Stuart Benson Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Led a team of nine across the planning and procurement functions for a manufacturing plant with annual order book of £40M (COGS)
• Developed procurement batching strategy to take advantage of purchasing volumes and help drive cost savings
• Acted as the point of escalation for internal customers regarding critical orders

UK, Germany, USA

Materials Management specialist supporting global Supply Chain, with a focus on Planning/Inventory Strategy, ERP Optimisation, and Process Improvement.

OMLP is a two year leadership training scheme that builds a strong foundation in Supply Chain and Operations through three focused roles and a dedicated training program.

• Warehouse manager for 4 facilities (18 direct reports) with customer-facing responsibilities
• Led Warehouse scope for transfer-of-work (setup of new teams/processes/facilities)

• Worked with multiple functions across two facilities to develop a new product costing tool
• Analysed cost & fulfillment benefits of batch manufacturing with a make-to-stock strategy

• Led sourcing activities for new product; negotiated pricing & managed supplier fulfilment
• Led Lean Six Sigma project resulting in 25% fewer material shortages and 25% OTD increase
• Completed supplier qualifications & developed supplier quality KPI reporting for 4 global sites

• Engineering support for manufacturing operations (primarily production of Airbus components)
• Analysed MRP data with MS Excel/Access to create and automate production scheduling reports
• Worked closely with suppliers to design and purchase specialised tooling

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Mechanical Engineering, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Muay Thai Club, MechSoc FootballAcademic Representative (2015-2016) for 100+ final year Mechanical Engineering.

Supply Chain Management Micromasters

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