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A versatile procurement and production specialist with excellent communication skills at all levels honed through 20 years of procurement and production experience, the majority of which being in management and senior managerial positions, establishing, developing and leading motivated and high performing teams to achieve and exceed aggressive cost and production lead time targets whilst significantly improving the quality of components and services delivered. These targets being all the more challenging as required, to support a Formula 1 World Championship team where change is a must and leading edge technology and materials are standard.Goal: To continue to develop my career within the purchasing, procurement, supply chain management, production management path whilst retaining the need to be involved in a high profile, high technology, cutting edge manufacturing techniques environment with a product or service that catches the imagination.Specialties: Purchasing, Procurement, Supplier Development, Quality Improvement, Cost Reduction, Lead Time Reduction, Delivery Reliability, Kaizen, Toyota Production System, Supplier Integration, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply Strategy development and implementation, Supply Base Reduction / Consolidation, Team Building and Development, Recruiting Best in Class procurement professionals, Maximising integration of supplier solutions, Develop and lead sourcing strategy with cross functional teams. Operations Management, Senior Leadership Team role.

Listed skills include Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain, Spend Management, Purchasing, and 27 others.