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Case Study – Anglo Beef Processors

Anglo Beef Processors (ABP) is the largest meat processing company in Europe, with a £3.5 billion turnover. It supplies, amongst others, Asda and Sainsbury exclusively with all their meat products in the UK.

1. Mobile Phone Retender

Procurement project involving retendering of ABP Food Group’s mobile phone contract

This involved the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and leading ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

2.Payroll Replacement Solution

Project managed the procurement of a new Payroll software solution as a replacement for the existing payroll software which was due to become out of support, involving the creation of the ITT, creating the supplier list and SLA/contract negotiation, including help desk SLA.

3.Order Management, Production Planning & Optimisation solution

Project managed the competitive tender procurement process to identify an ABP Food Group Order Management, Production Planning & Optimisation solution designed to operate independently across multiple business divisions, sites & species.

This involves the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and leading ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

4.Time & Attendance solution

Project managed the competitive tender procurement process to identify a new ABP Food Group Time & Attendance (T&A) solution for the Group designed to operate independently across multiple business divisions, sites and countries.

This involves the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and leading ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

5.Access Control solution

Project managed the competitive tender procurement process to identify a new ABP Food Group Access Control (AC) solution for the Group designed to operate independently across multiple business divisions, sites and countries.

This involves the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and leading ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

6. Supplied ABP with recruitment services covering both permanent and contract resource

7.Cybersecurity Awareness Training Solution

Project managed the competitive tender procurement to identify a new ABP Food Group  Cybersecurity Awareness Training Solution   

This involved the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and leading ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

8. Mobile Phone Retender

Procurement project involving retendering of ABP Food Group’s mobile phone contract

This involved the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and leading ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

9.New Data Centre

Project managed the competitive tender procurement to identify a new ABP Food Group Data Centre (DC) to replace an existing DC no longer fit for purpose

This involved the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and leading ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

  1. HR and Talent Management solution

Project managed the competitive tender procurement to identify a new ABP Food Group  HR and Talent Management solution to ensure that Group staff development opportunities are properly communicated across the business.

This involved the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and leading ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

  1. New ABP Food Group ERP

Project managed the competitive tender procurement to identify a new ABP Food Group ERP which would align with the roadmap of ERP implementation projects and the possible migration of existing ABP Food Group ERP systems to cloud-based solutions over the following 5 years and to also understand and benchmark the operating cost in delivering ABP ERP systems on a cloud-based architecture.

This involved the creation of the tender document, creating the chosen supplier list including NDAs as required, SLA and contract negotiation and led ultimately to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

  1. Outsourcing of Monthly Payroll Function

Project managed the competitive tender procurement for the outsourcing of ABP’s monthly payroll function, involving the creation of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) supplier list, SLA and contract negotiation, which ultimately led to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

  1. New Packaging Solution

Project managed the competitive tender procurement of ABP’s packaging solution in response to the Government’s draft legislation on waste reduction; this involved the creation of the ITT, supplier list and SLA and contract negotiation, which ultimately led to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

  1. Senior Management Team

Part of a senior management team charged with producing an ABP Food Group IT Strategy

  1. Offshore Software Development

Project managed a procurement project for the tendering of ABP’s offshore software development requirement to replace the existing internally built LiveStock Portal. The LiveStock Portal is high profile both within ABP and in the meat industry and provides a comprehensive platform for farmers to interact with ABP directly and conveniently. The LiveStock Portal is the place where farmers can seek expertise, access their data and optimise their operations; the portal’s ultimate aim is to help farmers increase their commercial success.

This involved the creation of the ITT, creating the supplier list and SLA/contract negotiation, including help desk & SLA in the UK, which ultimately led to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment. This represented the first time that ABP UK had selected a cloud based offshore solution.

Recruited a new Project Manager to run the LiveStock Portal when built to replace the incumbent who was leaving the company

  1. Telephony Transformation project

Project managed a procurement for ABP UK’s Telephony Transformation project This involved creating a Request for Proposal (RFP) which will give suppliers current telephony costs on a site-by-site basis, a description of ABP’s requirement and the generation of a scoring mechanism, which ultimately led to a preferred supplier solution selection and deployment

  1. Vehicle Fleet management

Project managed a procurement project for the tendering of ABP UK and Olleco’s Vehicle Fleet management. This involved the creation of a Request for Proposal (RFP) creating the supplier list, generating a scoring mechanism, and leading to a preferred supplier selection.

  1. WAN requirement

Project managed a procurement project for the tendering of ABP’s WAN requirement, involving the creation of the ITT, creating the supplier list and SLA/contract negotiation, including help desk & SLA across 4 business units, 2 in the UK and 2 in Ireland, leading to a preferred supplier selection.

  1. Invoice Automation and Authorisation requirement

Project managed a procurement project for the tendering of ABP’s invoice authorisation requirement, involving the creation of the ITT, creating the supplier list and SLA/contract negotiation, including help desk & SLA across 4 business units, 2 in the UK and 2 in Ireland, leading to a preferred supplier selection.

  1. Retendering of Mobile Phone and Fixed Line Services

Procurement project involving retendering of ABP’s mobile and fixed line contract, involving the creation of the ITT, creating the supplier list and SLA/contract negotiation, including help desk SLA across 4 business units, 2 in the UK and 2 in Ireland. Suppliers included EE, 3, Eircom and BT

  1. Infrastructure Managed Service

Managed an IT procurement for an infrastructure managed service for ABP Ireland, which resulted in a move away from the incumbent. Managed the transition including help desk SLA

  1. HR and Weekly Payroll Software Solution

Project managed the procurement of ABP’s HR and weekly payroll software, involving the creation of the ITT, supplier list and SLA including help desk SLA  and contract negotiation.

  1. Access Control Solution

Project managed the procurement of ABP’s Access Control software, involving the creation of the ITT, supplier list and SLA and contract negotiation.

  1. Time and Attendance

Project managed the procurement of ABP’s Time and Attendance software, involving the creation of the ITT, supplier list and SLA and contract negotiation.

  1. Food Traceability solution.

Project managed the procurement of a software solution project for their Food Traceability solution,  involving the creation of the ITT, creating the supplier list and SLA/contract negotiation, including help desk & SLA

  1. Contract Development Resource

Provided contract development resource due to a developer leaving the company

  1. Permanent Replacement Developer

Recruited a permanent replacement developer, an EDI specialist, a site IT manager, an IT administration person and a 3rd level engineer.

  1. Retendering of WAN

Provided Procurement Programme Management for the retendering of ABP’s WAN contract, involving the creation of the ITT, supplier list and SLA including help desk SLA and contract negotiation.

  1. Retendering of ABP’s mobile and fixed line

Project managed the retendering of ABP’s mobile and fixed line contract, involving the creation of the ITT, supplier list and SLA including help desk SLA and contract negotiation, for the 2 UK business units.

  1. Outsourcing of monthly payroll

Project managed the procurement of an outsourcing of ABP’s monthly payroll function, involving the creation of the ITT, supplier list and SLA and contract negotiation.

  1. Procurement Programme Management

Provided Procurement Programme Management and independent outsourcing consultancy to ABP; developed the outsourcing strategy, governance guidelines and benchmarked the services required in order to lead the negotiation for a new IT services contract

Customer secured an approximately 50% reduction in IT costs, and an improved service to the business by moving from the incumbent to a new supplier

  1. High Availability computing

Provided Procurement Programme Management and independent outsourcing consultancy to enable ABP to cost justify High Availability computing across the group; developed and implemented a commercial strategy for vendor selection.

  1. Procurement Outsourcing Consultancy

Provided independent procurement outsourcing consultancy to ABP; benchmarked the services required and led the negotiation for a new Managed Services contract. Customer secured an approximately 50% reduction in outsourcing costs, and an improved service to the business.

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