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<strong>Elevate</strong><br />

Luke Sparrow<br />

Location: Dublin<br />

Phone No: +353 85 711 7418<br />

Email: luke@lukesparrow.com<br />

Website: www.lukesparrow.com<br />

Luke has a background in telecommunications, manufacturing, services<br />

& banking. He has extensive direct working knowledge of procurement<br />

process, procedure and policy development and deployment; and is<br />

very well versed in contract law. Competent in dealing with all sizes of<br />

tender from small local product related ones to large scale (€100m+)<br />

complex service ones which cross international boundaries, from both the<br />

procurement and the sales side.<br />

Since early 2010 Luke Sparrow and Associates, a niche consultancy<br />

providing clients with a “non typical” service focused on simplifying the<br />

complexities and delivering real value has been growing successfully.<br />

Current clients range from telecommunications companies with locations<br />

throughout the country to small marketing collateral companies based in<br />

Dublin city centre, to world leading internet search companies and public<br />

sector bodies.<br />

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Projects completed include regional sourcing reviews (EMEA & USA),<br />

multiple savings programs, niche market to multimillion euro tenders,<br />

bid management, staff mentoring, director support, meeting facilitation,<br />

procurement training as well as tools provision.<br />

Immediately prior to starting this business Luke worked as the Strategic<br />

Procurement Manager with Meteor Mobile Communications.<br />

Achievements include:<br />

• Successfully delivered direct bottom line cash to clients by reducing<br />

supplier spend (15%+)<br />

• Saved directors/owners time (20%) by implementing tender management<br />

procedures<br />

• Increased clients eTenders prequalification success rate from<br />

75%<br />

• Secured public sector work for clients through controlled bid<br />

management process<br />

• Supported client in development of key strategic partnerships.

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