Robin Tyler

To identify and drive through the annual Clinical Support Services Divisional procurement targets. To mentor the divisional assistant procurement managers. Achieved a minimum of £1m savings per year for CSSD since starting, through a mixture of tendering, mini-tendering and direct awards via national frameworks, negotiations on existing contracts and new initiatives. Procurement lead in cross divisional capital projects including infusion pump replacement and sterile services outsource.

To assist in identifying and initiating the trust’s Cost Improvement Programme procurement targets for 2013/14 and 2014/15. Specifically in ECAM and Surgery divisions and the agency spend.

Strategic Partnership b/w Sandwell Council & BT Global Services with £72m addressable spend. To assist in establishing a category managed procurement team, including the day to day management and performance monitoring of six category managers. • Identified over £3m per annum through a mixture of tendering and using existing local and national frameworks. • Led and implemented best practice procedures, mentored existing and new staff and improved client relationships.

To identify and initiate the trust’s Cost Improvement Programme procurement targets of £0.5m in 2011/12 and £1m in 2012/12. • Working closely with Trusts Heads of Department, Finance, LPP, Buying Solutions and East of England hub, identified savings initiatives totalling £620k for 11/12 and £1.1m for 12/13, with processes to realise savings put in place.

To make £5.2m procurement savings in the Professional Services category, raise the profile and drive up-take of the category’s contracts by the 71 London trusts. • Procurement savings of £7.2m against the target. • Drove uptake of the categories contracts by between 30 and 80%, helping raise profile of LPP. • Legal and Interpretation frameworks both achieving savings of over £3m(circa £20m spend each) • Success was achieved by working closely with Heads of Procurement, Legal Secretaries, Finance & HR Directors, Heads of Education & Training and Interpretation departments at trusts, also equivalent colleagues at Buying Solutions, HPC, DWP and other national hubs. • Chaired quarterly category Board which provided a strategic direction for the procurement of Professional Services. • Ran a professional tender to supply Condoms and Lubricants to Camden.

To make £1m procurement savings by the end of March, with a further £0.5m by Sept 2008. • Successfully exceeded both targets by the required timescales, achieved by working closely with each of the 6 divisional directors in Acute: o Specific work included running, managing or rolling out tenders and negotiations for patient transport services (both in-house and out-sourced), allied health profession services, MRSA rapid test price reductions, legal services, pathology consumables.

Tasked to make £3.7m procurement savings for by the end of March 2007. • Successfully achieved the £3.7m savings target by March 2007 as one of a team of four, through a mix of tenders, rationalisation, utilising existing HPC, NHS Logistics, LPP and PASA contracts, negotiated price downs on existing SLA’s and design changes. • Personally responsible for running and/or managing tenders and negotiations to bring HR training in house, historical rate audits and external dental work.

To take 3% out of the £8m spend on the Trust’s second tier suppliers. • Through direct negotiations with suppliers, made over £240k in cost reductions to the existing contractual agreements through a mix of price reductions/rebates, free stock, order consolidation/bulk deliveries, contract extensions, early payment discounts, charitable donations, special offers and alternative products/services.

Managed Operations category until full-time manager appointed, also managed contracts manager. • Working with Retail Director on Retail Management Project, ran four tenders for cash machines coming in below targeted budgets and writing contracts with relevant exclusivity clauses. • Wrote and drove tenders for employment agencies, travel services and body armour. • Managed new contracts for stationary, printing and cash bags.

To assist in establishing a best practice procurement team leading several projects for Transport Department. • Wrote options appraisal paper on procurement/financing of a fleet of 200 vehicles and led reviews and delivered recommendations on secondary leasing, spares and taxi procurement arrangements and home to school passenger service. • Assisted in commercialising council’s contracts & tendering procedures including OJEU training.

Managed procurement function until full-time manager appointed. • Developed council’s procurement strategy, commercialised procurement section of the Constitution. • Led senior managers through tenders (including some OJEU), for cleaning services, swimming pool design, HGV and Scarab leasing, round-a-bout sponsorship, temporary labour, new reception area, all to budget. • Built accurate contracts database to enable proactive procurement strategy. • Rolled out procurement cards, Constructionline, telecom’s audit and early payment discounts. • Initiated and drove procurement training for senior managers and members, including regular one to one sessions on best practice procurement techniques.

To assist in establishing a best practice procurement team and to deliver quick win savings through tenders. • Commercialised council’s standard contracts. • Saved £400k tendering advertising services, temp workers for building works + social services, and refrigeration waste collection (against an accumulative spend of £1.9m). • Mentoring of centralised in-house procurement team in best practice procurement techniques. • Wrote category plan for catering contract services. • Led team through tenders for printing, furniture, stationary, meat, milk, waste collection, local transport, meals on wheels & marketing services; using OJEU procedures where required.

Sole responsibility for purchasing facilities management services and selective contract services for Group. £50m spend. • Saved £1m in both ‘financial’ years. • Established contracts for FM services in Roadside division. Key influence in introducing helpdesks to 5 divisions, improving control of spend and rationalised suppliers by 200+.

To manage team of 11, incorporating the packaging, Land Rover accessory and body in white teams. £46m spend. • Saved £600k with packaging and zero price increases for others. • Improved service levels by 2% to 96%. • As a process improvement facilitator ran projects ranging from pallet shortages, to improved processes for new part introduction.

Managed 5 packaging engineers. Responsibilities included procurement of packaging materials, contract & vendor packers’ services and the specifying of all packaging. £15m spend. • Changed team culture from reactive cost added environment to proactive, emphasising cost downs and customer service, saving £1m in the process. • Delivered record levels of specification for new Freelander launch of over 95% of 7000 parts.

Responsible for the purchase of packaging materials for all clients. Oversaw running of contract packers. Total spend of £8 million. • Saved £650k through tenders and cost down initiatives in period of high increases in price of main raw material - timber. • Saved 40% on packaging spend at French distribution warehouse with a European tender. • Reduced supplier lead-times by 50% and rationalised supply base from 19 to 9. • Introduced Supplier Development Program to the contract packers.