Chris Cockin Email & Phone Number

Bedford, Ma, Us

Responsible for the spend and management of all direct & in-direct materials and services across the US Anika divisions. Key Highlights/Accomplishments.* Transform a purchasing team into a centralized Procurement function. * Created and Implemented best practices for tactical purchasing and inventory management.* Implemented Key Performance Indictors (KPI) to monitor and measure both internal team and external supplier performance.* Build supply chain agility through relationship management with Strategic Suppliers * Develop and implement a strategic sourcing strategy to balance Supply Chain Risk, ESG initiatives and support New Product Introduction.

Bedford, Ma, Us

Responsible for managing the Supply Chain departments and personnel that include procurement & purchasing, planning, warehousing & distribution. Procurement :* Responsible at all US sites for procurement of all direct materials, indirect materials and services and MRO.* Develop and manage Supply Agreements, working with internal cross functional leads in R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing and Legal. * Lead Negotiations with suppliers on all supply agreements.* Lead Quarterly Supplier Business Reviews and provide feedback to Leadership with any recommendations to ensure continuity of supply. * Develop and implement processes and polices to ensure Supply Chain resiliency and minimize risk.Inventory management: • Develop and manage materials stocking policy, focusing attention on a supply risk matrix to identify high risk materials that require a strategic stocking approach. • Develop KPIs and control to monitor inventory levels and to focus on zero shortages. • Develop projected inventory health reports to help identify future issues, so proactive solutions can be implemented. • Participate in SI&OP meetings with commercial counterparts, analyzing variability in demand against supply capacities to show the overall health of the pipelineWarehousing and Distribution: • Review and execute distribution strategy • Review and develop warehouse layout, focus on flow optimization and 5S. • Implement cycle count program. • Manage 3PL RelationshipsMentor and support staff with individual development goals and opportunities, to help them with expand thier knowledge and skills within their functional roles and with their career aspirations.

Bedford, Ma, Us

Responsible for the management of Master Planning, Warehousing and distribution for Anika. Lead S&OP with commercial counterparts, analyzing variability in demand and lead-time, working with relevant stakeholders to determine the optimal stocking policy and level using statistical techniques.Influence and collaborate with all Anika’s sites including supply chain operations in MA, partners in Italy, and third-party storage in US, Canada, and EU with the goal to optimize the company build plan, increase production capacity and storage, and meet statistical inventory levels improving customer service, while reducing costs.

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Led a staff of Supply Chain and Inventory Planners and Analyst’s, with the responsibility for the inventory management, distribution and purchasing at Regional and Global distribution centers. Responsible for the overall inventory, distribution costs (investment and expenses) and service level attainment.• Developed, implemented and managed the Global Safety Stock Policy, adaptable to both global and regional distribution centers which resulted in a reduction of $15M in safety stock inventory (2019) with no negative impact to service levels for a global distribution center.• Collaborated weekly with regional decision makers on stocking policies, reviewed KPIs related to performance against forecast, and discussed future demand signals and potential supply constraints, to provide both visibility and to implement plans of action in the local market and with back to manufacturing.• Collaborated weekly with supply planning to review supply performance and understand currently constraints so appropriate action could be taken. • Led the project work stream for inventory management to support the creation of a new Asian distribution center in Singapore, as part of the global distribution strategy.• Managed the daily deployment of inventory and order fulfillment activities from the Global Distribution centers into local sites.• Implemented process improvements and led change management in line with global supply chain strategic vision. Some examples include creating consolidated reports and metrics to monitor performance and predict potential future opportunities and gaps to resolve• Served as subject matter expert (SME) for IP (Inventory planning) and DRP Distribution Requirements Planning) on a two-year project to roll out a new advance planning tool. • Responsible for Inventory targets and budgets.• Tracked Freight service and spend to ensure optimal modes were being utilized.• Recruited, developed and motivated staff of inventory planners and analysts.

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Reporting to the Global Inventory Manager, led a team of inventory analysts responsible for the execution of inventory optimization practices and process.• Pioneered and managed a centralized inventory management team to bring inventory and supply visibility across the global supply chain. Developed process and support system to provide services ranging from supply information to full inventory and deployment management.• Initiated, developed and executed plans to minimize inventory levels without disrupting service levels.• Led the project work stream for inventory planning on a project to move a European distribution center, from France to Switzerland.• Supported the development of global inventory initiatives to provide fair and accurate information to enable decision making.• Developed, monitored and published dashboard of global KPIs and metrics relating to inventory trends.• Represented department as subject matter expert on global inventory matters in cross-departmental project teams supporting global inventory initiatives.

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Responsible for the inbound Supply Chain and inventory planning for Endoscopy Franchise materials. • Maintained and controlled the daily operational functions of replenishment for European Distribution Center and assigned country warehouses, including inventory management, purchasing and customer service.• Identified areas of non-value added costs; reduced and eliminated for overall efficiency.• Liaised and built strong working relationships with other S&N business units including Finance, Sales / Marketing, Customer Service.• Oversaw services, quality control and logistics. • Worked closely with freight carriers to ensure that the products were delivered to the warehouses within agreed lead times, for the best available price.

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Negotiation Mastery

Hnc, Business Administration