Personal ProfileA varied engineering background with solid commercial business experience. Creative, determined and self-motivated, with an outgoing and friendly personality. A good communicator with strong inter-personal skills and professional attitude seeking a role that will allow the combination of design, engineering and commercial skills with supplier and customer liaison activities.Purchasing Skills/Experience• Subcontract purchasing from engineering drawings• Buying from bills of materials• Buying from MRP systems• Project buying based on liaison with project teams• SAP experience• Raw material buying (metals, plastics)• Electronics buying• Cost savings through negotiation, economies of scale and strategic purchasing• Building relationships with suppliers• Expediting• On time project deliveries• Tactical and strategic buying• Sectors – Aerospace, Defence, Aircraft Interiors, Airports, Cement Industry
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BuyerDewhurst Uk Jan 2020 - Mar 2020 -
BuyerJankel Armouring Ltd Jan 2017 - Jul 2019Weybridge, SurreyGeneral purchasing/expediting duties support on-going programs. Also involved in cost down initiatives and new product introduction.
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New Product Design BuyerAcro Aircraft Seating Oct 2016 - Jan 2017CrawleyAcro Aircraft Seating design and manufacture passenger seating for the commercial airline business.The role of NPD Buyer involves the placing of purchase orders/expediting in support of customer PDR (design review), following on to identify suppliers for full production orders. -
Sourcing SpecialistL-3 Link Simulation & Training Jan 2016 - Sep 2016Order book management in support of the purchasing team. Placing and expediting of orders across all commodities in support of the production teams using the Oracle operating system.
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Project BuyerBeumer Group Dec 2014 - Sep 2015Gatwick / Heathrow Airports -
BuyerPage Aerospace Ltd Oct 2013 - Sep 2014
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Senior BuyerMaccarthy Aviation Holdings Ltd 2008 - 2013
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Contracts/Repairs BuyerFl Smidth Ltd 2000 - 2008Croydon
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Sub Contract BuyerBae Systems 1988 - 2000
Chris Best Skills
Chris Best Education Details
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Rivermead Boys School -
Onc Mechanical Engineering
Frequently Asked Questions about Chris Best
What is Chris Best's role at the current company?
Chris Best's current role is Sourcing Specialist - UK supply base.
What schools did Chris Best attend?
Chris Best attended Rivermead Boys School, Kingston College.
What skills is Chris Best known for?
Chris Best has skills like Purchasing, Supply Chain Optimization, Supplier Negotiation, Supplier Development, Purchasing Processes, Supplier Quality, Cost Reduction, Project Coordination, Global Sourcing, Supply Chain, Supply Management, Manufacturing.
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