Experience

David Harber

• United Kingdom
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing & Materials Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  • Nurturing supplier relationships. • Ensuring all purchases are fully quoted to maximize on potential savings in sourcing. • Liaising with key employees to determine needs. • Placing purchase orders. • Planning of delivery and collection routes for efficient use of resources. • Ensuring OTIF delivery of materials to support production and maximize efficiency. • Supervising booking in deliveries from suppliers. • Managing the Storeman position. • Managing control of stock areas and consumables. • Responsible for stock accuracy. • Responsible for stock variances. • Responsible for monthly stock check procedures. • Responsible for updating internal systems. • Managing issue of materials to production. • Monitoring business purchase trends. • Working to Company budgets within product material supply. • Managing and analysing current procurement procedures. • Propose improvements. Show less



Duffells

• United Kingdom
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Buyer

  • Mar 2017 - Nov 2017

  • Raising and collating purchase orders (Suggested, Contract, Top Up) for portfolio of supplier accounts. Fast moving 2-3 days lead time. Fast moving 6 months forecast. • Monitoring the supply chain, forecasting, and deliveries. responsible for specific suppliers focusing on the company's own brands. Stakeholder Relationships• Dealing with overseas suppliers, agents and freight forwarding companies.• Sourcing, negotiating prices and project based procurement.• Negotiating improved terms and deals with suppliers. • Forecasting orders 6 - 12 months in advance.• Liaising and consulting with stakeholders.• Strong knowledge of end to end procurement process. • Building relationships with suppliers and engaging with them on new products, promotions and changes to existing products.• Monitoring supplier performance in accordance with supplier scoring process and feedback to achieve improvements. Analysis & maintenance • Monitoring and providing statistics for supplier OTIF, lead time changes and suggestions for product review and rationalising of specific products or ranges.• Experienced in using an ERP system• Completing new supplier application forms.• Importing new suppliers into our ERP system.• Updating ERP system following price increases.• Importing all new pricing into Merlin to schedule of increases.• Importing all new SKU’s into our ERP system.• Advising Sales Manager/Director of any cost.• Price increases that require sales price to be reviewed, including any that implicate a product sold at below/minus GP.• Checking and validating price increases.• Providing reports for analytics on product performance. Show less

• Buyer

  • Dec 2015 - Mar 2017

  Purchasing • Raising and collating purchase orders on fast moving lines, usually 2-30 days lead time (Suggested, Contract, Top Up and Backorders) for portfolio of supplier accounts (approximately 100).• Verifying acknowledgments to ensure that prices, lead times and quantities are correct and to update our ERP system.• Chasing suppliers for delivery dates and updating Merlin for items not received on time or acknowledged by suppliers.• Checking product availability on specific sales enquires (fast moving lines). Stakeholder Relationships • Building relationships with suppliers.• Monitoring supplier performance in accordance with supplier scoring process and feedback to achieve improvements.• Liaising with warehouse and suppliers regarding incorrect items supplied and any other delivery issues.• Maintaining supplier records including all contact details for your portfolio.• Negotiating prices. Analysis & maintenance • Monitoring and providing statistics for supplier OTIF, lead time changes and suggestions for product review and rationalising of specific products or ranges. Show less



NSK

• France
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Planning and Purchasing Assistant

  • Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

  • Assisting in the control and progression of all necessary parts and components required to achieve current and future production targets for the Newark Plant to the agreed quality, cost and delivery targets. • Using initiative and judgement to resolve any issues regarding component availability and recommended counter measures when required. • Scheduling Linear plant production and create daily production schedules for the Linear production Department. • Issuing batch cards to correspond with the Linear Department requirements. • Inputing daily production output figures. • Ensuring all Purchase Orders are acknowledged in accordance with the purchasing process. • Liaising with Sub Contractors. • Controlling, issuing and ordering Newark Plant stationery ensuring the appropriate quality, cost and delivery standards are achieved. • Managing the supply chain of components and raw material. • Generating the MRP schedule and liaising with T-NSK to ensure the appropriate material is ordered to meet the forcasted orders. • Updating and maintaining the data integrity of the supplier database to enable better decision making. • Processing purchasing information with outside suppliers to ensure the appropriate quality, cost and delivery standards are achieved. • Department monthly target setting. • Providing daily monitoring to enable monthly targets to be achieved. Show less



James Dawson & Son Limited

• Assistant Planner

  • Mar 2015 - Jun 2015

  • Supporting the Planner with daily tasks.• Maintaining production orders.• Working to departmental KPI’s.• Releasing production orders as per Planners schedule.• Checking raw material availability.• Understanding of processes on a variety of projects within the business.• Contributing to the production accurate reporting.• Contributing to short term planning.• Flexibility and teamwork are essential to this role to ensure the department runs smoothly. Show less

• Operations Administrator

  • Jun 2010 - Feb 2015

  • Managing key reports.• Maintaining efficient filing and communication systems.• Sending regular weekly and monthly reports to finance office.• Producing sales invoices and shipping documentation.• Ensuring all administration routines are completed in line with Company guidelines,are accurate and of a professional standard.• Assisting the Operations Manager in the daily running and co-ordination of specific areas.• Ensuring efficient running of administration department.• Assisting the Business Unit Supervisors by providing and producing all documentation as required.• Coping with challenging targets/deadlines, team player, working under pressure, using own initiative and paying attention to detail.Invoice Administrator• Completing all of the company invoice runs. • Preparing all of the overseas paperwork together with the invoices to ensure shipments are accepted into other countries smoothly and on time. Show less