Procurement Manager
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Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months
Reporting to VP of Procurement, I am responsible for Managing Procurement and Supply Chain for 5 Prime US DOD FMS contracts, DPVS, PVS, IFS, O&I, R&R (valued at 1bn USD) in support of RSAF fleet of F15s. Responsibilities include, obtaining competitive prices via RFP solicitations, ensuring FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation) compliance, maintaining and improving On time delivery, Back orders turn around, supplier sourcing and performance etc. 32 direct reports..
Reporting to Supply Chain Director, I am responsible for Leading and Managing Supply Chain and procurement activities managing 150 suppliers with a combine spend of 800M$ against spares, IT hardware/Software service and facility contractors/consultants-15 direct reports
Core Responsibilities:
• Managing Supply chain and procurement function of spares and service contractors, facility, IT hardware/Software suppliers and freelance contractors/consultants.
• Ensuring end-to-end process from PR-RFQ-ROQ-P.O-up to the receipt of material/service is managed and run efficiently
• Ensuring, tracking and Optimizing of inventories for 5000 SKUs across all stores
• Ensuring supply chain efficiencies are maintained above 85%
• Ensuring PR to PO process efficiency is above 95% and taking corrective actions where required
• Analysing monthly spend data to ensure the thresholds of spend as per annual strategic spend plans and budgets
• Preparing cost estimates against project/SOW requirements
• Managing AOG (Aircraft on Ground) and IOR (Immediate Operational Requirement) dashboard from End to End to ensure the requirements of the end user are fulfilled
• Holding monthly provisioning stock follow up exercises to ensure supply v/s forecast gaps are minimized and safety stocks levels are maintained
• Ensuring MRP attributes are reviewed on monthly basis for every major event effecting forecast in Oracle and supporting planning department in establishing material requirements against the forecast
• Leading Strategic procurement activities to ensure long term sourcing objectives are met
• Sourcing and selection of new suppliers for aircraft spares and repairs and service contracts
• Negotiating and establishing Long Term Agreements (LTA) and managing and developing strategic supplier relationships
• Verifying work carried out by facility contractors/consultants are up to the spec before signing off for payment
• Manage supplier disputes and addressing performance issues review and approve claims against suppliers for unsatisfactory materials or equipment
• Ensuring establishment of KPI for suppliers to measure performances against targets-Cost, Delivery
• Manage and direct team of buyers and Sr. buyers in alignment with company Supply Chain and Procurement objectives and accountabilities and holding weekly and monthly performance meetings
• Evaluating and managing supply chain risk and exercising mitigating measures to reduce maximum exposure to risk
• Rationalizing the supply base to achieve maximum savings against each category
• Carrying out contract reviews annually and bi annually to measure performance of subcontractors against the contract KPI
• Ensuring procurement policies, approval authorities and diligence levels are exercised at all stages of procurement
• Developing and improving SCM and Procurement policies and procedures
• Reporting & presenting supply chain performance matrix to exec. team
Supplier Development Engineer - Sept 2012- June 2013
Parker Hannifin - www.parker.com
United Kingdom
Reporting to Divisional Supply Chain Manager and a dotted line to VP of Quality, In this role I led and managed supplier development function for whole division comprising of 2 manufacturing sites, 2 warehouses and 6 sales offices, managing a supply base of 30 key strategic suppliers with a combine spend of 18M£
Core Responsibilities:
• Leading selection, evaluation & approval of suppliers in line with policies and procedural requirements
• Developing, Managing, Improving Quality, Delivery and Lean KPIs, establishing performance improvement plans for underperforming suppliers and reporting monthly performance to corporate
• Identifying risk within supply base using FMEA and deploying control plans to mitigate risk
• Managing Supplier Corrective Action Requests and driving root cause analysis using tools such as 8D, 5Y and Ishikawa
• Managing sourcing programme for new product development projects
• Carrying out supplier product, process and system audits (AS9100, ISO9001, TS16949, 13485)
• Managing and leading transition projects- offshoring projects and alternate sourcing projects (Asia pac, USA)
• Verifying facility sub-contractor or consultant work is completed as per agreement before signing off for payment to finance
• Supporting strategic procurement in developing long term cost saving plans
• Participating in PFEP exercises (Plan For Every Part) to align orders against forecast
• Supporting site 'Deflation Matrix' by proposing cost saving projects
• Leading and mentoring six sigma projects for improving supply chain operations
• Training and supporting key strategic suppliers on using quality improvement tools such as SPC, Gage R&R, 5S and maintaining supplier relationships to support key organizational objectives
• Communicating engineering requirements and changes down to suppliers for effective closures and DFM
• Representing site in third party surveillance and certification audits for ISO 9001, AS9100 and 13485
• Managing, mentoring and developing direct reports (x3) and establishing annual departmental budgets
• Supporting annual stock take and resolution of errors
Key Achievements
✓ Developed divisional supplier selection, evaluation and approval system to support new product launches and reduce the turnaround time of sourcing by 50% on New Product Developments
✓ Rationalized 5 key materials to achieve 0.5M£ worth of savings/year-Six Sigma Project
✓ Improved quality performance of suppliers to reduce Cost of Poor Quality by 30% 150KGBP savings-Six Sigma Project
✓ Introduced supplier charge back system for cost recovery resulting from administering Supplier corrective action requests. This system recovered indirect admin cost of 1000GBP/month on average which was previously being absorbed by the business
✓ Developed Tool maintenance programme for sub contracted tooling saving 10KGBP/year on reactive maintenance cost
✓ Value Streamed Supply Process of mouldings to improve on time delivery to customer (OTTP) by 20%
✓ Improved strategic supplier delivery by 20% via establishing bi-weekly meeting between buyers and suppliers to communicate forecast requirements and changes
Reporting to Procurement Director, in this role I was responsible for managing a spend of 200M£ across20 subcontractors for three main categories Fabrication, Machining and Test - 2 direct reports
Core Responsibilities:
• Leading the procurement function and overseeing all aspects of purchasing, negotiations, strategy, tool and process implementation for procurement related to sub contracts for Fabrication, Machining and Test
• Sourcing, negotiating, awarding, and documenting contracts for assigned categories- Authority level 10M£
• Reviewing contract documentation and provide feedback to contract specialist on SOW’s, KPI etc
• Ensuring Sub-contractors deliver to programme in line with project requirements within authorized budgets and technical requirements
• Support cost reduction activities, undertaking risk management and change management within the delivery team to maximize commercial benefit
• Compiling and analysing spend data in order to perform comprehensive price analysis to establish cost objectives for each contract
• Ensuring that requirements (Master contract, quality, GT&C) are properly communicated to contractors
• Holding supplier meetings including regular progress reviews to ensure contract performance and status is communicated effectively and actions taken where required
• Generating contractor performance reports on weekly basis against the targets and communicating to the stake holders across the organization
• Developing implementing and maintaining procurement policies and review on a regular basis to ensure relevance and conformance with best practices and ensuring compliance with internal and regulatory policies
• Preparing and submitting departmental budget and supporting annual stock take
• Provide subordinates with help and guidance through a mixture of direction and coaching ensuring effective personal development plans and 1 to 1's in a timely manner to maximize the development of individuals in the team.
Supply Chain Engineer (Capex and Transitions) Apr 2007- Sep 2010
Honeywell - www.honeywell.com
United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, China
Reporting to site leadership, my overall responsibility was to lead Integrated supply Chain function across multiple sites. In this role I was involved with supply chain projects across, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, UK and China leading a team of 25 procurement professionals
Core Responsibilities:
• Leading establishment of Supply Chain across EMEA region on new production, transitions and production expansion projects worth 50MUSD
• Sourcing and selecting new suppliers and establishing new supplier agreements in line with strategic objectives in each region. This included both local and international suppliers-Approval authority 5MUSD.
• Standardizing warehouses to get maximum operational output - Ensuring requirements (including compliance requirements) of Stock, Space, Work area, Identifications, Gangways, Quarantine, SWL etc are being met effectively
• Establishing provisional material stock level requirements for launch products prior to MRP integration
• Leading MRP integration to ensure, Purchasing and Supply Chain modules full-fill business and process requirements and are user friendly (SAP, Oracle)
• Supporting local procurement teams in establishing supplier KPI's and measuring performance of the subcontractors and suppliers against Cost and Delivery and other contractual obligations
• Developing supplier relationships to ensure early supplier involvement, effective communication and rapid problem resolution is achieved
• Ensuring timely preparation of material cost estimates, profiling and forecasting on all new suppliers, incorporating both operational and support service teams
• Analysis spend data across the regions to ensure supplier synergies, strengths and thresholds are being maintained as per strategic objectives - 50 strategic suppliers
• Recruiting and inducting procurement staff for new projects
• Implementing and complying with all company policies and procedures (9001:2008, 14001, 18001)
• Leading Six Sigma Green Belt projects for achieving process improvements & financial savings
• Investigating stock take errors and advising solutions to local procurement teams for rectification
Key Achievements
✓ Successfully completed transition of sourcing base from UK to China on Plastic mouldings - (Savings 5MUSD)
✓ Transferred electromechanical assembly line to India from UK for 8 product lines- (4MUSD savings)
✓ Rationalized 10 suppliers (UK, Indonesia and China) to achieve maximum cost advantage and supply chain efficiency- (Savings 1MUSD)
✓ Successfully completed transition of Indonesian premium production line to Saudi to achieve maximum supply chain efficiency for middle east market- ( Saving 800KUSD annual savings)
✓ Negotiated contract with 5 UK suppliers to operate VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) at UK site reducing delivery time from 14 days to 24 hours
Sr. Buyer - May 05- Mar 07
Helem Ltd - A UK distributor of electrical products
United Kingdom
Procurement Engineer - Mar 04- Apr 05
Alstom - www.alstom.com
United Kingdom
Master in Engineering