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An international Procurement Manager with a 20+ year record of success in finding, developing and maintaining reliable suppliers with globally competitive prices and unmatched quality.Extensive Project Management skills, with experience in major outsourcing projects such as developing new suppliers to replace an in-house crankshaft machining line, and working with third-party engine makers to find the most appropriate products to power a new range of gensets.Proactive and intuitive, with a capacity to engage and strengthen partnerships with multi-cultural suppliers, internal customers and colleagues. Able to work in close-knit teams to meet and exceed challenging targets in terms of cost, quality and delivery.Specialties: Global sourcing, strategic purchasing, value analysis, cost reduction, supplier quality control, contract negotiation, cross-cultural management, fluent Japanese.
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Procurement ManagerYanmar Europe Jul 2015 - PresentAlmere, Flevoland, Nl* Overall responsibility for cost control on new products and cost reduction on existing products, as well as every aspect of Yanmar Europe's relationships with its supplier base.* Yanmar Europe's total purchasing spend is EUR 157M, of which around EUR 14M comes from vendors other than the parent company.
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Assistant Manager ProcurementYanmar Europe Jan 2015 - Jun 2015Almere, Flevoland, Nl* Cost reduction projects for Yanmar Co., Ltd. - sourcing parts from Europe for production factories in Japan, and supporting Japanese colleagues with QCD problems at existing European suppliers.* Cost reduction projects for Yanmar recreational marine business unit - especially sail-drives and stern-drives.* Cost reduction through parts localisation for Spare Parts Department and Agricultural Equipment business unit.
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Assistant Manager ProcurementYanmar Marine International B.V. Mar 2012 - Dec 2014Almere, Nl* Sourcing parts for the different Yanmar business units in Japan, with a particular focus on marine engines (commercial high speed).* Working on cost-down projects for Yanmar Marine International.* Coordinating procurement activity and policy between Yanmar Head Office (Japan) and the three European production sites: Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe (YCEE) - excavators; Yanmar Italy (YI) - single-cylinder air-cooled engines; Yanmar Marine International (YMI) - pleasure boat engines and drives. -
Production Department, Marine Operations DivisionYanmar Co., Ltd. Oct 2011 - Feb 2012Based at the factory which assembles mid-sized diesel engines for pleasure boats (primarily for the European and USA markets) and commercial boats (primarily for the domestic and Asian markets).* Minimise inventory for parts from overseas suppliers.* Prepare supplier-specific quality improvement plans.* Continue project-based purchasing work for new marine engines.* Develop new tools for direct communication between factory quality/scheduling departments and overseas suppliers.* Familiarisation with Yanmar marine products prior to overseas transfer. -
Team Leader, Europe / North America - Global Purchasing DepartmentYanmar Co., Ltd. Nov 2010 - Sep 2011Procurement Department - Global Purchasing GroupResponsible for procuring all types of component from Europe and North America, with a particular focus on high-volume parts for small industrial diesel engines and mid-volume parts for Yanmar's agricultural and construction machine divisions.
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Senior BuyerYanmar Co., Ltd. Sep 2005 - Nov 2010Procurement Department - Purchasing Group 1 Responsible for procurement of forgings and turbochargers, particularly for our range of large-bore medium-speed diesel engines (used mainly for auxiliary power on ocean-going vessels), but also for our range of smaller high-speed marine diesel engines (used mostly on working boats on coastal vessels around Japan and in Southeast Asia). Also buy castings and some specialised machined parts, as well as engines from another manufacturer that are used in powergen applications.Promoted to Senior Buyer in May 2008.
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BuyerYanmar Co., Ltd. Mar 2004 - Sep 2005International Procurement Department I joined Yanmar in this position, and initially worked only with European suppliers buying all different kinds of parts for Yanmar's Japanese factories - for construction, agricultural and genset applications, for high-volume industrial diesel engines and for low-volume large-bore marine engines.
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Graduate TraineeDohle (Iom) Ltd. Oct 2001 - Mar 2004(UK ship management division of Hamburg-based German shipowner)I joined a graduate training scheme with the chance to rotate through a number of different departments, but the majority of my time was spent in purchasing.(October 2001 - June 2002) Purchasing stores and spare parts for a fleet of 14 container ships and bulk carriers trading worldwide.(June 2002 - February 2003) Purchasing for a fleet of 18 container ships and ro-ro vessels trading between Northern Europe and West Africa.(February 2003 - August 2003) Preparing payrolls for 14 ships in our crew management, reconciling the accounts and sending statements to the shipowners.(August 2003 - March 2004) Preparing insurance claims for submission to the UK P&I club; payment of sick wages to ill and injured seafarers.
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James Forrester Education Details
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The University Of SheffieldAdvanced Japanese Studies -
University Of BathEuropean Studies With French And Russian
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What company does James Forrester work for?
James Forrester works for Yanmar Europe
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James Forrester's current role is Procurement Manager at Yanmar Europe B.V..
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James Forrester's email address is ja****@****mar.com
What schools did James Forrester attend?
James Forrester attended The University Of Sheffield, University Of Bath.
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James Forrester has skills like Strategic Procurement, Global Sourcing, Value Chain Analysis, Cost Reduction Programs, Contract Negotiation, Supplier Quality Control, Project Management, Diesel Engines, Strategic Sourcing, Global Operations, Diesel Engine, Procurement.
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