Oliver Watling, Procurement Category Manager - Facilities

Oliver Watling

Procurement Category Manager - Facilities

E2V Technologies Plc

Location
United Kingdom - London
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Information Systems
Experience
20 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 9 Months

Procurement Category Manager - Facilities at E2V Technologies Plc
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since October 2015

Procurement Category Manager at a global manufacturing organisation responsible for Facilities Category spend.

Responsible for maximising value in both facilities management and CAPEX project spend.

Achievements include securing a saving of a £209k (9%) On a 12 month energy contract.

Procurement Category Specialist at London Borough of Rrichmond-upon-Thames
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since April 2014

Oliver has worked to deliver the most high profile / high spend contracts at Richmond-upon-Thames Council. Oliver has experience in delivering a range of contracts, including contracting for transport, facilities management, consultancy services and legal services. He has also worked on a consultancy basis for to support and advise organisations on running a competition and negotiating good outcomes.

Oliver has a background in complaint handling and casework and developed excellent communication. He maintains good knowledge of and interest in IT Services since his academic studies.

My most notable success was implementing a contract for total facilities management in London which resulted in savings for my employer of £4.7 million (16%).

Procurement Manager at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  • United Kingdom - London
  • April 2011 to April 2014

Responsibilities
* Leading high profile / high risk procurements such as provision of Legal Services, facilities
management and ICT infrastructure and support.
* Management of the Procurement Officer
* Strategic planning to ensure the team was resourced effectively
* Drafting procurement documentation, such as procurement policy documents, invitations to
tender, evaluation method documents and evaluation reports
* Provision of advice to internal customers
Key Achievements
* Leading a successful project to establish a procurement framework for Legal Services using on
behalf of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; the Public Service Ombudsman for
Wales; and the Local Government Ombudsman. Based on the hourly rates tendered a £100k
(10%) saving was forecasted.
* Working on a consultancy basis for the Local Government Ombudsman to support and advise
them through OJEU compliant procurements for Research Services and Estates Professional
Services.
* Leading the successful procurement for consultancy for Business Process Reorganisation

Compliance Officer at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  • United Kingdom - London
  • September 2007 to April 2011

Responsibilities
* Provision of advice to internal customers
* Review of internal policy documents
* Managing a caseload of internal and external compliance cases
* Researching the performance of health organisations and government

Key Achievements
* Leading the successful delivery of a project to provide investigators with access to research outlining previous performance of health organisations.

Executive Assistant at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  • United Kingdom - London
  • July 2006 to September 2007

Responsibilities
* Managing the caseload of the Head of Customer Services
* Analysing complex complaints and recommending an appropriate response
* Producing management reports using Excel spreadsheets and helping to maintain quality
standards of casework throughout the department.
Key Achievements
* Presenting several complex complaints to a panel of senior management
* Improvement in the rating of the quality of advice given over the phone and reduction in the
number of data input errors made by the customer services team

Caseworker at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  • United Kingdom - London
  • August 2003 to July 2006

Responsibilities
*. Investigating and resolving complaints from members of the public about health services and government offices

Key Achievements
* Meeting and exceeding casework throughput targets
* Resolving complex complaints made by vulnerable customers by approaching health services and government offices directly

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Information Systems
  • at Leeds Metropolitan University
  • January 2003

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High school or equivalent, Maths and Business
  • at Ardleigh Green College
  • June 2000

A Level

Specialties & Skills

Procurement
Project Management
Accounting
Supply Chain
CUSTOMER SERVICE
BUSINESS PROCESS
DELIVERY
DOCUMENTATION
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
GOVERNMENT
RESEARCH

Languages

English
Expert
Mandarin
Beginner

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Procurement and. Supply
  • Full qualified member
  • August 2014

Hobbies

  • Running, swimming, languages
    Completing the London Marathon Completing the Henley 2km Swim Challenge Completing Chinese HSK level 2