Katherine Jarvis
Winsford
Summary
Proactive and driven professional with keen eye for strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management. Demonstrates robust negotiation skills and analytical thinking, fostering collaboration and cost savings. Ready to drive operational excellence and value creation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
18
18
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Board Trustee
Crescent Purchasing Consortium
Salford, North West
01.2025 - Current
- Initiate strategic partnerships for increased organisational growth.
- Influence organisational direction through informed voting on key issues.
- Drive corporate social responsibility initiatives, enhancing community engagement and support.
- Ensure statutory compliance, safeguarding company's reputation and operations.
- Nurture a culture of transparency to foster trust within the team.
- Develop governance strategies to ensure company compliance and integrity.
- Facilitate constructive discussions during board meetings, fostering collaboration and harmony among members.
- Improve board meeting efficiency by streamlining decision-making processes.
- Establish clear communication channels, improving stakeholder relationships.
- Generate opportunities to develop new and strategic collaborations and partnerships, resulting in increased brand awareness.
- Remain fully informed with and promoted organisation's mission, brand and programmes throughout UK-wide community.
Head of Procurement
CARE fertility
05.2024 - 01.2025
- Procurement transformation role involving the establishment and development of a procurement function from the ground-up in a rapidly growing organisation with a current spend of £40M
- Tasked with achieving saving of £1.4M in the first year, with £1M of that identified and released within the first 6 months
- Drive strategic alignment, ensuring procurement strategies aligned with the overall business goals, such as sustainability, innovation, and growth
- Digital transformation which involved the implementation of digital tools and technologies to streamline procurement processes, enhance data analytics, and improve decision-making
- The management of supplier relationships, the building and maintenance of strong partnerships with suppliers to foster innovation, ensure supply chain resilience, and manage risks
- Agility and efficiency, the overhauling of legacy processes to create more agile and efficient procurement operations and sustainability which included the leading on initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of procurement activities, such as sourcing sustainable materials and reducing carbon emissions
- Key responsibilities include developing, implementing and managing a procurement Framework, systems and tools, and the cultivating of strong relationships with suppliers. driving the procurement transformation strategy and facilitating a smooth transition during the transformation process. Handling day-to-day procurement activities, overseeing the contract lifecycle, focusing on specific spend categories and developing a category strategy.
Trust Governor
EATON PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tarporley
03.2024 - 01.2025
- Trust elected governor at Eaton Primary School
- Involves bi-monthly meetings, monitoring visits and reporting on key area of responsibility
- A rewarding role which allows me to make a significant impact on the education and well-being of the students through governance and accountability.
- Key responsibilities include setting strategic direction, developing policies, overseeing financial performance, providing SLT support, and community engagement.
Head of Procurement
Sopra Steria (NHS SBS)
05.2022 - 05.2024
- Led the outsourced procurement function responsible for the spend of around £250M across the procurement of all goods and services required for the mental health Trust, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Ensured sufficient supply, efficient processes and excellent quality and value for money were obtained for the Trust, patients and tax payer
- Supported the Trust in improving deficit levels through savings targets of £5M per annum achieved by optimising the supplier base and the NHS buying power
- Led and supported on the Trust Procurement Strategy, to achieve a continued reduction of 5% per annum in the cost base through the achievement of a sustainable cost improvement programme
- Key responsibilities included running complex OJEU procurements, leading discussions and negotiations with suppliers, maintaining and developing a workplan and contracts register, leading large-scale procurement activities, undertaking complex analysis and modelling of expenditure, ensuring contract compliance and supporting the development and modernisation of procurement practices
Category Manager - Infant Feeding & External Breast Prosthesis
CPP (NHS SC)
Normanton
01.2021 - 03.2022
- Responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of category services in areas of Infant Feeding and External Breast Prosthesis with annual spend of £10M across both categories
- Required to act as the main point of contact for the category, building and maintaining strong relationships with all key stakeholders along with developing Spend Efficiency Reports and agreeing pricing and implementation for NHS Trusts
- Tasked with reducing cost pressures to an all time low across the infant feeding category through supplier and product rationalisation
- Key responsibilities included managing two NHS market categories, understanding the market, ensuring stakeholder and supplier engagement, managing supplier relationships, managing multiple programmes, and performance managing against programme targets
Buyer (Powertrain & Branded Merchandise)
Bentley Motors Crewe
Crewe
10.2019 - 10.2020
- Provided strategic supplier selection, negotiated service and commercial contracts, identified and contributed to cost saving opportunities of 10% saving across team, business transformation activities, and supported the delivery of new products
- Managed spend of £5M across Aftersales Powertrain and Branded Merchandise
- Key achievements included managing all powertrain and branded goods purchasing and procurement activities, generating a 10% increase to profit margins in the branded merchandise category and managing relationships with over 500 suppliers across the categories
Merchandise Planner
Girlguiding Ltd.
Altrincham
01.2015 - 10.2019
- Negotiated and managed contracts with global suppliers, sourcing, maintaining, developing and managing the supplier base, monitoring and managing stock-levels and call-off requirements, and creating, developing and ordering yearly branded merchandise range
- Key achievements included increasing year on year sales by an average of 5% across spend of £3M
- Drove ESG improvement across the Charity through the development of a supplier grading, carrying out international factory audits, creating a compliance documentation catalogue system, the removal of all plastic packaging and introduction of fully recycled and recyclable replacements
Education
MSc - Fashion Buying
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester 01.2012 - 01.2013
BA - Music
Leeds College of Music
Leeds 01.2008 - 01.2011
A-Level or equivalent - Theatre Studies, Music, Biology, Textile Technology
King Edwards School
01.2005 - 01.2007
GCSE's - Various Including Maths, English
British School
01.1992 - 01.2004
Skills
- Leadership
- Organizational skills
- Profit & loss
- Sourcing
- Commercial acumen
- Compliance adherence
- Negotiation and communication
- Research & development
- Contract management
- Supplier relationship management
Personal Information
Willing To Relocate: Anywhere
Languages
Spanish
Upper intermediate (B2)
Dutch
Intermediate (B1)
Timeline
Board Trustee
Crescent Purchasing Consortium
01.2025 - Current
Head of Procurement
CARE fertility
05.2024 - 01.2025
Trust Governor
EATON PRIMARY SCHOOL
03.2024 - 01.2025
Head of Procurement
Sopra Steria (NHS SBS)
05.2022 - 05.2024
Category Manager - Infant Feeding & External Breast Prosthesis
CPP (NHS SC)
01.2021 - 03.2022
Buyer (Powertrain & Branded Merchandise)
Bentley Motors Crewe
10.2019 - 10.2020
Merchandise Planner
Girlguiding Ltd.
01.2015 - 10.2019
MSc - Fashion Buying
Manchester Metropolitan University
01.2012 - 01.2013
BA - Music
Leeds College of Music
01.2008 - 01.2011
A-Level or equivalent - Theatre Studies, Music, Biology, Textile Technology
King Edwards School
01.2005 - 01.2007
GCSE's - Various Including Maths, English
British School
01.1992 - 01.2004
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