· Education and Qualifications

Commenced Studying MSc in Procurement (October 2002)

1996-1998 Allt-Yr-Yn College of Higher Education, Newport, Gwent

HND in Business and Finance

1996 Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

(Membership Number: 5021114)

1992-1994 Allt-Yr-Yn College of Higher Education, Newport, Gwent

HNC in Business and Finance

1989-1991 Nash College, Newport, Gwent

BTEC National Certificate in Business and Finance

1977-1983 Oakdale Comprehensive School, Blackwood, Gwent

· Work Related Courses

I have completed a course Management Development Programme (MDP) 1999-2000

1989-1991 Quality Improvement Group Member

1993 (3 days) Reach Truck Course (Abergavenny)

1991 (1 day) PQI (Newport)

1990 (2days) Materials Management (Manchester)

1990 (2 days) Effective Production Control (Newport)

1990 (2 days) EITB (Newport)

2001 -Continuous QFD (Quality Function Deployment

2002 ( 2 days) LRQA Internal Auditor Course

October 2004-Present Day

Contour Premium Aircraft Seating(October 2004-Present Day)

Position: Materials and Logistics Manager

Managing a team of 42 staff,Controlling stores,purchasing and despatch.Working closely with Finance and all planning areas of the business.Using Baan system and total inventory of £18 million.

Cost savings ,reduction of inventory and lay out on stores on both sites.

March 2003-October 2004

Fulleon Ltd-Cwmbran Gwent (Manufacture of industrial fire alarms)

Position: Materials and Logistics Manager.

Managing a team of 12 personnel.Controlling all purchasing,stores ,despatch and planning.

Working closely with Sales and Finance on a day-to-day basis.

Maintaining the MFG- pro data base, and making sure that all the information is correct.

Monitoring Suppliers via Scorecards and reporting back to them on daily/monthly issues.

Currently working with major suppliers on extending there payment terms,introducing Kaznban/Consignment stock.

2001-March 2003

Emerson Process Management-Leicestershire(World Wide Distribution Centre catering for the Electronics industry)

Position: Planning and Procurement Manager

Current position manager of a team of 6 in the UK and 1 person in Austin Texas.Control the inventory of Leicester(Valued at $5.2 Million).Inventory in Austin Texas(Valued at $ 4.9 Million).Inventory in Rijswijk in the Netherlands(Valued at $2

Million).

Day-to-day plan inventory and also forecasting for our suppliers currently at 150 from 180 at May 2001.

Control and monitor the inventory plans for Top Level management and reporting back on a monthly basis.

Maintaining the JD Edwards data base, and making sure that all the information is correct.

Monitoring Suppliers via Scorecards and reporting back to them on daily/monthly issues.

Day-to-day liaison with Customer service/Accounts and Engineering worldwide.

Currently working with major suppliers on extending there payment terms,introducing Kaznban/Consignment stock.

Control of MRO for UK Emerson Business.Control spend of $3.5 m with a link into Austin Texas.

Within the MRO/Utilities role I was responsible for setting up the contracts for Security/Cleaning and the Canteen facilities.

On a day-to-day basis I would control purchase of Office equipment/all stationery for the site using a KanBan system with supplier.I would also purchase/lease Computer equipment from Dell for the whole of the group setting up a group contract.

November 1997 - May 2001

HAWKER ENERGY PRODUCTS Ltd, NEWPORT

Position: Supply Chain Manager

I have been employed with Hawker as Supply Chain Manager for just over two years whereby my responsibilities were as follows:

· Purchasing of all raw materials and maintenance parts on a daily basis with an annual spend of approx. £20 million.

· Controlling the stores with a manning level of six in order to supply materials to four different parts of the site and also ensure stock levels are correct. Cycle counts done on a daily basis.

· Value of stock reduced from £900k to £400k within the two years that I have been managing the site. Also introduction of Kanban/Consignment stock where applicable.

· Currently looking at Lineside Kanban from all major suppliers.

· Production planning and control, whereby one Planner reports to myself and we control the whole of the site, which at present has an annual turnover of £45 million.

· Logistics of finished goods are controlled within the department where there is a Transport Manager and Clerk who report to myself.

· Purchasing has a Clerk and a Waste Manager for the site who report to myself with the control of scrap and also the chasing of overdue orders from suppliers.

· Total number of staff reporting to me is 11.

· Ongoing cost savings with 5% cost reduction year on year.

· I report to the General Manager and indirectly to the Group Purchasing Director.

· I have total control of all the logistics of Hawker Energy from the purchasing of all raw materials to the despatching of finished goods from the site to the customer.

· Managed the control of all MRO/Facilities for the Hawker site. This involved control of Company cars, maintenance, Stationery and the set-up of Electricity, Gas and Security contracts on site.

Monitored on a monthly basis the savings gained by using QFD Charts.

August 1996 - November 1997

GULF ALUMINIUM ROLLING MILL COMPANY, BAHRAIN

Position: Senior Planning Officer

Assisting with the computerisation of the Production Planning Department in the following areas: -

· MIMI scheduling system (Manager for Interactive Modelling Interfaces)

· SFDC (Shop-Floor Data Collection)

1. Interim Projects; 2. New Marex Project

· IT Projects, etc

Also additional assignment to effectively increase the productivity in the circles department. This included the following:-

· Check order intake, scheduling and machine balancing to quality issues and yield

· Production methods, die changing along with plant availability and utilisation was measured, monitored and changed if necessary.

· Checking on a daily basis that the plant was being scheduled with the right alloy mix's and the machines were being utilised to there maximum capacity with the minimum amount of roll changes.

August 1994 - August 1996

HAWKER ENERGY PRODUCTS Ltd, NEWPORT

Position: Production Planner / Senior Buyer

Duties included:-

· Planning of aircraft/standby power batteries from the scheduling of lead to shipment to customers. Planning was started by manual schedules then followed by a new MRP system (MFG Pro) which actually incorporated machine downtimes and maintenance. Daily meetings with all production related personnel to discuss previous days actual against targets.

· All components for production and maintenance were purchased and monitored on a daily basis. Store inventory reduced from 7750k to 350k in twelve months and keeping production to actual targets without productions stopping due to material shortage. Liaison with accounts, engineering, production and sales and marketing.

Systems used:- MRP1/MRP2, Lotus 123, MFG Pro, AS400, Word, Excel and Winfax.

October 1991 - May 1994

NACAM CARDAN Ltd, EBBW VALE, GWENT

Position: Production Planner

Duties included:-

· Day-to-day customer schedules inputted into AS400 system in order to generate MRP1/MRP2.

· Daily scrap reports produced and issued to accounts and managing director.

· Production meetings held on a daily basis chaired by myself and one member from each department.

· Production schedule issued to shop floor, giving them the authority to manufacture that particular week's build.

Position: Production Controller

Duties included:-

· Day-to-day liaison with customers, sales, invoicing, organising transport for timed deliveries and also obtaining competitive rate.

· Daily schedules to shop floor in order to achieve customer deliveries.

· Producing daily/weekly/monthly sales figures against forecasts.

Position: Stores Manager

Duties included:-

· Introduced stock control system throughout factory, by using AS400 system.

· Booking in of goods received from suppliers.

· Organising daily dispatches to shop floor with two storemen and one clerk.

· Perpetual cycle counts carried out on two-weekly basis order to maintain stock levels.

· General duties carried out on a daily basis.

1989-1991

STC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NEWPORT, GWENT

Position: Materials Control Officer

Duties included:-

· Day-to-day running of scheduling optical part of STC.

1987 - 1989

BRITISH ALCAN ROLLED PRODUCTS, NEWPORT, GWENT

Position: Production Control Clerk

Duties included:-

· Responsible for the upkeep of records on a daily basis.

· Continental shifts worked and general duties carried out as and when required.

· Additional Information

Mobility: Car owner, UK licence with no penalty points.

Languages: Conversational French.

Interests include: Swimming, cycling, running and reading

References are available on request