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Procurement Consultant
Mercy Mhindurwa
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Slough, United Kingdom
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Delivery of Category Management as a services using Cirtuo's AI enabled procurement tool, to bring best in class procurement to small and medium sized businesses. My services include Spend analytics, risk management, full procurement category strategy and implementation.
I'm passionate about the future of procurement and technology. Armed with multi-industry experience including Defence, Media, Consultancy and FMCG/CPG. IT specialist with experience in direct and indirect categories, Agile procurement, contract management and data analysis.
I'm passionate about the future of procurement and technology. Armed with multi-industry experience including Defence, Media, Consultancy and FMCG/CPG. IT specialist with experience in direct and indirect categories, Agile procurement, contract management and data analysis.
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United Kingdom
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English
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Larger project
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My experience
2020 - 2020
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IT Procurement Specialist
Bell TSI Limited.
IT procurement consultant providing Procurement Management Services for Capita PLC
Highlights and Achievements:
• Providing specialist knowledge and support for a Capita procurement change program to manage Capita's tail-end spend, reducing spend by 5% on all purchase request.
• Providing consultation for IT software, hardware and managed services procurement contract management for various Capita entities. Mostly managing renewals, working with stakeholders to identify opportunities to add value.
• Managing procurement sourcing activities for various capita entities, scoping savings opportunities and delivering savings
Highlights and Achievements:
• Providing specialist knowledge and support for a Capita procurement change program to manage Capita's tail-end spend, reducing spend by 5% on all purchase request.
• Providing consultation for IT software, hardware and managed services procurement contract management for various Capita entities. Mostly managing renewals, working with stakeholders to identify opportunities to add value.
• Managing procurement sourcing activities for various capita entities, scoping savings opportunities and delivering savings
Procurement, Management, Contract management, Sourcing, PLC, It, Support, Hardware, Software
2019 - 2020
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IT Professional Services Global Buying Manager
Mars Inc.
Supporting Mars Digital Transformation by sourcing and working with external partners to deliver the business transformation projects by sourcing professional services for Mars global IT/Digital Technologies organisation. Services sourced Include but are not limited to systems integrators, analytics services providers, ecommerce agencies and digital marketing agencies. Additionally, employing agile procurement practises to support agile projects with quick turnarounds, providing procurement support throughout the project lifecycle, from inception to close and ongoing support services when required.
Highlights and Achievements:
• Delivered over $1m USD savings for the IT professional Services category, with circa $50m spend across the category.
• Working in close strategic partnership internally with senior business stakeholders including the CTO's and CIO's of several Mars business segments, as the commercial (procurement) co-pilot.Co-creating strategic sourcing strategies at a global, regional and business segment level. Sourcing strategies that I implemented include Project Management as a service for staff augmentation needs, and factory style service catalogues for the direct to consumer and business to business commerce platform teams.
• I lead and delivered contracting process changes for the Mars Russia and CIS region to realise process efficiencies. Cutting down IT services contracting cycle time from 2+ weeks to a number of days for spend below $45k USD.
• I lead the procurement stream as part of a cross-function operations process optimisation working group, delivering a number of procurement process improvements, training and change management. Thereby raising the procurement teams profile across the IT organisation and improving measurable service satisfaction levels.
• Executed over 200 contracts mostly Statements of work. Negotiated high value statements of work up to the value of $5m USD and terms in the Master Service Agreements (MSA) framework contracts including new SLA's and KPI's at the MSA level with the key strategic partners.
Highlights and Achievements:
• Delivered over $1m USD savings for the IT professional Services category, with circa $50m spend across the category.
• Working in close strategic partnership internally with senior business stakeholders including the CTO's and CIO's of several Mars business segments, as the commercial (procurement) co-pilot.Co-creating strategic sourcing strategies at a global, regional and business segment level. Sourcing strategies that I implemented include Project Management as a service for staff augmentation needs, and factory style service catalogues for the direct to consumer and business to business commerce platform teams.
• I lead and delivered contracting process changes for the Mars Russia and CIS region to realise process efficiencies. Cutting down IT services contracting cycle time from 2+ weeks to a number of days for spend below $45k USD.
• I lead the procurement stream as part of a cross-function operations process optimisation working group, delivering a number of procurement process improvements, training and change management. Thereby raising the procurement teams profile across the IT organisation and improving measurable service satisfaction levels.
• Executed over 200 contracts mostly Statements of work. Negotiated high value statements of work up to the value of $5m USD and terms in the Master Service Agreements (MSA) framework contracts including new SLA's and KPI's at the MSA level with the key strategic partners.
Analytics, UP, Manager, Contracts, Framework, Organization, CIO, KPI, Cto, Support, Transformation, It, Sourcing, Service, Digital Marketing, Management, Optimization, Business transformation, Procurement, Agile, Training, Digital transformation, Contracts, Operations, Ecommerce, Project Management, Change management, Marketing
2018 - 2019
freelance
Vendigital, Analyst Consultant
Daily Mail Group.
I Lead work packages and supported the delivery of the first phase of a major cost reduction program for the Daily Mail Group, from opportunity assessment to delivery. Managing client expectations on a day to day basis, identifying and mitigating project risks with recommendations.
Highlights and Achievements:
● Formulated and implemented the client strategy for the Office Consumables category a £250k spend category, running gap analysis from 'as-is' to 'to-be' implementing recommendations and managing strategic supplier relationships and contractual/commercial terms negotiation. Resulting in a £150k (64%) benefit, exceeding client expectations and double the targeted 30% cost reduction.
● Analyzing client spend in multiple areas (incl. Travel, Office consumables and Software) based on accounts payable invoice data, using tools such as Excel and Tableau on large data sets building complex models and providing data driven insights.
Highlights and Achievements:
● Formulated and implemented the client strategy for the Office Consumables category a £250k spend category, running gap analysis from 'as-is' to 'to-be' implementing recommendations and managing strategic supplier relationships and contractual/commercial terms negotiation. Resulting in a £150k (64%) benefit, exceeding client expectations and double the targeted 30% cost reduction.
● Analyzing client spend in multiple areas (incl. Travel, Office consumables and Software) based on accounts payable invoice data, using tools such as Excel and Tableau on large data sets building complex models and providing data driven insights.
Excel, Tableau, Analyst, Assessment, Office, Software
2016 - 2018
job
Thales, various roles
Cyber Security & Consulting and the UK Central Headquarters.
Completed the Graduate Scheme with early promotion to a HR Workday Analyst role, rotated around various business units including Defense, Cyber Security & Consulting and the UK Central Headquarters.
Consulting, Security, Analyst, Workday
My education
2015
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2016
University of Sussex
MSc, Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management
MSc, Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management
2011
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2015
University of South Wales
Masters, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Masters, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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