Rob Sherwin Email & Phone Number

Bentley Motors, Crewe

Senior Buyer responsible for Seatbelts, Airbags & Steering Wheels (Sept-08 - Sept-14). Activities including cost breakdown analysis, negotiation, nomination of new business to key strategic suppliers and incumbent supplier benchmarking of current parts with key competitorsCross functional working with Engineering to involve suppliers in early stage of new product developmentNomination of new business for seatbelts, airbags and steering wheels in local forums and within VW GroupSenior Buyer responsible for Wiring Harness and Fusebox, Power, Alternator, Starter, HV and Battery Cables (Oct-14 to May-21).Responsible for negotiation and nomination of wiring harness and all power cables for new BY63x Continental GT, GTC and Flying Spur.Senior Buyer responsible for Displays, Kombi Instruments, Switches, Steering Column Stalks, Main Units (May-21 to Dec-22).Responsible for savings reporting within the electrical commodity teamSenior Buyer in Metals Commodity responsible for Axles, Sub-Frames, Brake Systems, including Calipers, Discs, Pads, Brake Boosters, and Exhaust Systems (Jan-23 to present).

Congleton, Cheshire

Airbags International, owned by Autoliv. Buyer responsbile for raw material commodity of airbag yarn, silicone & sub-contract textile coating.Duties include cost reduction within the supplier base, contract negotiation, savings reporting.

Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Responsible for the commodity covering wiring harness componentry, notably rubber & plastic injection mouldings, thermoplastic raw material, plastic extrusions, brass stamped & pressed metal parts & convoluted tubing