Experience

Corplex

• France
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Group Director of Purchasing

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Global responsibility for Direct, Indirect and Outbound Logistics spend across UK, Europe and US. Global responsibility for Direct, Indirect and Outbound Logistics spend across UK, Europe and US.



IAC Group

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Procurement Manager - Europe and South Africa

  • Jan 2022 - Feb 2023

  Leading a team of Commodity Managers / Buyers across multiple locations in Europe. Ensuring purchasing objectives are aligned to business objectives across 16 plants in Europe / South Africa. Focusing on Programme Deliverables and Cost Down within the Plastics Commodity. Spend $90m

• Commodity Manager

  • Jul 2020 - Jan 2022

  Commodity Manager for Metal Work, Electronics and Fasteners for Europe and South Africa. Spend $35m across 16 plants. Sales $2.0 Billion.Responsible for all strategic activites and management of suppliers within the commodity.Fully responsible for all commercial objectives whilst establishing and executing commodity strategies in line with overall business objectives. Notable Achievements: Secured over $3.3m savings via Contract Negotiation.



JCB

• United Kingdom
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchasing Manager - Heavy Products Division

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

  Spend of approx £145 million across 150 plus suppliers. 8 Direct Reports ranging from Programme Managers, Senior Buyers, Group Buyers and P2Ps.Category Lead for the sourcing and strategic direction of Major Fabrications and Counterweights as well as components to include Hydraulics, E & E, Castings, Wheels & Tyres, Plastics, Rubber Mouldings, Pressings, Machined Components, Filtration, Fasteners and C Class items.Responsible for the creation and implementation of the cost down road map to aid JCBs profitable growth within the excavator market whilst ensuring Key Stage 5 Engine Legislation is supported via agile global supply chains. Regular presentations to CEO and COO created and delivered.Accountable for the Budget creation and delivery with monthly forecasting and reporting into the P & L.Direct report into the Business Unit MD with Key Stakeholder Relationships with Engineering, Finance, Quality, Materials and Operations Managers. Show less

• Purchasing Manager - Attachments Division

  • May 2017 - Jul 2018

  Global responsibility for the Strategic Sourcing of Attachments to support JCBs machine division builds as well as global aftermarket sales and service requirements. Spend of approx £55 million.Sourcing product from China, Australia, Korea, USA, India, Europe and the UK with key LTAs, Rebate Agreements, Consignment Stock Agreements, Service Level Agreements and year on year cost down activity negotiated and agreed.Managed 4 direct reports which involved objective setting, succession planning, mentoring, advice and guidance, counselling, career planning and development. Show less



Meggitt

• United Kingdom
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategic Commodity Manager

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Strategic Commodity Manager across 3 UK Divisions. Responsible for negotiating and implementing Direct and Indirect Contracts across three UK Sites. Commodity responsibility for Pre-Preg, Chemicals, Resins, Composites, Rubber and Metal Work. Notable Achievements: Identified over £130,000 savings within first 3 months of employment by negotiating a discount reduction on the Climate Change Levy energy tax imposed on industrial energy users. This was also backdated 3 years to 2014 and achieved an immediate saving of £52,000. Show less



JCB

• United Kingdom
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchasing Manager - LDL Division

  • May 2016 - Dec 2016

  Notable AchievementsResponsible for the re-structuring organisational change, recruitment, training, mentoring and objective setting for 8 buyers across two divisions, whilst managing supply chain capacity constraints due to an extensive ramp up in manufacturing requirements.

• Purchasing Manager - BHL Division

  • Jan 2015 - May 2016

  Promoted rapidly through a series of increasingly responsible positions based on strong commercial,project management and team leadership performance. Responsible for training, mentoring and objective setting for 3 direct reports whilst deploying a cost reduction road map.Reported directly into the Managing Director and Global Purchasing Cluster Manager.Notable Achievements:Negotiated savings of over £3.1 Million Pounds by BCC Resourcing, Leverage Negotiations, Long Term Agreements, VAVE and Make v Buy.Successfully project managed the BOM quality improvement programme which resulted in a 60% improvement on part approval within the Global Supply Chain.Chosen to be part of the JCB Global Purchasing Conference Co-ordination Team which involved creating the overall structure of the conference and ensuring its overall success whilst gaining approval from the CEO. Show less

• Global Platform Buyer for New Product Introducton - BHL Division

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

  Globally co-ordinating the purchasing and supplier activity across all new product introduction programmes for the BHL machine for manufacturing sites in the UK, Brazil, India and Savannah . This included policing and enforcing the NPIP process whilst communicating the latest status within gate reviews. Working together with Engineering, Research, Design, Suppliers, Quality, Logistics and Purchasing to develop synthetic BOMS and communicate and develop the programme scopes and timing with key milestone dates agreed. Show less

• Senior Buyer - Fabrications and Machined Components - BHL Division

  • Mar 2011 - Dec 2013

  Responsible for developing, communicating and managing the global purchasing strategy for hydraulic/diesal tanks as well as ensuring all fabricated/machined components were sourced at the best total cost of acquisition globally.Extensive experience in travelling, sourcing and negotiating with key suppliers across India and China.



Eaton

• Ireland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategic Buyer - Fuel Hoses, Fasteners, Raw Material, Fabrications and Machined Components

  • Jan 2010 - Feb 2011

  Strategic Buyer (£30 Million Spend) Responsible for the sourcing of raw material including coil bar, sheet and tube, welded fabrications, machined components, hoses and fasteners from strategic suppliers across the UK, Europe, India and the USA Notable Achievements: Project managed the introduction of the Supplier E-Portal with all key suppliers across the UK, Europe, USA & India. Project managed the UK initiative to change all sub-contractors from free issued material to purchase complete whilst converting to ex-works terms. Show less



ADVANTA Packaging

• United Kingdom
• Packaging & Containers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group Buyer - Aluminium, Corrugated Packaging, Polythene, MRO and Indirect.

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2009

  Responsible for the sourcing and scheduling of Aluminium Coils, Corrugated and Polythene Packaging to satisfy leading supermarket / food manufacturers such as Mr Kipling, 2 Sisters, Tesco and Marks & Spencer. Indirect responsibility for MRO items. Notable Achievements: Developed and co-ordinated the raw material strategy to cut inventory by 400 tonnes which improved cash flow and reduced stock holding by £900,000. This was achieved by negotiating new consignment stock facilities as well as re-evaluating material usage on site. Negotiated savings of over 20% on polythene contracts utilising European leveraging. Show less