Richard Wright Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melourne, Australia

Lead and manage a team focussing on sourcing activities for direct material commodities for both existing production and new product development.• Sourcing and qualifying new LCR suppliers• Manage key strategic commodities• Develop and lead sourcing team to implement procurement strategies• Conduct Sourcing workshops to identify cost reduction projects to meet annual cost reduction targets• Champion continuous improvement to address identified issues and identify further opportunities for operational excellence. Certified Lean Practitioner. • Review and negotiate supply contracts• Procure prototypes to support new products• Work with regional sourcing teams for identification of strategic suppliers

Managing a team responsible for the total supply chain - demand planning, sourcing, outsourcing, supplier management, procurement, warehousing and logistics across a network of global customers and suppliers.The role requires working closely with all functions of the business, in particular manufacturing, engineering and finance. In addition the role is responsible for the management of supplier partners, including 3rd Party Logistics provider and offshore contract manufacturing partner.

Divestiture of Agilent Technologies

Responsibilities: • Lead and mentor for global supply chain team• Manufacturing and supply chain lead for new product introductions• Member of monthly forecast and demand review team• Remotely manage contract manufacturer in Malaysia for new products• Acting product line Order Fulfillment Manager • Supply chain process improvement project leadKey achievements • Leader of diverse, international team who successfully developed component end of life management process - resulting in zero stock outs of obsolete parts. • Key member of Six Sigma Project team and benchmarking activities that instigated annual savings of US$1,500,000 or 15% reduction of material spend. This required detailed spend analysis, process reviews, alternative parts sourcing, benchmarking and negotiations with current suppliers.• Lead for Six Sigma project on inventory excess reduction, implementing a number of process improvements. Monthly inventory excesses generated reduced by average of 75%• Developed and maintained agreements for 3rd party R&D software development outsourcing to India and China• Supported multiple complex and high technology test designs into an outsourced Malaysian manufacturing supply chain. Supply chain was consistently successful in being setup to met R&D timelines.

Responsibilities:o Team management, cost reduction, inventory reduction, CM management, outsourcing, procurement, contract development and managemento Country site lead for global Oracle ERP implementationKey achievements o Managed outsourcing to Asian contract manufacturer, and development of manufacturing model, which supports exports of US$60M of producto Lead of 2003 cost reduction program which instigated savings of US$700,000, over 10% of material spendo Successful roll out of Oracle

Responsibilities: o Team management, planning, inventory control, warehousing, procurement, materials engineering.o Outsourcing Key achievements o Successful rollout of Y2K and Agilent/HP splito Team supported record shipment revenue year of over $100M, or 25% growth

Manufacturing Engineer specialising in automated assembly

Post Graduate Diploma, Management

Bachelor Of Engineering, Manufacturing