Manufacturers of Automotive Coolant Hose for the Aftermarket and Industrial Drum Seals.

Managing the Coolant Product Line for Asia (Engineering teams within China, India and Thailand) and reporting to the Global Product Line Director. The product line manager is responsible for cost engineering, project follow-up and productivity procedures of assigned product line portfolio. The undertaken activities should comply with the objectives (Quality, Profitability, Delivery) set in conjunction with the Division Director

Managing the Thailand investment and Factory Start-Up activities for manufacturing in Thailand to support Thailand OEM customers. Responsibilities to fully industrialize for manufacturing readiness, Company registration, BOI approval, Free Zone Customs compliance etc to support customer MRD in Sep 2017

A new appointment within Avon working directly for the Operations Director, Asia. Responsible to develop a manufacturing site in Thailand to support hose production for the Thailand Automotive OEMs

A new role within Avon working directly for the Group (MGI Coutier) Corporate Purchasing Team and responsible to develop the role and introduce the process for all new Avon programs within Europe (France, Spain, Turkey, Portugal, Czech Rep.) and the Emerging Markets (India, China and Brazil)ScopeTo manage all new programs from customer award through to SOP +90. To manage and report status to all teams, to co-ordinate RFQ activity in accordance to the Supplier Panel, to propose supplier selection and attain the teams validation of such, negotiate all materials, components, and tooling. To establish and agree supply routing in conjunction with site logistic teams and to alert Senior Management of program impacts and lead process to resolve.Key Responsibilities• Monitor, manage and report all new program activity across EU and Emerging Markets• Lead negotiations and generate applicable contractual documentation.• Generate RFQ via LiveSource and propose/manage validation of business award via Sourcing Committee • Main point of contact into Purchasing for all program managers. • Work with site Quality teams to ensure ppm targets are agreed to and ensure validation of all new awards• Introduce innovative solutions to programs and processes• Manage BOM data into project report then report milestones from the APQP date that are issued by the product line director. Alert any program related red flags and network within the team to ensure corrective action• Attend key program milestone reviews and communicate status across program teams and to group level senior management• Liaise with all site Purchasing Leads and Logistics Managers to ensure supply strategy for each new product is in accordance with local requirements with regard to Incoterms, packaging, Batch size, re-order process etc.

Supporting the worldwide OEM Automotive industry in the design,manufacture and supply of hose systems for air, fuel and coolant solutions.Strategic Sourcing Manager - 12 month FTC managing a $50M+ portfolio of component and raw materials. Responsibility for contract development of Supply Agreements across Europe. Implementation of JV agreements in India, China and Brazil for in country manufacturing to support strategic customers (e.g. Ford, Nissan & GM).

Leader in the design and manufacture of safety-related rail signalling and control systems.; Initial 3 Month contract term managing c£5M, supporting the Electro-Mechanical Production team in the manufacture of Railway signalling product.

After redundancy at Motorola, due to centralization of the purchasing team’s relocation to Chicago, USA, I took some time out to travel within Thailand

A leading global telecom manufacturer of wireless equipmentGlobal Category Manager, Outsourced Design & Manufacture 2004 to 2009Strategic procurement role developing & supporting global requirements for Outsourced vendors within the Network division portfolio. Achievements• 2006 cost reduction in excess of 25% for Outsourced Design Service programs• 2008 cost reduction of 15% on new product introduction projects.• Development of ODM Global strategy in 2007 with extended stay in Asia, covering the Taiwan and Indian Development centres and China Manufacturing locations.• 2009 Supporting Global NPI activities in low cost regions including Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, China, and India for Design and Manufacture and project managing the introduction of new products and processes.• Developed Global common process within Networks for supplier selection, business awards, Statements of work, and Contract templates• Improved program development timescales, demonstrated through 3PV DMAIC process• Developed favourable contractual terms with Supply base in China and India• Completed and passed 6 ESI modules in Project Management. (George Washington University accreditation).

Category Manager for the global requirements of OEM Products, developing and managing suppliers in the US, EMEA and China to achieve a cost effective solution to support the business needs.AchievementsDriven 2002 cost reduction activities that totalled in excess of $10M US.2003 cost reductions materialized to planned stretch target of 15%Working with IT established automated cost reduction tracking report.Developed Global business review scorecard.Established the Network Products Category Strategy for Networks.Developed closer working relationship with internal Product Management and Alliance teams.

Global procurement leading the European product base for various Electro-Mechanical Categories supporting the global business strategy.AchievementsDelivering savings to the Procurement Function in excess of 18% through supplier rationalisation and negotiation on the Plastics category.Establish a supply base in China for Mechanical categories such as Plastics, Die-castings and Metalwork etc.Established Performance Metrics to track annual cost reductions through spreadsheets.Implementation of the Procurement Module of the company wide integrated IT system CS3.

Managing the Purchasing Department & Team for the UK Operation and developing a supplier strategy that is aligned to the corporate requirements.AchievementsEstablished a category strategy for all strategic areas of procurementDeveloped cost tracking report and lead all negotiations across all company expenditureReduced DM cost by 20%Reduced supply base (152 to 43) to ensure align with forward strategyInitiated Inventory reduction program

Responsible for ensuring we obtain the most cost effective option / suppliers for the business requirements.Major AchievementsEstablished category cost tracking database.Sourcing champion for the outsourcing of Die-casting (60 dies) and Presswork (230 tools) within required timeframes and providing in excess of 15% cost reduction.Initiated Category Codes into Part Structures

- Responsible for stock control and material scheduling/planning.

Manufacturer of Diesel Generators