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Flying Squirrel Consulting Limited offers strategic procurement consultancy to the public sector and technical authoring services to wider industry.
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We can demonstrate proven expertise in the following areas:
Strategic Procurement
Technical Procurement
Project and Change Management
Skills and Training
Leadership and facilitation
Technical Authoring
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We have developed a number of standard toolkits and models which can be adapted to your requirements to maximise time and cost benefits; alternatively tailor made solutions can be designed to your specific business need.
We have recently completed an 18 month strategic procurement assignment for Liverpool City Council and amongst other projects, are currently providing procurement expertise to AGMA (the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities).
Our procurement / management consultant Jo O’Neill is available to work UK wide on an ad-hoc; rolling interim or fixed term contract basis providing innovative support and cost saving solutions to your procurement; project and training requirements. Jo has extensive experience of strategic procurement including tendering across a wide range of commodities; plus management of diverse projects; the design and conduct of training and process re-engineering.
Jo has developed a number of standard toolkits and models which can be adapted to meet your requirements to maximise time and cost benefits; alternatively tailor made solutions can be designed to meet your specific business need.
Jane Babes is our Technical Author who is available to provide professional document production and management services either remotely or at your premises, ranging from the preparation of one-off documents to the authoring and design of complete document suites and library/content management systems.
Jo and Jane are supported by Sue Wilkinson, our Business Manager who is based at our office in St Helens.
We can demonstrate proven expertise in the following areas:
Strategic Procurement
- Procurement and market strategies
- Consultation exercises and communication planning
- Spend analysis
- Contract Register compilation and contract programme development
- Savings and efficiency calculation methodologies; baselining and benefits tracking
- Category Management Strategies and Organisational Structure
- Drafting of procurement manuals; process maps and guidance
- Risk Assessment and Management
Project and Change Management
- Process audits; design and mapping
- Compliance audits
- Change and process management
- Project Management using tools and methodologies including Prince 2 and Microsoft Projects
Leadership and facilitation
- Dynamic and personable style
- Meeting facilitation and chair
- Charismatic leadership of single discipline and cross functional teams to successfully meet completion deadlines and project milestones
- Preparation of business cases and management reports
- Presentations and briefings
Technical Procurement
- Implementation of Government Procurement Cards; procure to pay and eProcurement systems
- Tendering Processes across a wide range of commodities and routes to market
- Fully conversant with EU procurement directives
- Drafting of tender documentation; including specification and terms and conditions
- Negotiation; Supplier relationship and contract management
- Management Information; reporting and KPI design
Skills and Training
- Skills audits and development of skills matrix
- Conduct and design of training programmes and materials
Technical Authoring
- Proof reading; presentation and document production
- Conversion and formatting of any type of document into PDF & word format
- Document security; version control and ongoing content management
- Design and compilation of all types of manuals and process documentation, with particular specialism in aviation manuals for aircraft and helicopters
- Process development; creation and management of document libraries
We are a team of three:
Jo O’Neill
Managing Director and Procurement / Management Consultant
Originally qualifying as a barrister in 1995 after completing a Law degree at Liverpool University, Jo moved into procurement in 2000, gaining her MCIPS in 2006. Jo has 5 years public sector experience working as Procurement Manager for Cheshire Police; Procurement Manager for the Merseyside Collaborative Procurement Project (MAP) and as a Strategic Procurement Consultant.
Prior to this Jo worked as a manufacturing buyer in the private sector for four years supporting just in time production systems purchasing timber and electronic components plus indirect supplies. Previously Jo carried out legal roles including an external auditor for the Legal Aid Board.
Jo is currently studying part time for a Masters degree in Public Procurement Law and Policy at Nottingham University.
Sue Wilkinson
Business Manager and Project Support
Sue ran her own light engineering business for 18 years prior to selling as a going concern. Prior to setting up Flying Squirrel with Jo, Sue worked for the police for 14 years as a detention officer, where Sue was instrumental in the establishment of diversity groups.
As a swimming coach, Sue has taught may thousands of people to swim including many international swimmers.
Sue is currently studying towards CIPS qualifications.
Jane Babes
Technical Author
Jane trained as an air traffic controller in the RAF and swam internationally for the RAF and Combined Services Team.
Since leaving the RAF in 2000 Jane has worked in Operations Control and Management including responsibility for all company library documentation including aircraft and crew manuals for Airtours; My Travel; Thomas Cook; Ocean Sky and VLL.
Jane was a junior international swimmer and still holds some national English school records. Jane currently also works as a freelance swimming teacher conducting teaching and training sessions for Liverpool City Council and on a private basis.
Thank you for taking the time to visit us. Please contact us with any comments or questions.
Address
54 Factory Row, St. Helens
Merseyside WA10 3LX
Phone Numbers
Office: 01744 752206
Jo: 07590 266515
Sue: 07545 641385
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