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Purchasing & Supply Chain Executive & Interim Manager

Purchasing & Supply Chain Executive & Interim Manager

Work Experience

1999-Now: Interim Purchasing & Supply Chain Management for clients such as CGNU/Norwich Union, NOVA Chemicals, Motorola etc.

Interim Purchasing and Supply Chain Executive
Operating through a limited company with professional indemnity insurance.

• Developed & implemented industry leading purchasing strategy for supply of business critical professional services - CGNU/Norwich Union
• Negotiated introduction of supplier cost reduction programmes to deliver agreed annual savings of circa 10%
• Developed and implemented leading edge cost tracking management information system
• Obtained independent verification for savings of at least £15m
• Developed inventory management tool to save £ 0.5m in support of major business process re-engineering programme – Motorola
• Led the pan-European purchasing team to integrate a major European acquisition from Shell - NOVA Chemicals
• Integrated all of the client's multi-lingual European purchasing operations throughout the UK, France and the Netherlands
• Implemented SAP 4.6 (ERP) materials management module in all European sites
• Justified, designed and initiated a new pan European non production purchasing organisation
• Negotiated agreements to achieve the client's synergy targets within twelve weeks of arrival
• Established a major new warehousing operation
• Justified and designed a new pan-European non production purchasing organisation
• Delivered savings 20% above the client's annual targets.

1996-1999: Valeo Electronic Security Systems – Turnover FF 400m www.valeo.com

Directeur Achats / (Purchasing Director)
Global “top ten” first tier automotive supplier. Recruited to set up UK purchasing unit & select global electronics assembly partner, spending up to 50% of time abroad. Relocated to Paris headquarters after promotion to manage French and UK purchasing teams – staff 7.

• Led European purchasing co-ordination for specialist active electronics category (transponders)
• Introduced the new product introduction/project purchasing process within the UK business unit
• Developed microprocessor purchasing strategy for new RF transmitter product platform with R&D team
• Led European plastic purchasing strategy team for 3 business units in France & Germany. ~20% savings opportunities in Czech Republic
• Benchmarked global sub-contract electronics market to support annual negotiations with supply partner
• Championed implementation of QS9000 for sales and purchasing business processes
• Managed capital equipment purchasing for plastic moulding tools
• Negotiated rebate on air travel spend for group companies in the UK of 18%
• Managed purchasing elements of product down costing programme including value engineering e.g. RF shield: saving 60%

1995-1996: Interim Purchasing & Supply Chain Management for clients such as Rieter Automotive Systems, BASF, Bankers Trust

Interim Purchasing and Supply Chain Executive
Contracted to manage spends representing up to 50% of cost of sales on behalf of clients with international supply bases.

• Captured low density polyethylene savings on £1.4m spend (38%)
• Championed multi-disciplinary team to resource key polypropylene plastic extrusion, saving >25%
• Introduced strategic Asian raw material supplier. Reversed quarterly price increases into saving 23%
• Designed supply chain change programme to reduce raw material stocks by 50%
• Negotiated 7% saving on annual chemicals raw materials spend in eight weeks including:
19% savings on rubber compound, 16% to 27% savings on chemicals spend, 30% savings on pigments/colourings

1994-1995: LTS Rail – Turnover £ 70m

Procurement and Contracts Manager
Recruited to set up a dedicated “non production” purchasing operation and introduce commercial purchasing for one of the first three train business privatisations/MBO – staff 6.

• Recruited trained and organised team of purchasing professionals
• Introduced commercial approach as member of the executive management team
• Re-engineered the ordering process for the multi-site business, closing stores & saving labour costs.
• Negotiated contract for IT systems (hardware & software including SLAs) – subsequently adopted by all of ex British Rail (£100m)
• Negotiated engineering spares contract for all newly privatised train operating companies with two peers (£175m)
• Outsourced train cleaning (21 employees) - measureably improving quality and saving 23%

1987-1994: Lucas Engineering and Systems – Consultancy Business - Turnover £ 21m part of Lucas Industries plc.

Supply Chain Management Consultant
Recruited and subsequently promoted to provide specialist input to client’s multi-disciplinary teams for more than 15 blue chip companies, including Lucas, Rolls Royce, BTR/Hawker Siddeley, Royal Ordnance, BPCC and ICI/Enichem.

• Re-engineered outbound supply chain in media business – saving: 30% of labour and 85% of lead times
• Led team to benchmark 200 aerospace suppliers using the Booz Allen and Hamilton strategic sourcing methodology
• Diagnosed and implemented 10% labour savings for key aerospace supplier within a four week period.
• Designed international multi-site make vs buy/manufacturing strategy - control systems products manufacturer.
• Through Kanban systems, reduced stock by 70% in munitions business and achieved nil stock-outs and 85% reduction in lead times between suppliers and automotive industry customer.
• Led team to develop Lucas Group’s Strategic Supplier Development Approach - launched internationally.
• Initiated 30% labour savings leading to £1.8m cost reduction at automotive plastics supplier
• Designed and introduced gross MRP system for aerospace electronics business
• Analysed requirements and selected cell materials planning and control system for automotive business
• Developed and implemented Unix workstation and software purchasing strategies for Lucas business unit

Education

1983-1987: Loughborough University of Technology.
Sponsored by both GEC-Ruston Gas Turbines and GEC-Napier Turbochargers

Bachelor of Technology (2:1 Hons) Thin Sandwich Engineering Undergraduate
Production engineering and management degree, with a sponsored industry training programme for Chartered Engineer status.

Skills

Strategic Purchasing Process (many categories)
Win:Win Supplier Cost Reduction Programmes
Supply Chain Management Consultancy
Mergers & Acquisitions (3 roles to date)
Pan European Purchasing Management Experience (2 roles to date)



Languages

English – mother tongue.
French – good.

Other

Have lived and worked in France.
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE) Member of the Chartered Institution of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS)


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