Property and FM

Key responsibilities and achievements include:

• Management responsibility for a team of 8 and a £28m budget covering 149 premises (2006) which reduced to 59 over a 2 year period through vacating 118 premises and adding 28 which aligned with the new operation and corporate image requirements

• A further 100 sites (the rest of VT Group sites) were also added to the initial portfolio (through an extension of responsibility) which was reduced to 80 in the initial 4 month period.

• One of the main requirements was to ensure that there was minimal disruption of contract delivery which was fully achieved.

• Costs were reduced by over £6million per annum in 2006 to 08 (21 ½ %) and costs were further reduced in FY 2008 / 09 (£1m) and £1.5m in 2009/10.

• Along with reduced costs a primary driver was to deliver significant improvements in operational efficiency through a change in the business delivery model through improved system connectivity which was fully funded by the facility rationalisation

• A strategy document for the extended estate was delivered which provided a number of options which would deliver between £10M to £20M over a 10 year period as well as further corporate image enhancements

• ISO14001 was introduced into a number of offices and a reduction of 25% in utility costs was achieved.

• In addition to our own estate I was also responsible for hard (maintenance) and soft (Catering & Cleaning) contracts at customer sites which had an initial value of approx. £100M. This cost was reduced by £10m and service improved significantly through a combination of working with the incumbent providers and re-tendering defined packages.