OVERVIEW James is a senior, highly experienced and "hands-on" strategic procurement and sourcing consultant with 30 years’ in-depth experience of all procurement aspects who enjoys his work. Well developed people skills and a personable, determined and pragmatic approach; equally proficient in disciplines like sourcing advisory services, business change, strategic sourcing and managing complex framework-agreements/contracts as well as working in national/international projects within the public and the private sector, particularly ICT. Specialties Direct/Indirect Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Outsourcing, IT Offshoring, Change Management, Negotiation, Strategy Development, Leadership, Contract Management, Business Process Outsourcing, Consultancy and Resource Procurement, Procurement, Negotiation, Strategic Sourcing, Change Management, Leadership, P2P and E-Commerce Management, Implementation and Training. Fluent in English, French, and German. James also successfully instructs in NLP techniques, combatting office stress, enhancing time management and negotiation skills. He trains and instructs clients in the use of NLP techniques for the corporate environment.  He is a master NLP practitioner, trained under Dr Richard Bandler, the co-inventor of NeuroLinguisticProgramming and Paul McKenna. James studied clinical hypnotherapy with ICH, and is also a professional stress counsellor. NLP and clinical hypnotherapy are increasingly recognised as useful methods and tools by corporate clients to improve the wellbeing of their employees, enhance individual performance through better concentration, reduce stress levels, optimise the use of time and advance interpersonal management skills. Former Contracts: Metropolitan Police Authority Procurement Lead Department of Children, Schools and Families    Procurement Lead Identity and Passport Service    Due Diligence Manager (Special Projects) Head of Due Diligence (ID Card Project) Procurement Manager (Contract Management) Cabinet Office - CSIA CSIA Procurement Co-Ordinator   Novos Limited    Consultant Barclays Bank PLC   Program Manager Lehman Brothers Limited Contract Manager FM General Electric Contract Manager - Europe Citigroup Inc. Manager Salomon Brothers International Limited Contract Manager - Europe Deutsche Morgan Grenfell - Deutsche Bank Purchasing Manager   Salomon Brothers International Limited      Contracts Manager Reuters Limited Contracts Manager Goldman Sachs International Limited Senior Buyer US Army HQ (NATO) Logistics Counsellor

Testimonials: “James has worked for me on a number of procurement/Commercial Projects over the last few years and has always produced excellent work. One such project was to provide a complete suite of Standard Contract documents to update the existing to which he added all the support documents necessary for staff to use with them and informative user guides. These are still in use. Another project was to produce all the internal and external documents for a service contract that proved invaluable in the efficient processing of the seperate elements of the service. I would have no hesitation in working with James again and recommend him to any future employer.” February 14, 2011 Alan Barclay, Head of Procurement, UK Identity and Passport Service