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).

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.
• 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

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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.

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