Candidate profiles
Knowledge and experience to help drive your business forward
A senior manager with in excess of 20 years experience within the pharmaceutical industry. Accustomed to working to Good Manufacturing Practice which necessitates the highest levels of quality and hygiene.
• An excellent communicator at all levels the candidate was responsible for managing approximately 50 production staff.
• Played a pivotal role in the successful introduction and subsequent launch of new products for many blue chip companies.
• Made a significant contribution to the rapid growth in new business and revenue at a previous employer.
• Vast experience of hosting client and third party audits, notably the UK Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA), and US Food and Drugs Administration (US FDA).
• Meticulous and highly customer focused.
A procurement professional that has extensive procurement and materials management experience. The candidate has worked for major contract electronics companies serving many blue chip clients.
• Excellent inter-personnel skills and a natural ability to manage cross function project team members (was responsible for 22 direct reports).
• High level of experience sourcing materials from low cost countries.
• Established a supply chain from start up for two new manufacturing facilities.
• Effective management of sub-contractors so ensuring new product launches achieved on time. (Fourteen new products launched within 18 months).
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Visits to Far East and Eastern Europe vendors to project manage new products.
• Led cost reduction projects that achieved many millions of Pounds of savings.
A Six Sigma Green Belt professional with 15 years experience of managing storage and distribution operations.
• Implemented 5S across warehouse functions creating efficiencies and generating cost savings.
• Excellent people skills the candidate was responsible for managing a team of 33 people in a previous role.
• An effective motivator, the candidate managed to double the daily amount of parcels dispatched from a facility.
• Maintained customer service levels in the face of a major change programme.
• Has a high level of IT literacy in Microsoft packages and SAGE.
• Achieved significant reduction in courier costs through negotiation.
• A highly motivated buyer with broad experience of sourcing a wide spectrum of direct materials.
• Global sourcing of injection mouldings, electronic components, machined parts, chemicals and fabrics.
• Established supply chains to facilitate new product introduction.
• Forged close working relationships with vendors to eliminate waste, reduce costs, minimise risk, improve and sustain high service levels inline with key performance indicators.
• Performed regular audits of UK supplier sites.
• Has knowledge of electronic component manufacturing and identification of possible counterfeit components.
• Currently working towards MCIPS qualification.
• Experience of SAP and other ERP systems.
• A CIM qualified marketing professional that has worked in the capacity of senior marketing manager.
• Very personable, highly motivated, conscientious, and diligent.
• Experience of managing agencies, and developing annual marketing plans.
• Managed global trade events, including the acquisition and design of exhibits, logistics, and negotiating costs with vendors.
• Masterminded the successful launch of products into new markets.
• Successful re-branding of products and services.
• Practical experience of using social media across appropriate platforms.
• An experienced individual that has worked in a variety of supply chain roles including purchasing, production control and materials management.
• Has held senior management roles in many different industry sectors including engineering, electronics, medical, bio-research and defence.
• Successfully implemented MRP and MRP II systems across various systems such as JD Edwards, Syspro and Baan.
• Proven ability to improve material flow and take out costs.
• Multi-site responsibility for purchasing, warehousing and production control functions.
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