This individual served as Purchasing Manager for Mitchells and Butlers from 1998 to 2006. Their responsibilities included managing a £50m annual budget and negotiating contracts and suppliers. Some of their achievements included saving over £1.4m annually on maintenance budgets through tendering and negotiations, and reducing fire and security spending from £1.9m to £800k per year. They also led various projects to consolidate suppliers and upgrade equipment in compliance with regulations.

1. Mitchellsand Butlers - Purchasing Manager– July 1998 – June 2006:
Overviewand Responsibilities
 Responsible forcombinedrevenue andcapital spendof £50m
 Contract negotiation,suppliersourcing.
 Developingservicelevel agreementsandKPIs
 Researchmarketto identifynewandrelevanttechnologyandsecure companyinvestment.
 Producingtenderdocuments,analysingreturns,implementingcontractsandmeasuring
performance.
 RepresentedMand B in liaisonwithindustrybodiesandgovernmentonsmokinginpublic
places
 Developcoherentapproachtoprocurementacrossdiverse departmentsandestablishcross
functional teamstorationalise supplybase andaddvalue
Achievements
 Achievedsavingsof £1.4m on £27m annual maintenance budget.Combination of tender
and cost negotiation.Alsobysourcingequipmentwithoptimallifetimecost.
 £600k annualisedsavingsoncapital spendbyconsolidationof supplyandidentifying
benefits.
 Reducedfire andsecurityspendfrom£1.9m perannumto £800k by resourcing
maintenance contractthroughtenderandnegotiation
 Managed projecttoensure phasedreplacementof refrigerationequipmentthatoperated
usingCFCsand HCFCs,in line withlegislationandEUdirectives
 Procurementleadonrationalisationof fire extinguisherandsecurityalarmprovisionand
cost across managedestate
 Rationalisedsupplychainacrossanumberof categoriesbybringingtogethermaintenance
and constructiondepartmentsinone projectteam.Outputwastoreduce overall supplier
base and reduce costoverall
Skillsand Learning