The document provides information on Reeni Kennedy's current role as Forest Project Manager at Rhubodach Forest, where she oversees overall operations and is responsible for financial management, fundraising, partnership building, project design and implementation, evaluation, and general office duties. She has achieved skills in fundraising, events organization, and using WordPress. The document also outlines her education history and qualifications, as well as her previous employment history working in procurement and supply chain management for Inbev UK Ltd.

1. Current Role and Forest Project Manager – November 2011
Responsibilities Overall operational responsibility for development of Rhubodach Forest
Liaison with the board
Financial Management and Fund Raising
Build of Partnership Relationships
Project Design and Implementation
Evaluation and Monitoring
General Office duties
Headline of Recent Achievements
• New skills: fund raising, events organisation, Word Press web page tool
• New knowledge: third sector, forestry, natural history, renewable energy
• Community Engagement and working with volunteers
Key Skills and Leadership
Personal Qualities Understand and apply motivational principles to ensure vision and strategy is
relevant to individual team members.
Understand and apply coaching cycle as appropriate, considering both
experience and situation, to develop individual and increase effectiveness.
Creative and critical thinker, and able to collaborate across functions/industries
to find innovation and best practise
Able to balance drive for results with building relationships to achieve
successful outcomes
Development of people
Effective planning, organizing and monitoring of training to support identified
development needs
Understand and apply a variety of training design and delivery techniques.
Open to opportunities to discuss performance and development outside formal
appraisal process
Successfully applied understanding of Multiple Intelligence Theory to gain real
behaviour change to business benefit.
Firmly believe in supporting continuous professional development
Implementation
Structured approach ensuring resources are used to best effect
Belief in and employ thorough planning and preparation in line with business
needs.
Able to set and monitor plans and effective at using best practice where ever
found.
Education 2006 Glasgow Caledonian University
Post-graduate Certificate in Management – Level 1 of MBA
Modules covered – ICT Skills; Learning to manage; Management finance;
Management foundation; Management Integration; Management Statistics;
Managers Environment; Personal Development; and Strategy.
2000 - 2007 Open University
Certificate in Humanities
Diploma in European Humanities.
Reeni Kennedy, 6 Ardmory Road, Ardbeg, Isle of Bute, PA20 0PG
reeni.kennedy@btopenworld.com

2. BA (Hons) History
Subjects covered – An Introduction to the Humanities; State, Economy and
Nation in 19th Century Europe; Princes & Peoples: France and the British Isles,
1620-1714; 5th Century Athens: Democracy and City State; Understanding
Comparative History: Britain and America from 1760; Total War and Social
Change: Europe 1914 – 1955; Ancient and Medieval Cities: A Technological
1993 – 1994 Reid Kerr College, Paisley
HNC Train the Trainer
1983 – 1984 Cardonald College
Higher English and Secretarial Studies
RSA Teeline Shorthand and Audio Typing
Industry Training E-sourcing
Sourcing & Contract Management
8 steps of Procurement
Project Management
PDCA
Commercial Negotiation Skills
Enabling Leaders – in house training based on GROW model to enhance coaching
skills and enable more effective coaching sessions.
Stretch Learning – specialist training in adult learning based on multiple intelligences
theory and accelerated learning principles – design and delivery.
Performance Management – in house session focused on operational aspects
such as absence management; appraisals; etc.
BIIAB Certificate in Beer and Cellar Quality – from cellar management to
bar keep skills.
Situational Leadership – leadership coaching based on learnings from Stephen
Covey
Influencing Skills – persuasion and influencing skills training from Industrial
Society
Interests Work in progress renovation of 19th century cottage; 2 children, Family Tree
Project, Local Community Activities
Employment History Inbev UK Ltd – October 1991 – October 2019
in brief Role on leaving - Buyer
Spend analysis
Sourcing
Contract Management
Compliance
Supplier Performance Management
E-Sourcing
Reeni Kennedy, 6 Ardmory Road, Ardbeg, Isle of Bute, PA20 0PG
reeni.kennedy@btopenworld.com

3. Category Management
Responsible for spend of £250,500,000 in 2009 within a complex supply chain
linking with sales; inventory; and logistics. Three key performance indicators :-
delivery of MACO of categories; Extension of Days Payable Outstanding;
Reduction of Days Inventory Outstanding. Personal challenge – support Project
team to delivery strategic business objectives whilst maintaining superior
supplier relationships
Headline of Achievements
• Year on Year savings of £ 3.2 mio
• MACO Budget On Target
• Improvement of average Days Payable of 5 days
Improvement of average Days Inventories of 4 days
Other roles with Inbev UK Ltd
Tele Business Unit Manager
Account Manager
Area Development Manager
Cash On Delivery Project
Telesales Representative
Previous roles
Classified Sales Person – Gryffe Weekly News
Telesales – Thomson Directories
Telesales - Parceline
Reeni Kennedy, 6 Ardmory Road, Ardbeg, Isle of Bute, PA20 0PG
reeni.kennedy@btopenworld.com