Toby Guest
Director & Consultant Global Procurement, Corporate Travel, Meetings & Events, Payments @Resilirex
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Director & Consultant Global Procurement, Corporate Travel, Meetings & Events, Payments @Resilirex
Director and global consultant specialising in corporate travel, meetings & events, and payment solutions, as well as wider indirect global procurement category management & leadership. Deep expertise in worldwide & local implementation, change management and strategic category management on a global scale. Examples of expertise include- TMC/OBT implementation, optimisation and swap-out- hotel, airline, ground transportation, TMC strategic category management, negotiation & optimisation- corporate card product implementation and project management- worldwide deployment of strategic meetings management programs- indirect category optimisation, savings & efficiencies- global team senior leadership, matrix management, worldwide operational and/or project-based team management; specialising in problem resolution, restructuring, performance enhancement, inspirational leadership, mentoring, onboarding & building, offboarding & outsourcingMasters in Project Management and experienced working with Cvent, Veeva, Concur, SAP, Icertis, Ariba and multiple OBT solutions. Available worldwide for interim, project, contractor or permanent roles, inside or outside IR35 - please get in touch for availability and rates.
EDUCATION
Teesside University
Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons), Executive Communications (PQ)
CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing
DipM (PQ), Marketing
The George Washington University School of Business
Masters, Project Management
IBM Training
Consultancy Training, Sales School, Marketing School, Project Management
Bournemouth University
Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons), Communication with Information Systems
SKILLS
ABOUT TOBY GUEST
With extensive experience in global procurement and strategic sourcing leadership roles across many indirect categories, I am also an industry specialist in travel, meetings & events, and payment solutions. I have significant multinational experience driving excellence, change management and process transformation in senior roles and business process outsourcing consultancy positions. I have led operational teams in more than 80 countries within all key global regions, and in industries as diverse as finance and insurance, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, oil and gas, IT and consultancy services. With a focus on strategic management, process optimisation, business process outsourcing, supplier relationship management, sustainability, diversity & duty of care, I have been accountable for controlling global delivery of significant business benefits through strategic sourcing, operational development, process innovation and collaborative senior stakeholder management. As previously demonstrated in a strategic global roles at Bayer and BMS, I have delivered significant transformational value & directly contributed consolidated cost savings to companies in excess of €750M over the course of several global initiatives via complex negotiations with third-parties.A wide and diverse pedigree, ranging from Executive Director & Vice President at Goldman Sachs, Global Director at Advantilis fulfilling a Global Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) consultancy position for BP, to Senior Procurement management and consultancy accountability at IBM and Xchanging Procurement Services; resulting in extensive long-standing business networking experience and diverse industry contacts.Passionately focussed on team development, I am also a mentor to industry professionals, having also previously held the positions of Content and Advisory Board Member for Business Travel iQ, UK Country Champion for ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives) and judge for both the Business Travel Awards and EVCOM Clarion Awards. I have been a speaker at many corporate industry events including IMEX, ACTE Global Conference and the Business Travel Show. Skills keywords: Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Strategic Meetings & Events Management, Consultancy, Airlines, Hotels, Travel Agency. Online Booking Tools, Car Rental, Ground Transportation, Expense & Payment Solutions/Cards, Communications, Outsourcing, strategy, negotiation, sourcing, matrix management, BPO, agile consulting, tools (Concur, Cvent, Veeva), stakeholders, vendor and project management, outsourced category spend.
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