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PROFILEA highly motivated, skilled & resourceful Senior Supply Chain professional with 15 years experience within a number of key industry sectors, principally Utilities (Nuclear Power Generation), Construction (Infrastructure Energy projects) and Manufacturing (Automotive / Rail Transport / Healthcare). A senior manager with strong professional general management skills developed through multi-site functional management and direct line management in a variety of roles. Very experienced in Supply Chain analysis, strategy design, development and implementation coupled with strong change management skills. Coupled, with Procurement experience in Contract management, placement, negotiation and arbitration. Also, experienced in Supply Chain procedure creation, process mapping, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, technical panels of inquiry and corrective action programs. Excellent interpersonal / influencing / stakeholder management skills having extensive experience at a senior level (Board level downwards) representing my Industries at a National / International level. Also, highly experienced at managing key relationships with external regulatory bodies, particularly aligning against their key drivers and goals.Considerable strengths in IT, highly analytical & computer literate with an extensive knowledge of EAM (Enterprise Asset Management Passport R.9) & ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning - Oracle 10.i) systems. In depth experience of Materials Planning, in particular Demand Analysis, Forecasting & Scheduling.Specialties: budgeting, continuous improvement, contract management, customer service. delivery, design, executive management, forecasting, functional, inventory management, leadership, legal, logistics, management, materials management, microsoft office 98, mrp, mrp ii, negotiation, networking, personnel, process engineering, procurement, purchasing, recruiting, safety, scheduling, strategic, supply chain, supply chain management, system architecture, tender, warehousing,
Laing O'Rourke
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Generation Sector Procurement LeaderLaing O'Rourke Dec 2008 - PresentMain Duties and ResponsibilitiesManaging a team of 7 direct reports, responsible for all Project Procurement spend (circa £150m p.a.) in the Energy Sector covering, Nuclear, Generation, Networks & Pipelines. Key focus areas:Managing all live Project Procurement expenditure for 5 major projects (Isle of Grain, Staythorpe, EPS3, National Grid & E.ON projects)Responsible for successfully turning around Procurement performance on EPS3 project at Sellafield, including successful resourcing of critical path component to alternative supplier whilst maintaining delivery programSupporting all current / future tender bids for the Energy Sector (new Nuclear & Thermal Generation build, existing Nuclear, Pipelines & Waste to Energy)Successful price negotiation with International OEM to reduce cost by £3mStrategy development & Implementation for new Nuclear Build and Thermal Generation Supply Chain strategy to support Company strategyDevelopment & implementation of group wide Procurement strategy for Infrastructure business - leading to reduction in supply base from 3.2k suppliers to 1.5k with top 80% against preferred supply chain of 250Successful intervention on company wide safety issue to prevent further serious incident (significant mechanical failure of Excavator Boom's)Conducted two successful senior level investigations regarding supplier performance and conflicts of interestEnsuring best practise project procurement is implemented across the Sector consistently through the development & implementation of group wide KPI's and internal Audit programSupporting the development of internal Procurement Training program
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Head Of Supply ChainTorness Power Station Jan 2007 - Sep 2008Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesManaging a team of 23 direct reports, with full P+L responsibility for Supply Chain management on a Nuclear Power Station. This equates to £40m p.a. expenditure, 500+ contractors (200+ suppliers), £35m spares holdings & 50K different spares. A senior member of the Executive management team leading a team of 550+ FTE's helping to delivery 25% of the Electricity supply in Scotland. Key successes: Identified & implemented £1.4m of savings within first 6 monthsImproved Materials Availability from 92% to 97.9%Reduced supply base from 283 to 183 within first 6 monthsReceived recognition from World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) for significant improvements in the last 12 monthsSuccessfully delivered 5 Outages (1 Statutory, 4 unplanned) within Budget & on-time (£12.5m)Successfully re-organised supply chain team to re-align against 3 year supply chain continuous improvement plan
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Supply Chain Manager - Materials & PlanningBritish Energy Group Plc Feb 2005 - Jan 2007Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesManaging a team of 9 direct reports, with full responsibility for Materials Management & Supply Chain planning for the company (8 Nuclear Power Stations & 1 Coal Powered Station). Responsibility covered +140 functional reports, £202m spares holdings, £24m spend p.a. for <500 suppliers, 370k different spares & 31 warehouses. This role was to develop the key Strategies, processes, systems & skills within the British Energy Supply Chain for Procurement Engineering & Materials Management at a Fleet / Station level. Also a senior member of the new Supply Chain executive management team responsible for designing & implementing the new Supply Chain strategy which produced savings of >£100p.a. over 3 years, with sole responsibility for £28.8m of savings via:Reduced Working Capital by £8.7m in 18 months whilst maintaining >98% spares availability£17.1m cost avoidance in 18 months through the rigorous application of Demand Management techniquesIntroduction of new Demand Analysis software to optimise inventory holdings against riskDesign & implementation of Consignment Stocking / Vendor Managed Inventory model across the Fleet for all consumable goods (reducing supply base to <500)Developed & implemented revised VISA Card management process (reduced cardholders from >750 to <250, whilst improving spend management & accountability)Designed & implemented the new single supply chain function for Heysham 1 & 2 (including senior recruitment of key personnel for new structure)Also secured £3m cash collateral return from VISA card providerImplemented Supply Chain planning process to manage BE annual Capex investment program of £250m p.a. Introduction of new Supply Chain functional KPI's to identify improvements within Supply Chain processes (across all areas
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Supply Chain Executive - Materials & Procurement EngineeringBritish Energy Group Plc May 2003 - Feb 2005Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesManaging a team of 3 direct reports, with full responsibility for Materials Management for the company (8 Nuclear Power Stations & 1 Coal Powered Station). Responsibility covered >70 functional reports, £24m p.a. spend, £210m spares holdings, 1500+ suppliers & 370k different spares. This role was to develop the key Strategies, processes, systems & skills within the British Energy Supply Chain for Procurement Engineering & Materials Management at a Fleet level. Key successes:Designed, implemented & recruited new technical function (Procurement Engineering (>70 personnel)) across the FleetDesign & implementation of key single sourcing strategy for fast moving, low value spares - reducing the supply base (>1500 suppliers) & ensuring a cash rebate of >£350k p.a. (£1.5m over 5 years)Developed & implemented Working Capital review project at Board's request (identified £40m savings through Working Capital optimisation)Developed & implemented new Supply Chain organisation at the Station in line with company re-organisation (this included the recruitment of all new Station Heads of Supply Chain
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Company Materials SpecialistBritish Energy Group Plc Apr 2001 - May 2003Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesResponsible for all aspects of Materials Management process & systems for all 8 Nuclear Power stations. Key successes were:Lead & Facilitated Stock write down of £54m, improving our NBV on stock & reducing depreciation charges by £3.4m p.a.Introduction of new KPI's for functional accountability on Materials Management processLead the implementation of Passport R.9 for Inventory users (>70 users)Designed, developed & implemented new BE Materials Strategy
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Senior European Materials/Manufacturing PlannerEaton - Aeroquip, European Manufacturing Facility Mar 2000 - Apr 2001Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesControl of all Manufacturing scheduling, comprising 6 CNCs, Tube Assembly, Hose Assembly & Metals Manufacturing. Control of Warehouse/Materials/OEM customer service Departments. Maintenance of system Architecture. Key successes:Implemented Demand Analysis, Demand Forecasting & Demand SchedulingReduction of past dues from 500k to 30k in 2 monthsImprovement of delivery performance from 25% to 65% in metals assembly Maintenance of 95% delivery performance on OEM hose assembly areaSuccessful transfer of Tube assembly work from closed French plant
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Senior European Materials/Logistics PlannerEaton - Aeroquip Nov 1998 - Mar 2000Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesControl of central European warehouse. Control of all Planning parameters, and database activity associated with Europe. Control of all internal suppliers (Hose/USA). Demand Analysis, Demand Forecasting, Demand Scheduling techniques implemented. Key successes:Team Leader/member on varying significant European improvement teamsImproved delivery performance to customer from 34% to 95% in 10 monthsReduction of overall European Inventory by $5m USDSuccessful completion of European Distribution Warehouse
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Supply Chain ManagerKendall Healthcare Ltd Apr 1998 - Nov 1998Control of all Purchasing/Supply Chain activity. Key successes:Completion of a project to integrate a further new range of manufactured and factored products (50) from an external acquisitionImplementing MRP I for the manufacturing site, including retraining of staffReorganising warehousing facilities and procedures for distribution and deployment throughout the site
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Buyer/Materials ControllerSunrise Medical Limited Apr 1997 - Apr 1998Control of all Purchasing/Materials control activity for the "Coopers" Manufacturing unit. Key successes:Successful completion of Project to transfer of manufacturing facility from Surrey to the West Midlands, incorporating implementation of MRP II.Successful re-sourcing strategy implemented
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Assistant Production ControllerGec Alsthom Metro-Cammell Limited Mar 1996 - Apr 1997FMI Controller for the London Underground Northern Line new train project for control and maintenance of Bills of Materials. Liaison with Engineering, Production and Commercial Departments to implement engineering change.
Ben Fox Education Details
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Prince Henry'S High SchoolA-Levels Economics A, History C, General Studies D, Art E -
Dudley College Of Further Educationinstitute Of Operations
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The University Of Central EnglandCriminal Law, Criminology, Commercial Law, Public Administrative Law
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Ben Fox's current role is Generation Sector Procurement Leader.
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Ben Fox attended Prince Henry's High School, Dudley College Of Further Educationinstitute Of Operations, The University Of Central England.
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