July 2021 to Present
On the 4th July I had a serious motorcycle accident and had to stop work and take time out to recuperate.
Oct 2020 to July 2021 Amazon Corporate
Telecoms Circuits Program Delivery Manager EMEA
- Working in close partnership with senior management, procurement, network services and vendor management to deliver telecom circuits to new and existing Amazon corporate sites across the EMEA region on a $500 MM USD infrastructure project.
- Creating partnerships with the Firms business units to identify best practice solutions that would manage global costs and processes surrounding the acquisition of all Telecom/IT related goods and services during the COVID crisis to ensure as effect as possible to keep to Milestones.
- Project managing and delivering rollouts of telecom services covering hardware, Network Services (EPL, DIA, Cell towers – Egypt, Microwave – Egypt, MPLS, Dark Fibre, Switch Networks, PSTN, Mobile etc) and Wireless sub categories across the EMEA region as part of the GREF IT management infrastructure, reporting into the EMEA Head of Telecom delivery.
- Managing engineers for site visits, power downs, new installations and refurbishments.
- Creating project plans for different stake holders.
- Managing LOA’s (Letter of Authority) from carriers for Cross connects at data centres.
- Arranging wayleaves for internal work and external civic works to be carried out.
- Managing Telecom service providers across the EMEA region. Tier 1 to Tier 3 providers.
- Maintaining interdepartmental databases
Jan 2020 to Oct 2020 Versatile TR Ltd
Telecoms and Market Data finance analyst
- Working in close partnership with a Market data and Telecom auditing company, supplying analytics on spend for several of their brokerage/Financial market clients
- Looking at interdepartmental spend, apportionment and cost analysis.
July 2018 to December 2019 Morgan Stanley
Wireless Telecoms purchasing manager EMEA
- working in close partnership with the businesses within Morgan Stanley and supports functions to identify and execute opportunities to manage expenses through strategic sourcing, demand management, process reengineering, procurement management and sales and use tax optimization
- Creating partnerships with the Firms business units to identify best practice solutions that will manage global costs and processes surrounding the acquisition of all Telecom/IT related goods and services.
- Managing complex sourcing/purchasing of Telco Services covering Hardware, Network Services (MPLS, Dark Fibre, Switch Networks, PSTN, Mobile etc) and Wireless sub categories across the EMEA region (and sometimes the Americas) for Firmwide Sourcing, reporting into the EMEA Head of Telecom Sourcing.
- Working with internal clients and Stakeholders to gather business requirements quantify service levels identify deliverables and terms and conditions and delivering a solution to their business requirements
- Soliciting competitive bids from multiple suppliers using sourcing tools such as the quoting process, electronic tender and/or reverse auction before evaluating/scoring bids from companies World Wide
- Negotiating with suppliers on price, service levels, and scope of work and terms of business to achieve value for money for the company.
- Developing and implementing RFI/RFP/RFQ's (including eRFx), negotiating with vendors, as well as drafting vendor contracts.
- Managing engineers for site visits, power downs, new installations and refurbishments.
October 2016 to July 2018 Saturn Corporation
Telecom Finance and Procurement consultant
- Educating small, medium and large businesses about to how manage their telecoms estate.
- Educating the client regarding MIFID2 legislation and how it will affect them
- Auditing clients telecoms estates and presenting reports on spend and waste upon the clients estates
- Creating process and procedures for clients as to how to best manage telecom estates
- Educating clients about vendor management
Achievements:
- To date I have managed save my clients in the region of £2 million
August 2014 to October 2016 Tullett Prebon
Telecom Finance and Procurement Manager EMEA
- Managing the telecoms billing across the EMEA region from 52 Telecom providers (Tier 1, 2 & 3)
- Managing a Telecom estate across EMEA that consists of 9000 fixed point to point private wires, around 2000 PSTN lines, 1000 data line services, 500 mobile phones, MIFID2 mobile applications, MPLS, Manual Voice ring down (Hoot and Holler), Dark fibre networks, VOIP, Cloud services, Unified Comms.
- Managing the CAPEX of $35 million USD
- Managing contracts for landlines, private circuits, data circuits, ISDN’s, Home workers, implants and all the peripherals around the estate.
- Managing 48 telecom vendors across the EMEA region
- Programme management of telephony policies and procedures for managing and procuring telephony based products and services.
- Managing a team of 3 part time staff
- Estate analysis and presentation of data to both senior management in London and the USA
- Project managing the upgrade and installation of new telecoms finance software.
- Producing high level in depth granular reports for Month End to Accounts payable
- Programme management of telephony policies and procedures for managing and procuring telephony based products and services
First point of contact for areas and issues to do with Telephony
Achievements:
- £1.2 million in savings across the EMEA region
- Increased the size of the telecoms estate across the EMEA region without incurring extra costs (DATA)
- Negotiated the companies MiFID2 mobile voice recording contracts and at the same managed to wipe out call charges.
January 2014 to July 2014 American Express Global Business Travel
Telecom Expense Manager EMEA
- Analysing the telecom billing issues surrounding the AMEX telecom estate across the EMEA region
- Analysis and presentation of data of American Express Global Business Travels telecoms systems, estates and contracts over the last 6 years.
- Managing 18 telecom vendors over 9 countries across EMEA
- Programme management of telephony policies and procedures for managing and procuring telephony based products and services
- Managing contracts for landlines, private circuits, data circuits, ISDN’s, Home workers, implants and all the peripherals around the estate.
Achievements:
- £5 million in savings across the EMEA region
- Set up the programme management for interdepartmental communication regarding management of telecoms.
- Started the process for centralising the telecoms estate
May 2010 – to January 2014 Southend Borough Council
Telecom Expense Manager
- Managing all telecom billing for the council and its subsidiaries across the Southend region
- Analysis and presentation of data of council’s telecoms systems and contracts over the last 5 years.
- Obtaining a rebate for the council for the sum of £84,500 through bespoke analysis, plus £24.5k compensation, plus £40,000 a year savings on landlines and £36,000 a year on mobile telephony.
- Co-ordinating future WiMax/telecom Council run telecom initiatives within the community.
- Implementing rollout of telecom equipment and services for the Council.
- Project managing the rollout of 500 new mobile phones across the council at zero cost to the council
- Project managing billing systems for telephony
- Project managing DDI Shifts and private circuits and Novation of services
- Managing the mobile telephony of 2000 plus users (handsets, 3G dongles, Blackberry’s etc)
- Managing landline and private circuits
- First point of contact for areas and issues to do with Telephony
- Programme management of telephony policies and procedures for managing and procuring telephony based products and services
Achievements:
- £800,000 in savings
- Managed to obtain nearly 2000 mobile phone devices for free
- Wiped out £90,000 of debts
Previous years work experience available upon request
