Ian Mullen Email & Phone Number

Motherwell, Gb

Motherwell, United Kingdom

Motherwell, United Kingdom

Created savings of 15% saving per prototype truck, and an average 18% saving per production truck by introducing a new supplier of equipment and partsSourcing 900+ electrical | mechanical production and development parts; continually driving supplier quality, cost and delivery performance with stretching KPIs incorporating risk mitigation factorsProcurement lead on new Volvo truck new product development projects with the introduction of 900+ new parts delivered within agreed deadlines throughout 2016 and 2017Delivered MRP implantation project taking personal ownership of all purchasing master data and processesResourced 100+ complex parts as a result of a poor supplier KPIs, working under extreme pressure; identified and introduced alternate suppliers to help support internal stakeholdersMaintained ISO 14001:2015 | ISO 9001:2015 auditor accreditation; key player on the internal audit and supplier audit team, leading an efficient team of colleagues in the quality department Utilising technical awareness when dealing with supplier enquiries relating to drawings, specifications and proposed deviations and amendmentsCreate and place purchase orders with approved suppliers per appropriate agreements.Resolve all issues relating to invoices on hold due to discrepanciesSupport quality and delivery issues and Engineering Change Requests, pre-introduction and post– release; collaborating with Commodity Managers and Supplier Quality EngineersSupport NPI | Re-design activities through quotation, prototyping and sample procurement process

Introduced a Kanban supply to all production parts which, controlled with a stocking ticket mechanism on received material and re-ordered using data from production schedule; controlled stock levels to accommodate industry downturnPlanning caseload of accounts in terms of time delivery, inventory and obsolete or phase-out stock; full co-ordination and seamless communication with all internal and external stakeholders Key member of a cross functional team to initiate a JIT Kanban system for production material controlled with build demand, lead time and batch quantitiesCollaborate with internal and external stakeholders to forecast, plan and facilitate on-time materials to the production line to meet current demand and prevent disruption to productionContribute to supplier meetings and negotiation to ensure continual demand for materials is metRaise containments and rework requests when quality issues potentially impact upon continuity of production, and re-factor schedules to ensure delivery objectives are fully metDevelop supplier relationships to allow constructive discussions to take place regarding delivery KPI improvements; lead and co-ordinate improvement plans with suppliers that are under-performingSource, populate and maintain a shortage tracker as per changes in build schedule and Engineering Change Notice [ECN] releasesWork with stores and engineering to find and correct any Bill of Materials [BOM] errors

Department rotation to gain familiarity with processes across the businessDeveloped an increased understanding of how each department delivered their own objectives and how each department intersected in coordination with each otherCombined total knowledge during final year of apprenticeship which overlapped with the next rung of this career path; gained strong commercial awareness Awarded the chairman excellence award in recognition of outstanding support to customers