Experience

FFEI

• United Kingdom
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Buyer

  • Jan 2009 - Present

  • Manage key commodities of sheet metal fabrication, electrical motors and actuators, optical spinners. • Commodity spend approx. £2.35m • Manage change process for key Life Science project • Develop close working relationship with Design & Engineering improving cross-functional team work. • Due to closure of a major sheet metal supplier, managed transfer of business to alternate suppliers, including design review, prototype manufacture, series production during manufacturing operations. • Managed reduction in large assembly stock holding from £76K to £40K through liaising with Production Planners and JIT control of supplier deliveries. • Improved delivery and quality performance of Hong Kong-based metal work supplier, saving on air freight costs - from approx. £4,000 per month to less than £1,000. • Continued development of existing UK sheet metal suppliers to improve cost, quality and delivery performance, resulting in improved material availability and reduced cost. • Developed costing model with key sheet metal supplier to enable optimum quantity/price decisions • Completion of supply agreement with motor supplier, negotiating stock holdings in UK, improving on time delivery performance (now approx. 98% OTD) and eliminating the need and cost for air freight of components from Japan (around £400 per shipment).



Altro Limited

• United Kingdom
• Building Materials
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Group Procurement Officer

  • 1990 - 2008



Britannia Airways

• Luton, Bedfordshire, UK

• Rotables Controller

  • 1986 - 1990

  Reported to Supplies Manager, Rotables Section – Responsible for 3 staff • Availability of spares both for planned heavy maintenance and flight line needs. • “Out of hours” cover for line engineering function. • Managed full inventory location analysis. • Analysed usage and agreed increased holding of key items with engineering management Reported to Supplies Manager, Rotables Section – Responsible for 3 staff • Availability of spares both for planned heavy maintenance and flight line needs. • “Out of hours” cover for line engineering function. • Managed full inventory location analysis. • Analysed usage and agreed increased holding of key items with engineering management