Sara Cook

Background

About Sara Cook

I am a highly driven and effective business professional with a strong track record of driving organisational improvement, strategic planning, policy development and transformational change in the public sector (local government and the NHS). I excel in business strategy and planning, project planning and delivery, performance management to drive improvement across functions and organisations, stakeholder engagement, internal and external communications, as well as research and consultation. I am a persuasive communicator who is able to liaise with and influence decision makers. I am incredibly self-motivated with the ability to deliver consistently and to a high standard. This is reflected in everything that I do. I have a real “can do” attitude and thrive on a challenge, which in recent years has been demonstrated through my involvement is helping to set up the national Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment Programme and working in elective recovery in the NHS. Specialities: Project management, project planning and delivery; strategy and planning; stakeholder engagement and management; organisational improvement and performance optimisation; strategy and policy development; performance management; strategic planning; strategic analysis; business analysis; business development; market, supplier and competitor intelligence; market research and consultation; marketing and communications; equality and diversity; spend analysis; supplier analysis; market analysis;