Ian Ryan Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• Analyse and evaluate the moulds spend.• Conduct RFQ’s, receive and analyse suppliers bid proposals.• Negotiate future contracts with associated suppliers and award business.• Liaise with key stakeholders in the plants and keep them informed about important aspects of the category.• Support plants with invoice queries and potential claims.• Understand the category market and identify potential new suppliers. • Report and benchmark current suppliers against competitors.• Support the budget preparation process.• Support standardisation and harmonisation to reduce the number of specifications. • Support harmonisation of ERP systems. • Participate in cross-functional project teams where required. • Initiate activities to improve working capital processes.• Organize and Lead Quarterly Business Review with Suppliers.• Actively work with operational excellence and design teams to drive change.

County Dublin, Ireland

Commercial Responsibilities• Own and manage all the carrier, NVOCC and 3pl relationships through contact, rate and service performance.• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for all international logistics activity, continually evaluate carrier rates and performance.• Carry out detailed lane analysis tracking spend against budget.• Develop all RFQ documents and lead the annual RFQ process from carrier selection, negotiation to final business award.• Manage all activities relevant to the procurement of international freight.• Handle all day-to-day request for freight rates seeking to prevent maverick buying.• Maximize container configuration working closely with origin teams to reduce ocean shipping cost• Ensure that all master contracts are reviewed, approved and filled.• Be the subject matter expert on all international freight providing the business with monthly / quarterly market intelligence and insights.• Collaborate with stakeholders on new sourcing projects, recommending the best optimised routing for the product.• Lead and motivate a team of logistics coordinators, locally and regionally.• Manage the Logistics control tower activity monitoring performance and costs.• Own the relationship with all carriers, NVOCC, and 3Pl’s, monitoring and reviewing performance.• Manage the introduction of new routes and maintenance of existing routes• Participates in / leads projects requiring considerable judgement and initiative in resolving problems and making recommendations.• Analysis and reporting of actual costs vs budget/forecast.• Oversight of the weekly reconciliation of supplier invoices resolving disputes.• Present monthly / Quarterly KPI reports and analytics to management and business stakeholders.• Lead quarterly business reviews to ensure service providers are performing to contract terms.• Monitor trade compliance related issues and regulations, engaging with colleagues to resolve CBP & FDA queries.

Ireland

• Reporting to the Group Procurement Manager.• Managing a budget of €200m with 300,000 transports annually across 500+ suppliers.• Manage the logistic function across the group for Glass, Metal and Aerosol manufacturing.• Develop the annual strategy plan, identifying savings and efficiencies.• Business expert and advisor to regional / local teams on all aspects of the logistic supply chain.• Report on category performance, identifying opportunities to take cost out or cost avoidance.• Mange and develop Supplier relationships ensuring performance &conformance to contract and specification.• Own the tender process for any in country / regional business requirements for the category.• Lead the negotiation of all Logistic activity in the group.• Review and challenge specifications.• Identify new suppliers, carry out audits and trails so they can be included in group supplier list.• Develop a risk register and mitigate with action plans to add new suppliers / changes to current specifications.• Organize and Lead Quarterly Business Reviews with Suppliers.• Drive footprint changes, in distribution across the group, including customer specific solutions. • Lead the implementation of class leading Procurement function. • Identify synergies across the group, lane optimisation with suppliers, create on ethos of group thinking over local.• Lead Projects with sound program management execution, within cost, time, & quality requirements.• Carry out market intelligence research.

Ireland

• Reporting to the Central Freight procurement Manager EMEA.• Provide the Eaton EMEA BUs coordination and support covering the development, deploymentand management of the regional warehousing and distribution strategy.• Actively participate in any footprint changes, evaluations of distribution setups in the region. Enable and support change with regional logistics leaders.• Enable and define synergies on current WH network. Also, lead strategic SCM & Logistics Projects with sound program management execution, within cost, time, & quality requirements.• Lead the implementation of class leading process introduction within the Central Freight Procurement (CFP) Department. • Support network changes and interaction with the Logistics Performance Improvement Department.• Monitor market evolution, perform Market intelligence research.• Organize and Lead Quarterly Business Review with the Strategic Suppliers of the Supply Base.• Provides support to integrate acquired companies into the Logistics programs in the EMEA region.

Dublin

• Successful track record delivering in fast paced environment, working in the Telecom’s sector for over 12 years.• Skilled in building relationships with suppliers, customers, industry leaders and staff.• Business expert on all aspects of the Supply Chain, local & International. (Import / Export)• Management of 3rd Party providers, performance and budget. Held Monthly, Quarterly SLA & KPI reviews• Vendor Management, Negotiation and selection.• Documenting business requirements for RFI/RFQ. • Tender Q&A process and scoring.• Reviewing and implementing new contracts. Understanding of contract law.• Category / Portfolio Management.• Product Life cycle management from new product launch to end of life, Forecasting, CPFR.• Product Ranging and Purchasing. SOR and Consignments Models.• Product aftercare.• Disaster Recovery / Risk assessment• Change management, Process mapping and new system developments• Business governance.• Problem Solving & solution driven.• Strong understanding of MRP systems, WMS, SAP integration with Oracle.• Commercial awareness, combined with good analytical skills.• Drafting of company policy and setting business rules.• Excellent presentation and communication skills.• Six Sigma Yellow Belt.Key Achievements• Managed and delivered to contract 5 RFQ’s.• Delivered function within budget.• Managed the reduction in carrier cost through benchmarking.• Integration of a product repair/screening centre into our 3PL logistic hub• Managed the introduction of a new 3Pl into business, communicating out to all stakeholders.• Stock accuracy achievement 100% with 3pl.• Inventory forecasting and price erosion. • Quarterly review of stock and early identification of end of life stock items and proposal for sale to maximise revenue.• Delivered and managed a business fulfilment process, resulting in increased satisfaction with our customers and business sales team.

Sigma Telecom is a leading distributor of mobile phones in Ireland. They are the fulfilment house for both Meteor Mobile Communications and Eircom. They are the master distributor for Eircom’s 5th generation fixed line dect phone as well as having agreements with other manufacturersKey Responsibilities• Key Member of the senior management team.• Managing key interactions of customers into the Supply Chain Function. Delivering to customer expectations.• Management of Production control function – Production forecasting and planning.• Responsible for Reverse Logistic function.• Management of inventory – analysis, cycle counting and financial reporting• Management of 3rd Party providers. Defined 3rd party storage service level agreement.• Development of logistic process and customer sales support functions• Management of the delivery function – for both retail and e-commerce.• Management and development of a core team of 8 supervisors out of a total of staff responsibility of 30 ( This can double during peak times)Key Achievements• Development and implementation of stock ageing reports as part of KPI’s• Achieved daily order fulfilment targets. Both Local and National• Achieved daily e-commerce fulfilment target• Implement and integration of technologies – SDS integration, File transfers, bar-coding and in van scanning• RMA web tracking and control• Defined and implementation of 12 hour warehouse operation

Dublin

Stockholders of Non Ferrous Metals for Distribution into the construction and manufacturing industry. Part of the third largest aluminium producing groups in the world.Reporting to the General Manager I had overall responsibility for the sourcing and procuring of stock for the business.Key Achievements• Development and implementation of MPR system• Management of all subcontractors – Three key sites between Antrim, Donegal and Mayo.• Inventory accountability – Stock accuracy and on time deliveries• Inventory Purchasing for all product lines.• Management of production function – Planning and forecasting for all sites• Developed and managed supplier relationships – Suppliers assessment, Product and services, ability to meet demand.

Dublin

Importer, Exporters, Manufactures and Distributors of jewellery into the retail market. Also own a group of retail outlets and concessions counters in large department stores through Ireland.Inventory / Procurement ControllerReporting to the group Financial Controller I had responsibility for expediting all supplier requirements for the business.Key Achievements• Collated and processed all orders daily• Prepared daily and weekly payment requests for orders – Advance payment of gold, Proforma payments on shipments• Monitoring of all outstanding orders and preparation of delivery schedules• Developed and managed all logistical process – importation, customs and exports

Iipmm Degree, Bachelor Of Business Procurement And Supply Management.

Logistic & Supply Chain Management

Iso 14001 Environment Management System

Iso 9001 Internal Audit

Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Procurement Management

Computer Programming