Anders Asplund Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

- Responsible for process, tolls and competence development within the procurement. 38 sites in 12 countries with more than 400 procurement professional.- Part of Global Procurement management team and with a team of six direct report as Expert Means and Methods in the Netherlands, UK, US and Sweden.- Lead relaunch and refocus of implementation of standardized operational procurement platform implementation on sites.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

• Responsible for Operational Procurement for all Engines sites, (One site in Sweden, one in Norway, Seven site in the US and one in Malaysia). Direct as well as indirect spend .• Part of Global Procurement management team and GKN Engines Operational Leadership• Reduced Raw material inventory with more than 20%• Improved Supplier on-time performance with more than 20%• Improved Supplier quality, 50+% reduction in escapes and 30+% reduction in supplier tags/concession.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

- Establish North America Indirect category management organization, structure and team. (Team of five persons + in matrix all indirect buyers/Capex buyers at 17 different locations)- Implemented roadmap to achieve real P&L savings- Implemented cash improvement of $XM (Improved Payment terms)- Lead the Supply Chain Financing Project (Citibank and PrimeRevenue solution) for all GKN Aerospace sites world wide

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

Director Indirect Purchasing GKN Aerospace Sweden, member of Sweden Business Support management team and Director Global IPS and project GKN Engine Systems, member of AES Supply Chain management team• Since 2013 reduced indirect spend at GKN Sweden by 1/3, while at the same time both revenue and production hours increased• Since 2013 increased volume weighted average of payment terms with 27 days• Since 2013 reduced the number of suppliers with more than 25 % • Nine direct reports in Sweden (Buyers and Analyst) + matrix reports of three indirect leads (One in Norway and two in the United States).

Trollhättan, Se

- Responsible for establishing the indirect purchasing function. The function had previously been a shared AB Volvo resource (Volvo Group NAP)._ Additional responsibility as Project manager for the Purchasing integration project (GKN Plc as new owner of Volvo Aero) with responsibility for the integration savings during the integration year. (Indirect and Direct material savings)

- Leading a team of three persons working with Process and IT improvements as well as providing Analytical support to the Purchasing function- 2010-2012 Additional responsibility as Project manager for the Supplier Management project in cooperation with McKinsey

Licentiate Of Engineering, Inköps- Och Kontraktshantering

Master Of Science In Industrial And Management Engineering, Industrial Engineering And Management

Exchange Student, Logistik, Material Och Leverandkedjehantering