Experience

WWRD Holdings Limited

• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Planner/Buyer

  • Oct 2009 - Present

  Responsible for managing the relationship between Crystal appointed suppliers ensuring timely and cost effective procurement of materials with team decision making regarding best fit sourcing options 1 Responsible for timely delivery of Crystal approved production orders 2 Liase with vendors for weekly review of open order books and real time updating of SAP system3 Liase with customer service to place production orders of required chandelier parts, through identification of parts, highlighting to vendor for quotations and issuing of approved production orders, chasing until delivered4 Constant communication with Finance, QA, Sourcing departments 5 Generate weekly NPI trackers for S&OP meetings



Waterford Crystal Ltd

• Buyer, Procurement Department

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2009

  Responsible for managing the relationship between appointed suppliers ensuring timely and cost effective procurement of materials with team decision making regarding best fit sourcing options.Verify and generate MRP item Purchase Orders on receipt of approved purchase requsitions Responsible for setting, monitoring and controlling inventory at both internal and external warehouses taking into account excess stock, minimum order quantities, safety stock to ensure that collateral is available when and where required;Identify and resolve any potential or real bottlenecks in the supply chain;Lead cross-functional work groups to ensure accurate, timely and effective communication regarding our production requirements to suppliers;In conjunction with Q.A. (Quality Assurance Team) to measure, record and ensure that selected vendors achieve goods in perfect condition;Verify and generate expense item Purchase Orders on receipt of approved purchase requisitions;Ensure that all suppliers are accurately and promptly paid in line with invoice terms.

• Clerical Section, Deputy FLM

  • Sep 1986 - Mar 2006

  Started at Waterford crystal in the Clerical section at K4 Marking dept, during my years I moved through various departments with increasing responsibilitiesForm reference K1,K2,K4 were all separate plants on the one site each having their own blowing cutting depts etcMain objectives was the timely stock movement of blank stock to cutting shop via the new computer system (BPCS) plus cardex manual system -ref Pat KellyMoving to K4 wash also the timely stock movements of cut crystal to packing area, this included regular stock take of various stock point (physical locations) i.e. Wash area, Repair Shop etc ref Pat CostineMoved to K2 within the Odds and Repair department, main objective to build large amounts of odds (1’s &2’s) in to moq’s of 24 91 tray full) or more and send for either repair or direct for packing if matched. Plus the processing of stocks in and out of departments -ref Tim GalvinMoved to K2 wash also the timely stock movements of cut crystal to packing area, this also included regular stock take of various stock points (physical locations) i.e. Wash holding area, Repair Shop etc ref Dick MurrayMoved to K1 Wash /Acid also the timely stock movements of cut crystal to packing area, this also included regular stock take of various stock points (physical locations) i.e. Wash area, Repair Shop etc ref Dick MurrayClerk for K2 Packing Area, Movement of stock in and out of packing stock put to verify daily the remaining qtys both physically and BPCS /SAP system. Ref Brian PowerBecame a trainer for the introduction of SAP systemClerk for K2 Heavies holding area, receipt of C level crystal (cut but not acid dipped),log receipt from other depts and issue to K2 wash acid as required plus log output and entry to packing departmentIdentification of sfr’s thus prepare for packing dept.Stock takes of Packing , Wash Acid, repair both for stemware & heaviesWeekly KPI reports for both crystal & collateral Ordering of Collateral for packing depts