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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Company Profile:Service Stream Limited is an ASX300 company, a provider of essential network services to the telecommunications, energy and water industries. Service Stream operates out of more than 40 locations nationwide and maintains a workforce of around 1,800 employees and up to 3,500 active contractors.Role Profile:Provided leadership and develop the capabilities of the Procurement team, Management of Supplier relationships and contracts. Introduce and Implement best… Show more Company Profile:Service Stream Limited is an ASX300 company, a provider of essential network services to the telecommunications, energy and water industries. Service Stream operates out of more than 40 locations nationwide and maintains a workforce of around 1,800 employees and up to 3,500 active contractors.Role Profile:Provided leadership and develop the capabilities of the Procurement team, Management of Supplier relationships and contracts. Introduce and Implement best practice processes to enhance Procurements effectiveness, Effective management of internal Stakeholders. Develop Strategic solutions to improving service and profitability.Achievements:• Implemented a Strategy to established new and reduce existing Suppliers to those with National networks, web ordering, and National Account Management to provide indirect goods and services, greatly reducing scouring activities, and time delays.• Sourced, qualified and implemented Strategic Supply Agreements with tier one solar panel Manufactures and Suppliers enabling operations to tender for contracts specifying brands. • Established a National Supplier Non-conformance system, with reporting capability, measuring Supplier performance by providing statistical analysis.• Improved Stakeholder communication by aligning Procurement Portfolios, elevating the visibility of the Procurement team, increasing the effectiveness and interaction promoting more direct and personal communication.• Successfully negotiated and implemented a National Freight Procurement internet process, reductions time and effort across multiple Business Units. E.g. Real-time quotes, JIT pick-ups, and deliveries, with on-line cost centre allocation. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Company Profile: BlueScope Steel Limited is an ASX 100 Company flat product steel producer, and Distributor, with more than 100 facilities in 17 countries, employing around 14,000 people with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, North America, and AsiaRole Profile:Developed and managed National Procurement Strategies for the Aluminium Category with an annual purchasing spend of $32 million across BlueScope Divisions. Negotiation and implementation of Supply… Show more Company Profile: BlueScope Steel Limited is an ASX 100 Company flat product steel producer, and Distributor, with more than 100 facilities in 17 countries, employing around 14,000 people with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, North America, and AsiaRole Profile:Developed and managed National Procurement Strategies for the Aluminium Category with an annual purchasing spend of $32 million across BlueScope Divisions. Negotiation and implementation of Supply Arrangements, Managed the Sourcing, Supplier Evaluation, Supplier Relationship and RFQ process for distribution and special projects. Managed Demand Forecasts in collaborations with internal and external Stakeholders.Achievements:• Strategically worked to achieve significant buy price cost savings through sourcing new Suppliers and negotiating with the existing by 20% equivalent to 1 million dollars per annum• Negotiated various Supply and Service Agreements delivering balanced commercial terms & conditions and favourable payment terms, additional 30-90 days, reduced working capital by approx. $2 million.• Successfully implemented a Monthly National Forecasting Process, in collaboration with Stakeholders, Increased Customer supply satisfaction, DIFOT in the high 90%, improved funds in use position by 40%, with obsolescence rate below 3%.• Initiated Strategy, negotiated Supply Agreements with overseas manufactures to reduce or split their MOQs across multiple shipment and destinations, reducing overall spend, DOI, and SLOB inventory.• Introduced and managed International Cost Price Tracking, determining the optimal time to source, analysing the movements of Commodities, AUD, and Non-variables, enabling the business to predict buy price. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Role Profile:Developed and managed National Procurement Strategies for the Pipeline and Fittings Category with an annual purchasing spend of $16 million across BlueScope Divisions. Negotiation and implementation of Supply Arrangements, Managed the Sourcing, Supplier Evaluation, Supplier Relationship and RFQ process for distribution and Major Infrastructure projects. Managed Demand Forecasts in collaborations with internal and external Stakeholders.Achievements:• Developed… Show more Role Profile:Developed and managed National Procurement Strategies for the Pipeline and Fittings Category with an annual purchasing spend of $16 million across BlueScope Divisions. Negotiation and implementation of Supply Arrangements, Managed the Sourcing, Supplier Evaluation, Supplier Relationship and RFQ process for distribution and Major Infrastructure projects. Managed Demand Forecasts in collaborations with internal and external Stakeholders.Achievements:• Developed and managed National Procurement Strategy, for decreasing company’s dependence on current market dominate Chinese manufacture, qualifying and sourcing from a new manufacture to Australia. My Strategy was successful in reducing risk, by improving supply reliability, reduced delivery time 180 to 90 days. A 10% reduction in price was also achieved, maintaining the highest quality through Supplier qualification and trials.• Identified and initiated a Procurement Strategy for an under preforming product category, Quality, Price and supply reliability made the category uncompetitive. My market research survey identified a quality alternative. I presented to internal Stakeholders the alternative; the sourcing Strategy resulted in annual saving of $600,000, increased availability with shorter and dependable delivery.• Implemented a Strategy reducing the Risk associated with importing a product category direct from China, appointing an Import Trader to manage the process, and negotiating an open book price with 180 payment terms. Savings in the supply chain contra the 4% trader margin. Strategy presented and endorse by the Lead Management team.• Initiated and implemented Fittings Alignment Strategy, identified non-core SKU’s not adding value to the sale, and distribution of core products, presented a Strategy and analysis of exiting to the Lead Management team. Leading the project team, we managed saving of $246,000 in inventory, with flow-on reductions in operations handling and distribution. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Role Profile:Implement and support BlueScope Sheet Metal Supplies Division long term Supply Chain Strategy. Determine best practices across the National Sheet & Coil Inventory, and Supply Chain Planning Teams controlling $45 Million of Inventory across all states, and Develop, implement, and support systems to reduce Inventory levels and cost. National Reporting of Key Metrics. Management and maintenance for SAP MM, and MRP Processes.Achievements:• Developed and Implemented… Show more Role Profile:Implement and support BlueScope Sheet Metal Supplies Division long term Supply Chain Strategy. Determine best practices across the National Sheet & Coil Inventory, and Supply Chain Planning Teams controlling $45 Million of Inventory across all states, and Develop, implement, and support systems to reduce Inventory levels and cost. National Reporting of Key Metrics. Management and maintenance for SAP MM, and MRP Processes.Achievements:• Developed and Implemented processes for the Finished Goods Project, a move away from processing. Developed improvements including, B2B, Documenting inter-company Processes, Forecasting Improvements, Simplified Pricing and Stock Visibility Inter-company. This allowed a $3 million Inventory reduction ongoing.• Managed and coordinated Inventory Relocation Project. Management of Cutover Plans for Inventory the transfer of 13,000 tonne, material planning and distribution set-up for SAP system. The project successfully completed with minimal disruption to the Business and Customer Service. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Role Profile:Develop SAP based solutions to meet business requirements for the BlueScope Sheet & Coil Processing’s Services Division. Identify areas for improvement, presenting findings to cross-functional management teams for buy-in, support and resources. Develop and implement full functional Supply Chain Systems, conduct training, and follow-up reviews, as a member for the Continuous Improvement Team.Achievements:• Designed and implemented a national online Product Life… Show more Role Profile:Develop SAP based solutions to meet business requirements for the BlueScope Sheet & Coil Processing’s Services Division. Identify areas for improvement, presenting findings to cross-functional management teams for buy-in, support and resources. Develop and implement full functional Supply Chain Systems, conduct training, and follow-up reviews, as a member for the Continuous Improvement Team.Achievements:• Designed and implemented a national online Product Life Cycle Management (PLCM) database and process identifying best practice, with online purchasing authorisation flow and follow up process. Benefits included control and visibility of new products, tracking and reporting of products not meeting their intended outcomes for Margin and DOI. • Implementation an automated purchasing process using SAP, that reduced the manual purchasing effort by 50-70%.• Developed and implemented a product stratification and management process, reducing unplanned inventory from 20% to 4%.• Designed and implemented a National process for Non-Conforming Product control and reporting systems to comply with ISO 9001, reducing the volume non-value adding inventory. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Role Profile:Lead state procurement and inventory team across three business divisions, managing the sourcing and procurement of both local and overseas products. Managing inventory levels of $55 million, 50,000 tonnes and 18,000+ SKU’s. Lead the state S&OP process for Victoria. Managing Supplier, and internal Stakeholder relationships at the state level. Also included the issue and authorisation of purchase orders, resolution of blocked invoices due to price variances or quality claims… Show more Role Profile:Lead state procurement and inventory team across three business divisions, managing the sourcing and procurement of both local and overseas products. Managing inventory levels of $55 million, 50,000 tonnes and 18,000+ SKU’s. Lead the state S&OP process for Victoria. Managing Supplier, and internal Stakeholder relationships at the state level. Also included the issue and authorisation of purchase orders, resolution of blocked invoices due to price variances or quality claims, system price management, Stocktake preparation and Management, management of the delivery expediting process.Achievements:• Managed relocation and inventory reduction projects resulting in site savings and inventory reductions of 25-30%.• Planned and managed SAP inventory and planning Implementation as the state process owner, completed with minimal disruption to the Business, and Customers. Show less