David Young Email Address

Supplier Relations Commercial and Contract Manager

Thanks to the support of Openreach, more of the money you raise through the Chatterbox Challenge goes towards helping I CAN support children across the UK that are struggling to communicate. Openreach maintains and improves the network that connects tens of millions of homes and businesses to telephone exchanges across the UK.

I am a very successful Contract and Commercial Manager I am driven by an enquiring mind and a commitment to continuous improvement. Being unafraid to confront difficult issues head on, coupled with strong relationship management skills, I have been able to identify and lead effective change programmes which have delivered great services for customers and commercial value for my company. I have a proven and impressive track record of project delivery to time, cost, and quality which creates trust and builds solid strategic supplier relationships. I have strong negotiation skills developed in the Network engineering and service delivery environment and have a leadership style which motivates and inspires people through personal example, presence, values and principles. I have an open, honest and interactive style, focused on serving the best interests of my team, my employer and my customers. I am a skilled project/contracts manager, with the determination and commitment to think through complex problems and deliver workable solutions at pace; and my organisational skills mean that I have repeatedly been able to translate great ideas into great practice. This has won me high praise from colleagues, clients and senior leaders, whom I have had the pleasure to work with.