Wayne Clark Email & Phone Number

Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Northamptonshire, England

Work with numerous companies (SMEs through to PLCs) on their Asian supply chains, including China, Vietnam, India and Turkey. This includes both strategic and operational advice and tangible solutions to maximise value direct through to the client's bottom line, whilst mitigating the inherent risk of outsource manufacturing.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

• Developed, implemented, maintained and reported upon the operating plan for all Group Operations, reporting via a quarterly BOD meeting with private equity partners• Managed 7 Operations Managers globally and responsible for an entire global operations team of 110 people• Maintained Group operational performance within financial and budgetary limits • Rationalised product portfolio in order to leverage volume and reduce SKU management• Ensured that Group inventory costs were maintained within budget • Developed and oversaw the maintenance of the Group’s operational metrics (global operating expense, GM, EBITDA, manufacturing output, OTIF, quality complaints, inventory value, stock days) and reported regularly thereupon• Developed the global strategic purchasing plan in line with the Group’s objectives of lowering costs whilst maintaining quality, OTIF levels and improving gross margin. Large savings realised, which resulted from strategic make-to-buy decisions that reduced BOM costs, manufacturing touch points, vendor base and SKU management• Designed and implemented best practice procedures and methodologies within all operational disciplines in all Group facilities• Managed, motivated and developed direct reports, that included recruitment, training, evaluations, discipline, goal setting, appraisal and personal development• Part of the due diligence team for the acquisition of an “add-on” business in 2011. Acquisition was for an electronic suite of products that complemented a mechanical product suite within the Group. • Managed Group’s global Intellectual Property with UK and US attorneys