Description

Senior global procurement and supply chain executive with 20+ years building, transforming, and scaling supply chain + procurement across 100+ markets — from greenfield builds in West Africa to £1.5bn+ portfolios at a FTSE20 business, where the function's results featured in the company's annual report. I specialise in enterprise S2P transformation, AI-enabled category strategy, and multi-echelon logistics, with a track record of £80m+ commercial value, £17m working capital improvement, and 5–42% annual cost reductions — delivered not through transactional efficiency alone, but through supplier and employee-led innovation that generates outcomes the business genuinely notices.

The edge is a deep belief that procurement and supply chain are enterprise value engines: I've built four greenfield functions, spoken internationally on AI in logistics procurement, and consistently partnered with CFOs and ExCo to position commercial operations as a source of competitive advantage, not cost overhead. I bring engineering rigour, technology fluency (Coupa, SAP, Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio), and a builder's instinct — most energised when supplier relationships, internal talent, and emerging technology converge to create something the business has never seen before.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

London (up to 50km)

British American Tobacco plc,
Category Lead (Director) — Global Customer Fulfilment
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
January 2022 - April 2026 (4 years and 3 months)
London, UK
Key Achievements
– Delivered £80m in commercial savings within 12 months by transforming £700m of unmanaged contracts into a high performance procurement framework through strategic renegotiation, supplier governance and compliance control.
– Delivered £17m working capital improvement in twelve months through structured payment term renegotiation across 1,000+ supplier accounts, applying commercial levers beyond conventional cost reduction into balance sheet outcomes.
– Recover over $2 million in supplier overpayments through structured commercial audit and invoice reconciliation across the indirect supplier base, preventing ongoing value leakage across the global portfolio.
– Led enterprise S2P transformation by deploying Coupa, SAP TM, iCertis CLM, and Microsoft Fabric Analytics, reducing PO cycle times by 80%, eliminating non-compliant spend at scale, and delivering 100% operational and commercial visibility.
– Built an AI-powered Supply Chain Copilot integrating SAP and 4PL APIs, delivering 100% real-time logistics visibility, predictive risk analytics and automated executive reporting across global operations.
– Govern route-to-market supply chain performance across 100+ markets - standards consistency, commercial governance, contract management and supply assurance across the partner ecosystem, including logistics and 3PL/4PL categories.
Cost Reduction & Value Recovery Procurement Governance & Function Build Supplier Negotiation & Commercial Recovery Supply Chain Transformation & Digital Enablement Post-Merger Procurement Integration
British American Tobacco plc
Global Sourcing Manager Logistics — Europe & Americas
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
January 2019 - January 2022 (3 years)
London, United Kingdom
Regional procurement and supply chain leadership | Route to market and consumer
– Led procurement and supply chain strategy across European and Americas markets - logistics, professional services and distributors. Resulted in 10% increase on ecommerce sales.
– Led regional SAP TM deployment - transport management process design, freight procurement, 3PL governance and logistics network optimisation across European and Americas operations, delivering 10% improvement in regional supply performance.
– Embedded SRM and compliance frameworks across regional supply base - standardised performance governance, ESG obligations and escalation practices across markets with significantly different commercial and regulatory environments.
Procurement Governance & Function Build Supplier Negotiation & Commercial Recovery
British American Tobacco plc
Global Sourcing Manager Logistics
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
January 2017 - January 2019 (2 years)
London, United Kingdom
Regional procurement and supply chain leadership | Route to market and consumer
– Delivered freight savings through consortium-level negotiations across peer organisations. Achieved £100m+ P&L savings across EEMEA manufacturing markets through category management, competitive sourcing and strategic renegotiation.
– Managed direct material supply assurance and commodity risk across EEMEA manufacturing markets - active contingency plans executed to maintain factory production continuity through geopolitical disruption and supply constraint.
Supplier Negotiation & Commercial Recovery Procurement Governance & Function Build