Louie Abbott
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Credentials
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Vehicle Banksman
Trainsafe & Weld Ability LtdOct, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Cycle Safety
FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition SchemeDec, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Fuel Efficient Driving
FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition SchemeDec, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Parking And Loading Legally
FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition SchemeDec, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Van Smart
Freight & FleetDec, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Work-Related Road Safety
FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition SchemeDec, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Lift Truck Operator
Trainsafe & Weld Ability LtdOct, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply
CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
Experience
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London Underground
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United States
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Renewables & Environment
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300 - 400 Employee
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Materials Controller
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Jun 2023 - Present
Providing inventory control and expediting for the relevant asset area ensuring all materials required for maintenance, Projects and related functions are delivered on time, keeping inventory levels within targets. Working in conjunction with Commercial and LU Engineering you to ensure the performance, safety and cost of the asset base are optimised from a whole life perspective. Supporting the Materials Manager in establishing materials management capability to support current and future business requirements. • Undertake stock control and expediting of designated groups of stock items to ensure optimum holding to meet availability requirements in a timely manner. • Ensure appropriate arrangements are in place to maximise stock availability to meet customer demand. • Ensure all inventory master data is kept up to date. • Develop an expediting system to ensure on time deliveries to meet business demands. • Develop a de-expediting system to support stock optimisation. • Assist with continuous improvement agendas for materials and purchasing activities. • Responsible for ensuring compliance with statutory obligations, operational standards and safety and security risks. • Accountable for being an authentic role model for diversity and inclusion. Driving positive and progressive change within the team to achieve measurable improvements in diversity and inclusion. • Deliver the end to end approach to Materials Management, in collaboration with LU Commercial and Stakeholders. • Compliance with Materials Management policies, processes and toolkits to facilitate good practice, maximising business benefits and compliance with corporate governance across LU that's scalable to TfL. • Use of appropriate systems to support Materials and Plant Management to deliver process and data efficiencies. Show less
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Transport for London
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Materials Controller
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Aug 2018 - Jun 2023
Ensure London Trams meets its tram availability target through ensuring that requirements for new and / or repairable parts, identified through Material Requirements planning (MRP) processes such as Max / Min, safety stock breaches, and any other bespoke MRP / manual requirements are purchased, expedited and delivered on time and in full to meet the Production schedule and the material budget.•Place purchase orders in line with defined requirements taking into account the material lead time of between 2 - 26 weeks and the minimum stock levels recorded in the MRP system.• Ensure all identified requirements are placed on order, within the agreed timescales, to the agreed budget, with the external supply chain and work closely with the Vendor to provide effective purchase order acknowledgement.• Establish and build effective relationships with all stakeholders to reduce lead times and provide accurate and timely information to internal Customers (Other members of the Materials Team, Production, Engineering and Maintenance).• Develop and maintain an effective long range forecasting tool using information supplied by Engineering and Production to predict likely usage patterns for parts and to enable long term purchase order placement to remove the requirement for manual re order triggers to increase overall material availability.• Manage the parts inflow to the agreed material budget taking into account any storage space considerations and working capital impact.• Develop a business appropriate Key Process Indicators (KPI) pack around the order book to track internal and external performance on a daily / weekly / monthly basis leading to trend analysis summary and a defined improvement plan where required.• Constantly assess the Materials process and procedures and change where appropriate to increase effectiveness.• Manage all elements of Health & Safety within the Stores environment Show less
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Stores Operative (Trams)
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Sep 2017 - Aug 2018
Provide the correct amount of material to ensure Tram's meets its tram availability target through:Working within the Materials Team to accurately receive, store and distribute material to the point of use within the agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA). Monitor, measure, analyse and communicate all relevant and agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
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Store Operative (LU)
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Mar 2015 - Sep 2017
Provide the correct amount of material to the Track Delivery Unit project teams:Working within the Materials Team to accurately receive, store and distribute material to the end user in a professional and timely manner. Monitor, measure, analyse and communicate all relevant and agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
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Education
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2019 - 2021
CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
Advance Diploma in Procurement and Supply, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management
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