• Transfer all supply pricing contracts to a new CEM.• Set up new supply for manufactured parts to CBNG specification with new CEMs localsuppliers.• Monitor and secure supply of all single source key components under extremely challengingmarket conditions.• Purchase, expedite and consign electronic components to ensure continuity of supply at twoCEMs based in Asia.• Monitor and manage CEM product costs.• NPI product support, component selection for supply working with engineering and outsourceddesign services.• Monitor excess stock levels and order EOL components.

• Commercial Supply Chain management to drive cost reduction for complete product re-design. Streamline logistics, tailor supply chain to fit production within Asia CEM.• Key Supplier Management, quarterly business review meetings.• Manage complete product cost base for manufacturing partner CEM based in China.• Drive cost reduction with key suppliers by effective negotiation & regular supplier business review meetings.• Set up buffer stock agreements, to reduce lead time & ensure continuity of supply for key single source components.• Strategic planning & management resulting from End of Life component notifications (PCN).

• Responsible for all manufactured product costs, covering both NPI & volume product costs.• Working closely with R&D, influencing new component selection for all NPI ensuring products enter production on target cost. • Ensuring cost targets achieved, holding regular progress meetings with engineers.• Representing supply chain at all project meetings.• Supporting all NPI builds, prototypes within UK & Chinese CEM.• Negotiate all pricing & supply chain elements to support NPI requirements & volume manufacture in China.• Ensure all UK distributors were removed from Supply Chain to reduce component cost and improve supply & logistics.• Ensure second source available for all new parts where possible to limit risk of continuous supply.• Excess stock & inventory management, reducing supplier MOQ’s.• Negotiate all Global Pricing Agreements for key strategic vendors, implement with Chinese CEM and achieved a 25% reduction in volume product costs.• Responsible for quarterly product pricing with Chinese CEM for volume production, ensuring all cost reductions achieved are reflected.• Strategic planning for End Of Life component notifications.• Maintaining good supplier relationships at all times.• Responsible for one member of staff, senior NPI buyer.

• Assisted transfer of all production from four UK facilities to a single CEM in China to enable capacity growth in line with business’ revenue growth.• Numerous trips to China setting up supply chain within CEM.• Raise & manage all purchase orders on Chinese CEM to support revenue growth of >$28m.• Contributed to daily/weekly open order meetings with Head of Operations to review production to enable on time delivery performance.• Supply Chain support for Chinese CEM, material lead time, price, MOQ & quality issues.• Negotiate all Global Pricing Agreements for key strategic vendors & implement with Chinese CEM.• EOL Product Scenario planning.

• Management of two UK CEM’s.• Quarterly Supplier Performance Reviews.• Setting up Global Supply Chain agreements direct with Manufacturers & Distributors.• Stock reduction exercises.• NPI interaction.