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Ireland

County Cork, Ireland

o Within this role the skill-sets and experience is required to communicate effectively and develop strong working relationships with a multitude of groups including: local & Global business units, finance leadership, stakeholders, and all end to end users. Negotiating contracts, conducting the necessary RFP's/RFQ's/RFI's, and developing/executing procurement plans. Thinking strategically to combine product knowledge with industry/market trends to achieve and implement the most successful purchasing strategies• Managing the purchasing activities regionally & Globally across all commodities• The Commodity Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic procurement plans for the assigned commodity set• Ensure timely negotiation of all agreements, including execution of commodity contracts, a delegation of authority review, completion of executive summary and productivity summaries. Negotiate contracts to meet business requirements and meet the quality and cost objectives• Underlying knowledge of application development, infrastructure (hardware/software), and Telecom (fixed lines/mobility)• Establish and uphold supplier relationships while managing supplier standards, budget, and quality• Obtain knowledge of industrial markets and technical aspects of specific commodities• Define and monitor value contribution to ensure savings objectives are met• Negotiate contracts/make contract amendments and provide recommendations when necessary

County Cork, Ireland

Within this role the skill-sets and experience is required to communicate effectively and develop strong working relationships with a multitude of groups including: local & Global business units, finance leadership, stakeholders, and all end to end users. Negotiating contracts, conducting the necessary RFP's/RFQ's/RFI's, and developing/executing procurement plans. Thinking strategically to combine product knowledge with industry/market trends to achieve and implement the most successful purchasing strategies• Managing the purchasing activities regionally & Globally across all commodities• The Commodity Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic procurement plans for the assigned commodity set• Ensure timely negotiation of all agreements, including execution of commodity contracts, a delegation of authority review, completion of executive summary and productivity summaries. Negotiate contracts to meet business requirements and meet the quality and cost objectives• Underlying knowledge of application development, infrastructure (hardware/software), and Telecom (fixed lines/mobility)• Establish and uphold supplier relationships while managing supplier standards, budget, and quality• Obtain knowledge of industrial markets and technical aspects of specific commodities• Define and monitor value contribution to ensure savings objectives are met• Negotiate contracts/make contract amendments and provide recommendations when necessary

County Kerry, Ireland

Senior Supply Chain Manager Manages the complete SCM from end to end on spend of $62M. Lead the development and management of global & regional commodity strategies designed to leverage BW collective purchasing power and maximise synergistic opportunities to optimize supplier performance, reduce total supply costs while meeting the technology expectations through supply chain management.Ensure commodity plan deliverables meet the designed strategies. Negotiate key supplier contracts, provide global & local leadership in the communication, implementation, coordination of all SCM KPI’s to support the regional plants goals and target.Key Responsibilities: • Manage a team of up to 25 employees from purchasing, planning, warehouse, NPI & SQE’s• Manages Material spend of up to $44M+ and manages over 1000+ suppliers • Manages talent / organisational development within team including conducting performance reviews • Develops supplier capabilities to meet BW requirements• Provides guidance and direction for supplier agreements• Coordinates supplier relationship with internal functions (i.e trouble shooting )• Deliver forecast budgets for LRP across all key functions of responsibility • Ensuring the development and implementations of the specific strategies & commodities for the plant (local plant) and ensure cost and performance objectives are in line with existing plant strategies

County Cork, Ireland

Manage global multi-site supplier spend off $180+ and managed team of 7 Global commodity managers. Key Focus on developing key customer relationships to facilitate collaboration and strategy development. Work closely with NPD project teams ensuring actions are taken to ensure timely launch, and maximizing margin at launch, facilitating top line growth.• Global Commodity leader for Passives, PCB, Textiles & Packaging for Tyco• Developed strategies around customer needs, ensuring they address requirements for growth, scalability, customized supply chain solutions and paths to LCC• Work closely with legal department on contract development and management• Focus on supplier rationalization and consolidation across business units (BU). Strategy development to meet the needs of multiple BU’s while providing scalability, flexibility and path to LCC• Work closely with quality and BU’s to ensure supplier development and onboarding needs are met and satisfy the needs of the BU’s• Manage 60+ suppliers ranging from $0.025M - $15M annual spend. Focus on developing relationships, process improvements, supply chain management, and cost transparency to drive operational improvements and BU satisfaction levels• Worked closely with China IPO manager to provide guidance to develop a strategic plan to increase the number of PPV opportunities identified within Asia. Used past experience to describe supply chain requirements, keys to success, and enabled IPO team to search and provide greater number of opportunitiesKey achievements:• $10M+ cost out in 2 years, strategy development & deployment, overcoming local relationships to position for growth• Identified possible Tier 2 component manufacturer (BYD) to Global Sourcing Manager for Passives & electronics, as potential viable cost reduced component solution• Extensive reduction in supplier management

County Cork, Ireland

Manage team of 12 direct reports within Cork manufacturing plant, including Purchasing, Logistics & Shipping Worked closely with the team to identify opportunities for operational improvement, standardization, and focus on key metrics, while providing leadership, guidance and development.• Quality dotted line report to Sr. Purchasing Manager (Sr.PM), worked closely to address any quality concerns, supplier communications and resolution to ensure minimum disruption to the plant• Collaborated with Global Sourcing team to ensure definition of roles, supplier management and effective implementation of global RFQ’s.• Responsible for approximately $50M in COGS for Cork facility• Worked closely with cross functional departments including manufacturing engineering, test, and product management to ensure alignment within the organization to company needs• Managed NPD buyer for Intrusion, ACVS,TRS & TFPP product portfolio, mandated communication with Global Sourcing ensuring maximum leverage through early involvement• Focused approach to drive operational improvements, collaboration across the team, cross training, career development and accountability within the role• Responsible for over 350 active suppliers and 8000 active components

County Cork, Ireland

Senior Buyer as part of leadership development program to strengthen material & NPI teams, customer relations, operational program management and customer development in all aspects of supply chain and quality • Managed customer requirements (MRP, quotations, planning & scheduling), cost & inventory management, cost reduction initiatives; and overall customer profitability • Identified a need, and established a dedicated NPD team to facilitate the introduction of new customers to the business• Managed customer supply chain team of 9, focused on executing to customer requirements• Responsible for sourcing, supplier management, development, and cost reductions for set commodities. Developed commodity strategies in line with customer needs, and identified strategic partners for growth, cost reduction requirements, and complex supply chain solutions. Implemented year over year savings of over $2.5M, while maintaining customer satisfaction• Focused approach to drive operational improvements, collaboration across the team, cross training, career development and accountability within the role

County Cork, Ireland

Purchasing supervisor to help lead a team of 10 buyers and support the aggressive cost out targets. • Responsibility for global sourcing of electronic components, mechanical & plastics• Netted annual savings of approximately year 1 : 4% ($2.8M); year 2: 4.5% ($3.1M); year 3 : 5.3% ($3.7M), on annual spend of approximately $70M, within assigned commodities, accomplished through supplier development and • Launched a localization and supply chain redesign plan to support the transition of metal enclosures operations from the US to Mexico • Leveraged key relationships with supplier partners to capitalize on cost reductions and establish VMI programs; top 4 suppliers accounting for 65% of active components were added to the VMI program, reduced inventory by over $1M, improved cash flow, and permitted operations to manage volatility in customer demand• Developed quarterly supplier reviews process for strategic partners to measure quality, service, supply chain and procurement in an effort to drive continuous improvement• Ownership and accountability for the sourcing and management of over 25,000 active SKU’s• Instituted QBR process with key suppliers, driving reviews on quality, OTD, pricing and service & support on a quarterly basis, creating the foundation for continuous improvement, and developing the executive level relationships across organizations