Rob Stringer Email & Phone Number

Melksham, England, United Kingdom

EU

Responsible for all UK indirect purchase and global lead for injection mould tool sourcing.

Europe

EU Lead Project Manager for high level business-critical global initiative (2020 Vision). Primarily accountable for overseeing major plant improvement initiatives and activities across all IAC Group EU plants to support the business in its development objectives.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Import Tooling Operations Director for the company with responsibility for driving operational systems and processes for a rapidly growing and successful business. Oversaw and planned all aspects of the Import Tooling Division including managing team members, delivering tooling programmes to the end customer and ensuring alignment with timescales, budgets.

Europe

• Tooling Manager / Procurement Manager with responsibility for serving as the Lead Buyer for all European mould tooling and managing the annual spend within the different EU regions at IAC (approximately £40m per.
• Successfully standardised procurement procedures across all European spend including tool specifications
• Instrumental in negotiating large, complex packages of work ensuring alignment with business objectives whilst dealing with demanding payment terms

UK

Initially Buyer for tooling and capital equipment, being accountable for sourcing and purchasing supplies whilst managing a £multi-million budget for tooling spend. Promoted to the position of Senior Buyer within a year of joining IAC and held responsibility for leading the UK indirect purchase strategy. Accountable for defining and driving the purchase.

Basingstoke, UK

• Plastics & Tooling Engineer with accountability for overseeing R & D medical equipment projects including providing advice on polymer selection, component design for manufacture and preparing detailed specifications.
• Successfully completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt throughout tenure
• Played a pivotal role in forward planning to reduce future product costs through designing for manufacture

Salisbury, UK

• Tooling Manager with primary responsibility for sourcing, auditing and approving new suppliers whilst leading, coordinating and mentoring a team of 8 to 10 direct reports. Travelled throughout Europe and Asia to source.
• Instrumental in the globalisation of tool sourcing for the MAHLE Group including defining and authoring a global standard specification
• Spearheaded the simultaneous successful delivery of 109 complex injection mould tools which were manufactured in 7 different countries across 9 different programmes; successfully delivering the project to demanding.

UK & Malaysia

Camberley

Sunbury-on-Thames, UK

Stroud, UK

Christchurch, UK

Poole, UK

Poole, UK