• Adept at finding creative and effective solutions to sourcing and logistic challenges. Managing projects within cross functional team to tight timescales and budgets. • An experienced and successful Sourcing and Development Manager with over 20 years with Blue Chip companies. Operating across FMCG, Durable Consumer Goods and Luxury Goods, throughout Europe and the Far East.• Highly skilled at building strong relationships with global suppliers, reducing Working Capital and direct costs for finished products, packaging, logistics and subcontracted co-packingSpecialties: - Developing business strategy & planning.- Experience functional business leader.- Cost reduction along the total supply chain, including after sales services costs.- Lean/continuous improvement projects at suppliers and for processes.- Negotiating skills, supplier & contracts.- Managing cross culture supplier relations and in improving OTD performance.- Identifying the cost of quality & reducing/elimination these issues.- Qualified Materials Engineer.- Purchasing & Quality Manager.• Developed new products to support company growth from £14 to £70+ Million at All About Food via NPD for a range of high street restaurants, including Nando’s, Wagamama, GBK, Costa, Pizza Express.• Developed sustainability and Value Engineering projects from South Africa and Asia to and within the UK., reducing total carbon footprint, operational costs and lead-times.• Delivered Covid contingency plans to maintain supply of business-critical products to retailers that ensured product availability and growth in market share.• Provided strategic direction and developed new suppliers and NPD for all of Wedgwood’s Managed on-ceramic goods, including £15 Million Food Gifting business, delivering 30% growth in 3 years and growth from £0.4 to £1.8 Million in the Crystal category within 2 years.• Managed Alfred Dunhill’s product development and quality across a European supply base, for watches, lighters, pens etc. Consistently implemented quality improvements and reduced total product costs.• Delivered £800K p.a saving at Bristan, through identifying and delivering efficiency projects. Including developed relationships and negotiated with a wide range of government regulatory departments including, H&SE, DEFRA, EA, NMO, WRAS, Trading Standard & Food Standards Agency.