JOEL KALEDA

As a consultant at G&T, I played a pivotal role in delivering transformative Commercial and Procurement solutions across various commissions. My contributions spanned a wide spectrum of responsibilities, from early market engagement to comprehensive data analysis and modeling. I presented strategic insights and recommendations for some of the UK's most significant national infrastructure programs within the Government's extensive portfolio.

Key Achievements and Responsibilities:

• Commercial and Procurement Transformation: Led and contributed to Commercial and Procurement transformation initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and optimizing resource allocation.
• Market Engagement: Proactively engaged in early-market assessments, identifying potential opportunities, market trends, and risks to ensure informed decision-making.
• Data Gathering and Modeling: Executed data-driven strategies by meticulously collecting, analyzing, and modeling data to provide actionable insights for program enhancements and cost-saving measures.
• Government Portfolio: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support and enhance projects within the Government's vast infrastructure portfolio, applying best practices and ensuring adherence to policy guidelines.
• Defense Sector Engagement: Extensively engaged with defense sector clients, developing and implementing commercial, governance, and policy frameworks tailored to their specific needs, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and standards.
• Category Management: Supported the development and execution of category management plans across diverse sectors, including digital and technology and professional services, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and objectives.
• Maturity Planning: Assisted in formulating and executing maturity plans to improve the performance and effectiveness of various procurement categories, driving continuous improvement efforts.

In this role, I successfully combined my expertise in Commercial and Procurement with a keen understanding of policy guidelines and sector-specific needs, contributing to the successful execution of high-impact projects across the Government and defense sectors.

• As part of my role at the Bank of England, I was responsible for several tasks related to the:
• Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) renewal, which is the infrastructure that holds accounts for banks, building societies, and other financial institutions
• I chaired all commercial meetings and led any commercial contractual changes on a half-billion-pound project
• I also negotiated relief notes and ensured the Vendor Management framework was in place and operational against all strategic and critical vendors, including key areas such as governance, vendor packs, and smooth transition between plan/buy/manage cycles
• Additionally, I acted as a source of knowledge regarding contractual costs and their impact on the Technology
• Cost Base
• I managed transactional-based relationships critical to Technology and the wider
• Bank, including work orders and new awards
• Finally, I created valuable and timely
• Management Information as required and shared it with team members and stakeholders as needed.

• As the team lead of a small domain of junior buyers, I oversaw successful daily procurement operations, ensuring best practices were followed in line with the business operating model and Procurement framework
• My responsibilities extended to supporting contract renewals within BAU, implementing procurement categories within the financial operations/P2P system, leading managed service renewals, building and controlling procurement processes globally for CTI, and supporting the creation of a companywide procurement policy
• I also developed procurement processes and tools, engaging with application support teams to drive operational change within Service Now and Dynamics 365, and provided in-house procurement consulting across the organization on M&As, office refreshes, and the development of the company's procurement process globally
• As the SME for all infrastructure procurement, I drove commercial end-user computing solutions for the business, considering alternative expenditure options in line with the financial department's objectives
• I also hosted RFI meetings with internal stakeholders and vendors, onboarded/vetted suppliers and vendors, including sanction checks, DDQs, credit checks, and
• DPIAs, and mentored junior members of the team
• Notably, I led the end-to-end technology tender, most notably the Mimecast renewal, achieving a 50% saving by scoping out alternative solutions to drive the best deal for the business
• I also monitored software usage across the business to maximize license efficiency, primarily the Microsoft suite.

• I was responsible for supporting the design and implementation of a group wide procurement framework while leading the existing procurement process
• I managed and reported on all subcontract activities and provided functional management support to areas within CTI, including the ServiceDesk and PMO office, from a procurement perspective, with negotiation/management, stakeholder management, and general governance requirements
• I delivered improvements in overall value from framework supply bases by identifying and addressing performance issues through supplier improvement plans, conducting vendor assessments, and identifying opportunities to engage with micro-businesses, SMEs, and the academic community
• Other key responsibilities I had included reconciling purchase orders with delivered items, managing monthly reconciliation of mobile connections, assisting with invoice escalation queries, liaising with the offshore team, managing stock, and preparing purchase orders/purchase agreements
• One of my biggest achievements in this role was demonstrating a substantial annual saving in hardware spend through an operation model, indicating that I was able to deliver measurable results that positively impacted the organization's financial performance.

• I was responsible for managing stock levels, obtaining quotes, raising purchase orders, and maintaining effective communication with suppliers
• Specifically, I oversaw the procurement process for various IT products and services, ensuring that they were delivered on time and within budget
• I worked closely with our internal teams to understand their IT needs and requirements and recommended suitable solutions that aligned with our procurement policies
• In addition, I regularly monitored market trends and conducted market research to identify new suppliers and products that could benefit our company
• This involved maintaining a strong network of industry contacts and keeping up to date with the latest technological developments
• Overall, my role as an IT Procurement Analyst required a strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• The purpose of my role within MEMS was to support the day-to-day management of the procurement processes of specialist medical equipment including maintenance and covid-19 projects
• Activities included process of new equipment on to NHS's system then storing the items, liaising with medical suppliers, dealing with enquiries regarding medical equipment within the hospital, being the first point of contact of the department, coordinating equipment for projects, supporting the drafting and renewal of contracts and any ad-hoc tasks which presented itself on the job.

• During my internship as a Business Analyst at Atkins, working in an agile delivery method, I was tasked with various duties, such as coordinating project activities and milestones, forecasting and presenting budget and dates using MS Project, liaising between clients and software engineers to define project requirements, taking minutes in monthly steering group meetings, tracking directors' activities, identifying and communicating with suppliers, owning software requirements throughout the project lifecycle, and conducting high-level process mapping/road mapping.