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City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Grove

Hullavington, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Main Categories – Engineering and Professional Services, IT, Testing (component, material & full vehicle) Aftersales & MarketingSystems – Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint), Sharepoint, MS Teams, SAP ECC & Ariba• Achieved annual savings of 15% stretch target and cost avoidance of 7% against £40million spend.• Acted as deputy for line manager and mentor for junior buyers• Chaired weekly team meetings, communicating business updates and delegated activities to junior buyers.• Helped lead the development of the indirect procurement function – supplier segmentation, category management, and introduction of stakeholder packs.• Managed over 150 internal stakeholders and guided them through RFX activities from sourcing to contract governance• Collaborated with Dyson home business to ensure compliance with pending IR35 legislation.• Led outsourcing of Purchasing function for M1 Prototypes and helped define end to end supply chain process for M1.• Presented sourcing decisions in weekly OPEX/CAPEX sourcing councils, which included President, VP and Head of Finance for Automotive.• Helped capture wider requirements across the business, creating better cohesion and negotiating bigger bundles with supply partners.• Negotiated complex testing equipment contracts at a total value of £15million• Created RFX templates, helping engineers with their outsourcing requirements.• Set up regular reviews with key supply partners developing strong, commercial relationships

Swindon, United Kingdom

Main categories – finished goods (CCTV, Access Control, CPU’s, cabinets, fire alarms), sub-contractors, vehicle fleets and travel.Systems – Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint), Sharepoint, SAP ECC• Negotiated project pricing on several major projects including £100k cost down on preferred CCTV models. • Developed partnership with new supplier to enable internal stakeholders to continue to bid on NHS tenders. • Collaborated with product manager to rationalise product line, resulting in reduced SKU’s, improved service and a reduction in installation costs.• Key role on Project One, a cross functional team leading the implementation of SAP upgrade.• Identified need to increase % battery waste recycled from 11% to target 40%.• Engaged with service engineers and other stakeholders to help improve TCO by switching from low cost battery brand to premium brand.• Facilitated smooth transition of cable supply following implementation of CPR regulations

Main categories – direct materials (timber, fabric, polymers, glass, powder coatings, fasteners), freight & transport.Systems – Microsoft (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook), Syteline 4 and 8 (ERP system), Mysign (Supplier Management portal)• Implemented Far East freight consolidation programme resulting in optimisation of warehouse space and increase in inventory turns.• Developed new partnership with powder coating manufacturer and achieved a 25% reduction in price per kg as well as improving quality. Forecast savings of over $1million a year globally due to new product launch of biggest selling task chair.• Leader on the tender for the provision of Italy and Germany imports and achieved a 10% reduction in freight costs.• Achieved 18% material saving on melamine faced chipboard by proposing the removal of overlay (protective paper). This also resulted in operational benefits for Herman Miller and MFC vendor.• Headed up tender on glass supply which resulted in a 60% material cost saving as well as improvements in supply chain efficiencies.• Successfully negotiated a reduction in fabric prices for new product launch.• Conducted a tender for the provision of courier services, which delivered a 40% cost saving and an improvement in service levels.• International lead for ethics and diversity team. Responsible for cross departmental teams in three regions: India, EMEA and Latin America.

Main categories – timber, fasteners, castings, polymers.• Implemented electronic kanban benefiting Material Planning by automating this purchasing activity by scanning barcodes. Reduced time and enabled planners to concentrate on core activities.• Managed US supply base from HMinc Herman Miller UK’s largest supplier with an annual spend of around $17.5 million Planned production for the main seating line as part of a dual role. Output of 450 chairs a day, approximately one every minute.• Facilitated air and sea freight to tight deadlines on a JIT basis. Approximately three containers per day and six air freight deliveries per week.