David Gregory Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Bristol

Europe & SPG

Accountable for increasing the Quality, Delivery and Cost performance of GKN Suppliers across Europe and the Special Products Group using problem solving and lean techniques to identify opportunities for improvement, improvements are realised through the effective management of detailed cross functional implementation plans.

• Senior management role with accountability for all manufacturing planning and logistics processes with functional responsibility for the management and development of all personnel within the P&L function.
• Manage & maintain the business S&OP process, one year Finite plus 5 years RCCP.
• Accountable for the Demand management and sales forecast process
• Accountable for business inventory targets

• Operating at a senior management level and responsible for the financial and operational control of a Central warehouse facility, several satellite storage areas and the internal and external transport functions for.
• 99% inventory record accuracy, with reduced adjustment transactions.
• Managed a 17% growth in workload without increase in manning profile.
• Reduced receiving leadtime by 66%, 72 to 24 hours.
• Embraced visual management and continuous improvement techniques resulting in benchmark scores from the Airbus Lean Assessment

Responsible for the S&OP planning process, Customer Interface team and the Business Control team for the Wing Centre of Excellence at Filton. The output of the S&OP process provides a planning window of 3 years and is used by the General Manager to make strategic decisions regarding load and capacity.

• Responsibilities include the financial and operational ownership of two 10,000 sq.metre warehouses employing c.150 employees, serving Honda manufacturing lines with JIT deliveries. Late deliveries result in heavy.
• Facilitated productivity improvements of 35%
• Reduced operating costs through utilisation analysis and resource management. Approx £50,000 pa.