Consultant Profile
Tanya has 15 years experience as a procurement practitioner, holding senior positions in a multinational building and construction company and the NSW State Government, where she negotiated multi-million dollar supply agreements, built a procurement function and established a consulting practice. Tanya is well qualified to assist businesses in reviewing, developing and operating their procurement functions and has developed an extensive toolkit of resources to assist procurement teams improve their effectiveness.

As a consultant, Tanya has assisted large, medium and small companies and organisations to improve sourcing and purchasing systems, processes and structures. Beginning with a review of current situation, Tanya explores options for companies to establish or re-invigorate procurement operations to ensure that their contribution to company objectives is maximised. Tanya works with her clients to implement improvement projects, including recruitment of key personal, systems implementation and other change management strategies. Tanya also provides operational support to companies by acting in key roles, as required.

As a Procurement Development Manager, Tanya supported the development of a large nationally-based procurement team. In doing so, she worked with the team to establish the enabling foundations for procurement; including developing procurement strategy, processes, team capabilities and competencies, technological foundations (Procure to Pay and e-Procurement), data and performance management and communications.

As a Procurement Manager Tanya developed and implemented of a suite of multi-million dollar strategic sourcing agreements delivering significant cost and efficiency savings to the business both in terms of reductions in total cost and through demand management, some of these include:

  • Telecommunications
  • Raw Material Supply
  • Freight & Logistics
  • Labour
  • Repairs, Maintenance and Operating Supplies and Services, and more.

As the Principal Consultant in a Procurement Consultancy, Tanya led project teams providing procurement consulting services to a broad range of Public Sector and Local Government clients, including:

  • Roads and Traffic Authority
  • NSW Police Service
  • Department of Health
  • Department of School Education and Training
  • Department of Juvenile Justice
  • Department of Fair Trading
  • Department of Ageing and Disabilities
  • Randwick City Council.

These consultancies involved the research, design, recommendation and implementation of change management strategies for her clients.