
• Travel & Expenses (including Airlines)
• Vehicle Fleet Management
• Miscellaneous
• Etc

More interim procurement specialisms
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“David worked for Aviva Health UK...as Interim Head of Procurement & P2P...leading the development and implementation of procurement strategy".

David is an experienced procurement professional who has made a significant contribution to the development of procurement strategy within Aviva Health UK".

"He is intelligent and articulate and demonstrates a high level of commitment and integrity".

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