Udhi Silva

Hi I'm Udhi Silva, Director and Co Owner of Medical Supermarket.com and Procure Health, the industries largest one stop shop for healthcare.

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An ambitious Entreprenuer with interests in Healthcare sourcing and making GP's, care homes and hospitals lives easier by procuring goods and services through a reliable cost effective portal. Co-founder of Medical Supermarket.com the Uk's leading one stop shop for healthcare which is experiencing 500% growth year on year. Udhi Silva has responsibility for the commercial deliverables of the company encompassing both the procurement of goods and services alongside the management and execution of the companies sales and field team strategy. Udhi Silva has recently got married to Emily Silva.

Category Manager - Sourcing at General Healthcare Group

2008 - 2011

? Managing ?60 million worth of indirect spend across IT, HR, Marketing, Finance ? Managing 2 direct reports responsible for clinical and indirect categories ? Responsible for developing relationships with senior stakeholders and driving buy-in to on-going procurement activities ? Delivering standardisation projects and supplier consolidation across indirects ? Responsible for presenting the category results to Senior Management in the monthly Strategic Review Board and delivering the cost savings projects across 60+ locations ? Key Achievements; ? Securing tangible in year savings over ?1 million, 2009 and 2010 ? Exceeding compliance targets ? Developed a Ways of Working process to integrate effective stakeholder management ? Managed and delivered solutions for outsourcing and implementation of both Warehousing and Logistics ? Managed the design, development and implementation of competitive tenders/RFX"s for multi-category spend via e-sourcing tools ? Supported management team develop a step change entry for CIPS awards 2010

Clinical Buyer - Sourcing at General Healthcare Group

2005 - 2008

Responsible for Sourcing products within the medical/surgical domain across anesthetics, endoscopy and prosthesis. ? Delivered annual savings of ?350k (2005), ?800k (2006), ?1M (2007-2008) Confidential (C) 2011 15 ? Responsible for driving extensive standardisation programs across multiple sites working with complex stakeholders and clinicians ? Supporting Senior Procurement Team with complex negotiations and stretched targets Key Achievements; ? Responsible for driving the procurement strategy and group sourcing plan within national clinical forums ? Conducted and managed numerous e-auctions and tender events

Buyer at Harrods, Knightsbridge

2004 - 2005

? Sourcing of specialist products ? Managing vendor relationships across 1500 suppliers ? Duties involved controlling the supply chain between the point of sale and receipt to the consumer ? Developing relationships with strategic suppliers ? Managing range plans and product inventory ? Supporting the senior buyers with negotiation and consumer strategy Key Achievements; ? Exceeded savings targets for the department ? Secured FOC stock for Harrods sales campaigns

Director at ProCure Health & Medical Supermarket

July 2010

Medical Supermarket is the UK's leading one stop shop for healthcare supporting GP's, Care Homes and Hospitals with cost savings across 60,000 products including medical equipment, consumables, stationery, pharmaceuticals, utilities and much more. As the market leaders in cost savings for Healthcare our objective is to provide you with the best prices from the market with a service that is unrivalled from any other supplier in this market.

Healthcare, procurement, sourcing, NHS, Primary care, secondary care, tertiary care, entrepreneurship, healthcare budgeting, buying groups