Heading Group Engineering Procurement and the corresponding category team and long term category plan for the £Multi Billion operations for one of the UKs largest waste services companies.Responsible for the estate wide Engineering procurement category with key focus on delivering sustainable benefits to the P&L, Balance Sheet and Brand reputation.Moving focus and engagement from operational/transactional to transactional/strategic across the value chain.Opex and Capex expenditures… Show more Heading Group Engineering Procurement and the corresponding category team and long term category plan for the £Multi Billion operations for one of the UKs largest waste services companies.Responsible for the estate wide Engineering procurement category with key focus on delivering sustainable benefits to the P&L, Balance Sheet and Brand reputation.Moving focus and engagement from operational/transactional to transactional/strategic across the value chain.Opex and Capex expenditures of circa £100m/year and 700 suppliers with key focus on driving strategic SRM engagement to fully optimise leverage from the annual spend of the category.Strong internal stakeholder engagement with the Group Engineering team and >70 operational locations, nationwide. Show less

Leading and managing group Purchasing for 1 of the UK's most respected companies in the semi trailer market.Purchasing remit covering multiple OE sites in Mainland UK and Northern Ireland.Management of key supplier relationships with market leading supply organisations to the automotive and commercial vehicle market sectorsProject managed ISO9001 accreditation as Management Representative for the Quality Management System

Leading and managing group purchasing for the manufacturer of the brand leading Tommee Tippee product range.Purchasing and strategy remit covering multi site operations in UK and China.Leading development of Group Leveraged purchasing for parent organisation - Mayborn PLC.Managing key supplier relationships for plastics commodity, Container sea freight, Customs approved warehousing in China and Factored (finished products) goods from Asia sources.

Development of group Commodity Management Process and full implementation at 8 sites across UK, Northern Ireland, France and Netherlands, during this time, General Trailers were the biggest Trailer manufacturer in Europe with circa 25% market share.Direct responsibility for 3 commodity strategies, all with supply chain engagement with leading suppliers to automotive and commercial vehicle sectors.Driving group Make or Buy strategy to determine in house or out sourcing of axles, such in… Show more Development of group Commodity Management Process and full implementation at 8 sites across UK, Northern Ireland, France and Netherlands, during this time, General Trailers were the biggest Trailer manufacturer in Europe with circa 25% market share.Direct responsibility for 3 commodity strategies, all with supply chain engagement with leading suppliers to automotive and commercial vehicle sectors.Driving group Make or Buy strategy to determine in house or out sourcing of axles, such in conjunction with group Manufacturing and Technology strategies.Assigned to UK operations to implement country level purchasing strategy and to develop operational purchasing team, in addition became active member of SBU central management team for Tankers as well as nominated group representative for Newco project for consolidation of UK manufacturing into a single site facility. Show less

Managing Purchasing and Supply chain operations for brand leading FMCG manufacturer.Purchasing and strategy remit covering multiple sites in UK, USA, Netherlands and China.Interim assignment to leverage cost and commercial terms and oversee major capex sourcing for UK Glass furnace investment.Align external supply chain and in bound logistics to support move from near shore to off shore manufacturing

Graduating from international leadership programme to group central team in Stockholm.Group Commodity Manager for Aluminium and Copper commodities, signficant spend remit with strategy scope across 11 factory operations in Europe, China, Brazil and India.Commodity strategies with high level integration with Group technical strategies, process engagement through the central commodity management process which linked operational and strategic purchasing with new product development… Show more Graduating from international leadership programme to group central team in Stockholm.Group Commodity Manager for Aluminium and Copper commodities, signficant spend remit with strategy scope across 11 factory operations in Europe, China, Brazil and India.Commodity strategies with high level integration with Group technical strategies, process engagement through the central commodity management process which linked operational and strategic purchasing with new product development (NPI/NPD).Assigned to 1 refrigeration factory (Finland) as group management representative to support/assist business improvement plan.Responsible for implementing advance purchasing process into the SENS technical project (next generation frost free technology), this involved working across all commodity areas for preferred supplier nominations, lead all contract negotiations including licensing and IPR, facilitate commercial dialogue with suppliers throughout development process and to qualify production readiness of their manufacturing supply chains. Show less