Alex Flint Email & Phone Number

Peterborough, GB

United Kingdom

• I am a freelance consultant which has given me the opportunity to work with several management consultancies and clients across a broad range of projects including: - Redcat Procurement LtdCompleted a 12-month.
• Worked with the client to help transform the procurement of key categories from tactical site buyers to a centrally managed European strategic sourcing team. Maine PointeCompleted a 7-month engagement based at a UK.
• Worked with the senior management to agree and implement simple KPI’s, using ERP data, across the whole group to measure ongoing operational performance.Completed a 9-month engagement based at a PE owned global magnet.
• Implemented plastic component sourcing strategy that rationalised the supplier base and delivered €2.5m in savings. Based at a PE owned UK food manufacturer for 9 months following successful 6-week analysis.
• Implemented a strategic sourcing approach with the procurement team and saved £5.5m pa across direct and indirect categories. Completed 6-week analysis of procurement spend at a PE owned automotive OEM located in the.
• Identified a forecast €4.5m of savings including recommendation to radically change the sourcing strategy on a major category to deliver a 25% cost reduction. ADR International

Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom.

• Responsible for leading a team of senior buyers within Tesco Corporate Purchasing (CP) that provided purchasing support to Tesco Distribution (£800m pa). The team purchased a range of goods and services from trucks to.
• Rationalised labour agencies used by Tesco Distribution from 200+ to 12 nationally
• Introduced standard KPI’s and contractual arrangements to guarantee labour availability and suitability.
• Gave the flexibility to offer above average pay rates and attract the best temporary candidates into permanent positions.
• Delivered ‘hard’ savings of 10% and ‘soft’ savings of 1 %.

Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom.

• The role was to develop, roll out and manage the Value Chain Review (VCR) process for Tesco Corporate Purchasing (CP). Working at all levels within Tesco I led workshops to conduct end to end process reviews. Key.
• Increase in revenue by changing the process to reduce ATM downtime.
• Capital saving on returnable packaging by changing the process to reduce cycle time.I also played a key role in the CP strategy steering group. Using source data I analysed CPs total £2bn+ spend to help determine the.

Peterborough, United Kingdom

• Key achievement was to achieve a 20% landed reduction in component costs by introducing new suppliers from low cost countries. This role included:-
• Development of the Low Cost Country (LCC) sourcing strategy for Caterpillar Inc / Perkins Engines from scratch.
• Presentation of the LCC strategy to key stakeholders to overcome resistance and gain approval.
• Management of an international purchasing / technical team to implemented the LCC strategy delivering substantial cost reduction to UK and US manufacturing plants. I travelled regularly to China, South Korea, India.

Peterborough, United Kingdom.

Achieved improvement of PPM and continuity of supply on £50m spend on cylinder head / block castings.

Peterborough, United Kingdom.

Responsible for European sourcing of all major engine components and ISO 9002 accreditation for the Perkins Engines Comapny Ltd / Ishikawajima-Shibaura-Machinery Co. joint venture.

Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom.

Developed the companies purchasing strategy away from traditional price driven sourcing to cost based sourcing.

Swindon, United Kingdom.

Developed UK / European supplier base for £250m of chassis component spend.

Manchester, United Kingdom.

Stafford, United Kingdom.

Hnd, Production Engineering

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