Buyer
Current• Manage key commodities of sheet metal fabrication, electrical motors and actuators, optical spinners.• Commodity spend approx. £2.35m• Manage change process for key Life Science project• Develop close working relationship with Design & Engineering improving cross-functional team work.• Due to closure of a major sheet metal supplier, managed transfer of business to alternate suppliers, including design review, prototype manufacture, series production during manufacturing operations.• Managed reduction in large assembly stock holding from £76K to £40K through liaising with Production Planners and JIT control of supplier deliveries.• Improved delivery and quality performance of Hong Kong-based metal work supplier, saving on air freight costs - from approx. £4,000 per month to less than £1,000.• Continued development of existing UK sheet metal suppliers to improve cost, quality and delivery performance, resulting in improved material availability and reduced cost.• Developed costing model with key sheet metal supplier to enable optimum quantity/price decisions• Completion of supply agreement with motor supplier, negotiating stock holdings in UK, improving on time delivery performance (now approx. 98% OTD) and eliminating the need and cost for air freight of components from Japan (around £400 per shipment).
