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Leading UK character housewares supplier, supplying all the major toy retailers, DIY stores & grocers. The UK distributor for Cool Gear drinks bottles, and “Locksy” food storage. Also Spearmark Health producing the “Droplet” intelligent hydration system. Forecast and Inventory Manager: Responsible for £6 million spend, purchasing & production.  Successfully implemented MRP to produce purchase orders for direct purchases/imports and production orders for outwork centres and internal… Show more Leading UK character housewares supplier, supplying all the major toy retailers, DIY stores & grocers. The UK distributor for Cool Gear drinks bottles, and “Locksy” food storage. Also Spearmark Health producing the “Droplet” intelligent hydration system. Forecast and Inventory Manager: Responsible for £6 million spend, purchasing & production.  Successfully implemented MRP to produce purchase orders for direct purchases/imports and production orders for outwork centres and internal production.  Maintain accurate forecasting along with excellent customer relationships with direct customer interface and using EPOS information  Achieve on time and in full deliveries from suppliers by providing accurate buying plans at regular intervals.  Overhauled and maintained Spearmark’s relationship with licensors leading to better licence acquisition, by regularly providing accurate sales plans and predicted royalty information  Achieved a dramatic stock reduction from £1.8 million to under £1 million still retaining customer service levels of over 95%.  Improved a reliable freight solution which meets the needs of the business including negotiating and maintaining competitive freight rates.  Outsourced and managed the relationship with an external warehouse, production and distribution centres originally in the Netherlands, and then in Belgium with regular visits maximising supply to all mainland European customers.  Successfully trading with and maintaining a strong relationship with a supplier base in Hong Kong, China, Italy and Bangladesh as well as all around the UK.  Managing 2 buyers Previous role Operations Manager:  In charge of the sales support team, forecasting and purchasing teams  Negotiated pricing with factories and maintaining supplier relationships including visiting the factories in the Far East.  Worked with factories on Corporate Social Responsibility and Lighting Association Code of Practice for the Safety of Luminaires Scheme. Show less

One of the largest decorative lighting manufacturers in the U.K., supplying blue chip retail outlets. Purchasing Manager:  Responsible for all the purchases of a pottery in Devon and the shade plant in Royston, and also production planning in the Royston plant.  Used MRP and Min/Max to control over 3000 components.  Directly in charge of the purchasing/production department and Stores  Used CRP with the Production Director to control factory staffing levels. … Show more One of the largest decorative lighting manufacturers in the U.K., supplying blue chip retail outlets. Purchasing Manager:  Responsible for all the purchases of a pottery in Devon and the shade plant in Royston, and also production planning in the Royston plant.  Used MRP and Min/Max to control over 3000 components.  Directly in charge of the purchasing/production department and Stores  Used CRP with the Production Director to control factory staffing levels.  Responsible for all Bills of Material set-ups and stock code maintenance.  A key player in the company’s growth, particularly with the addition of the Marks and Spencer account, liaising with customers as well as suppliers maintaining the weekly production flow for all production at the Royston plant, linking available materials with capacity. Show less

Suppliers of materials to the lampshade industry. Factory Manager Account Manager  Starting as machine operative, after three months took over as Factory manager responsible for 30 employees.  After a year, I moved up into the sales office taking over half of the major accounts and all credit control.  Involved in installation of main frame computer system.  Responsible for stand at the international Lightshow every year.