Brian Forde Email & Phone Number

County Galway, Ireland

Since 2011 I’ve been working in Procurement in DXC supporting Manufacturing in procuring materials and services. I’m accountable for the procurement needs for the manufacturing and site services requirements within the business working closely with internal groups to meet needs and forming good relationship with Vendors. Work involved raising and tracking PO’s, Monitoring receipts and assist in resolving any receipt/invoice discrepancies, Reconciliation of Invoices ensuring timely accurate payments to supplier, Vendor Performance and capabilities were monitored to ensure maintenance of delivery, quality, and price commitments along with yearly Vendor reviews. Identify and implement process improvements where possible and keep up to date health file on Vendors. SAP was the tool used within the manufacturing environment.

County Galway, Ireland

I worked in New Products for 4 years assigned to Cisco, Rockwell, and PTC accounts. We provided a delivery service for the named clients and I worked with these clients on all their new products releases. I would receive plan/work back schedule for the product release and adhere to schedule in order to meet planned release date. Process went form creation of parts to having material in situ for planned FCS date. All details were added to our manufacturing system SAP. These clients’ teams were based in US and involved Daily/weekly meeting during release.

County Galway, Ireland

In this role I had responsibility for operational execution of the Cisco account. My role involved managing the execution of the Cisco specific manufacturing/assembly and shipping operation. This involved shipping over one thousand units weekly within the EMEA region. I was responsible for daily delivery of metrics to the customer. For business startup I had to become familiar with Cisco manufacturing systems (Oracle) and networks, ensure training of all operational personal and managing induction of new personal and cross training going forward.

County Galway, Ireland

In 2002 I returned to the Distribution department for role as Custom Analyst. Harmonized Tariff coding and ECCN codes for customs purposes became critical part of exporting Products. HP had “known consigner” status so we needed to ensure products shipping out of facility had correct coding and were Export Compliant. We worked with Product groups to ensure no compliance exposure with regards to Licensing or Shipping products to Denied Parties or Embargoed Countries. If required we would liaise with the Export Licensing Unit within the Dept of Trade to get required license for Dual-Use goods. Other roles include the hosting of Global Trade Compliance audits on site. During this time I complete a course in International Trade with Electronic Business School of Ireland.

County Galway, Ireland

In 1998 I moved into a Buyer/Planner role within the Purchasing department inDigital/Compaq. The main role involved working with our sister company in Andover in the USA. We worked closely on new Product releases in order to meet planned FCS dates. ThisInvolved daily tracking of work back schedules to ensure planned Release dates meet. DailyReports monitored to track new requirements during product lifecycle.

County Galway, Ireland

My initial role in Digital I worked in the Distribution Department where I preformed general duties within the department. I was a member of a team that set up the automatic generation of AWB’s and billing. Other roles included supporting the annual RFQ process with vendors, SAP testing and design.

Certificate In International Trade, Distinction

Main Subjects E-Business for International Trade Finance of International Trade Trade and Custom Practice Export Market Entry Strategy

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 2.1

Main Subjects Business Policy Economics Marketing Policy International Marketing Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management