Mark Brown

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ABOUT MARK BROWN

A Procurement/Sourcing and Supply Chain leader, as Director of Sourcing and head of Europe for payments giant First Data (Fiserv). Formally Strategic Procurement Manager/Business Partner, EMEA Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing Lead, at Hewlett Packard. Graduating with a IT and Business Management qualification and advanced Diploma in IT skills. Trained in automotive fleet sales, later working in finance for E&Y in London. Procurement focused roles since 2001. MCIPS qualified by the exam route. A seasoned Procurement Professional with over 13 years Strategic Procurement/Contracts/legal/Category and Supplier Management experience gained through central Government, a regulatory organization, and the private sector in the IT/Payments sector; experience gained in roles from Procurement Specialist (General indirect) to Procurement Manager (IT outsource services/contingent labor), Procurement Manager (HW & SW/Contract/Contingent Labor/Services), Senior Supplier Manager and IT Category Account Manager, Senior Commercial Manager - client facing then most recently Director of Technology Sourcing and DATA Centre lead, and Head of Sourcing Europe.Key Skills - Relationship Management, Stakeholder Management, Builder of Teams and Talent, Project Management, Strategic Procurement/Management, Cost Mitigation, Supplier/vendor Management, Negotiation, BPO/Tech Outsourcing and Business & Finance management.Key Attributes - A strategic thinker, able to appreciate the bigger picture whilst managing the technical delivery of a programe/project to deliver results through Strategic Management, teamwork, management of resources/staff, collaboration and leadership. A highly motivated but driven and approachable thought leader with a strong work ethic of honesty, trust and mutual respect for others.