Steven Rees Email & Phone Number

Lincoln, ON, CA

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

• My responsibilities are extensive at Westward Industries. Westward Industries design and manufacture electric utility vehicles in the heart of Winnipeg. My responsibilities cover the full supply chain – from sourcing.
• Manage SAP input for stock management.
• Control and manage barcode allocation.
• Place order, daily/weekly and monthly for critical and run rate items – local and international.
• Follow up on lead times, ensuring on time delivery.
• Negotiate pricing and contracts.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

• Responsible for leading all aspects of the strategic sourcing process for an assigned category including but not limited to managing category profiles, developing sourcing strategies, execution of sourcing plans, and.
• Takes primary accountability for establishing and achieving goals in the areas of Cost and Lead Time management and Category goals (eg. Savings targets, Supplier consolidation/reduction, base sourcing, new supply.
• Fully knowledgeable and responsible to cover for the buying functions/tasks as required.
• Main point of contact for NFI Parts with Suppliers to build strong relationships while leveraging synergies with the Production business units in the NFI Group to ensure overall cost and performance objectives are met.
• Works closely with Customer Service and Business Development to identify new business opportunities, develop plans and assist in development of Supplier agreements to support new initiatives.
• Leads the Category team in monitoring and reporting of KPI’s and Supplier Scorecards to support the performance of the category.

Winnipeg

• I drove global commodity strategies with an emphasis on cost reductions, partnering with quality minded suppliers, supplier relationship management, low-cost economy sourcing and supplier rationalization strategies. A.
• Develop and sustain a strategic commodity business plans that results in MCI having product leadership position and results in procurement having a competitive advantage.
• Track and communicate global commodity global trends, competitive strategies, economic factors and opportunities in the global marketplace.
• Develop “should be” cost models – a means of identifying and driving cost reductions that ensure cost competitiveness in pursuit if new business opportunity.
• Responsible for coordinating sourcing duties with SQA, Warranty, Supplier Development Engineers, and Engineering, in an effort to increase quality levels and service.

Transcona, Winnipeg

• As a member of the Purchasing Department, this position is responsible for executing the material supply plan to achieve 100% on time delivery to support production build in station.
• Develop and sustain a professional relationship with supplier and customers.
• Manage Annual purchasing budget in the excess of $500 million.
• Plan and place all overseas orders and then together with the traffic department, co-ordinate on time delivery using sea and air freight carriers.
• Mange over 20 accounts, many high priority for parts that are line stoppers.
• Client presentations and product deep dive discussion.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Flagon is a company that offers retailers a select and diverse opportunity to customize product ranges that are home branded. These ranges cover electronics, toys, gifting, accessories and Flagon customers are top 20 retailers in South Africa, including The Clicks Group; Musica; Mass Mart and Cardies. Over the past Five years, Flagon has developed many.

Cape Town, South Africa

• Musica is the largest entertainment retail business in South Africa, with over 300 stores country wide. The key focus of the business is CD; DVD and gaming, with recent growth onto accessories – T-shirts, Apple.
• I was responsible for a yearly turnover of CAD$70 million
• Manage a team of 5 buyers and 10 assistant buyers
• Plan yearly budgets and turnover targets with the merchandise planners
• Plan yearly budgets stock turn targets with the merchandise planners
• Preparation for and participation in, trading terms negotiations with all suppliers.

Cape Town, South Africa

• Musica was the largest entertainment retailer in Southern Africa, with over 300 stores. I facilitated several roles within my 15-year tenure. Responsibilities included managing budgets, controlling stock turns, ensure.
• Controlled yearly budget of CAD$40 million
• Develop a detailed strategy within the defined business area
• Implementation of pricing strategy
• Develop the sales plans as well as annual promotional calendar with team
• Assist teams with development of exit strategies for dated and slow moving stocks