STEVE ALLAN

SUMMARY:

An excellent team leader, motivator and player with over fifteen year’s experience in both a Military and Commercial Procurement environment. Supporting all types of defence, aerospace and industrial applications equipment. Tenacious in overcoming barriers and fully focused on objective achievement I have proven success in cost improvement against budget and sustained on time delivery of purchased product at close to 100% in dynamic operating conditions without compromise to quality.

KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

Strong work ethic self-motivated with flexibility and drive to enable creative initiative in overcoming operational conflict exampled by the development of new suppliers both nationally and internationally.

Developed procurement teams into efficient, knowledgeable and supportive units by planning and organising appropriate training whilst maintaining operational process objectives. An excellent understanding of MRP

Commercial aware and thorough in reviewing both terms and conditions and competitive cost comparisons analysing and deriving best acquisition cost against project budget.

Pragmatic problem solver prepared to take corrective decisions as and when necessary whilst maintaining risk integrity and cost control.

Career Achievements

Iracroft Limited

Supply Chain / Materials Manager ( one role) Apr 22- Present

Introduce Supplier Score Cards to monitor supplier performance

Implement KPI’S

Investigate low cost overseas procurement opportunities

Implement Supplier S.L.A’s

Mitigate Supply Chain Risks

Reduce stock levels - by implementing KAN-BAN & V.M.I solutions

Reduce tail end spend with introduction of Vending solutions.

Participate in Project & Internal Stake holder Meetings

Reporting Directly to the company M.D

Global Travel as requested to audit suppliers with Quality Manger.

Senior Buyer – Engineering Tube Manipulation £22m T/O 2019-Present

Brought in to reduce costs.

Improve the Supply Chain Performance

Carry out benchmarking of current Suppliers & negotiate cost down opportunities

Source New suppliers – to enhance a small comfortable Supply Chain

Sunseeker

Buyer – Electrical, Navigation, Audio-Visual, Appliances, Lighting 2017 - 2019

A world-renowned manufacturer of luxury yachts

Ensuring that all deliveries are made to the agreed deadlines.

To liaise with suppliers with respect delivery schedules and ensuring accurate lead times

Carry out regular and appropriate supplier reviews to ensure that the performance and quality of service & goods are met

Co-ordinate regular meetings with suppliers and site visits, and produce visit reports to record outcomes and actions to address business issues and improvement plans.

Cost effectiveness: Purchase parts demonstrating value for money and from a perspective of total acquisition cost without affecting either the quality of the goods or delivery deadlines.

Creating and maintaining long-term supplier contracts and single source contracts.

Is responsible for managing the suppliers to the contracts or T&C’s agreed.

Quality control: To ensure that the supply of parts to the company meet the high standards of quality expected by the company.

ASM Assembly Systems Limited

Technical & Project Buyer – NPI Products 2014 –2017

Deployed within the NPI Engineering Project Team, developing new products & Platforms, to enable the fast introduction of high quality products, to achieve a TTM that out performs our competitors in the Global Market Place.

Key Responsibilities (the list below is not exhaustive). The position is a key interface between Engineering & Supply Chain.

Responsible for supporting Engineering New Product Development Teams, with Sourcing, Identification of new materials, parts, and vendors based on the Purchasing Strategy of each Project requirement.

Identifying suitable vendors (Globally) that have the core competencies & capability to meet Project Requirement.

Negotiation of Ad-hoc purchases, and technology led MOU’s and contracts to meet the NPI Project Road Map.

Validation of BOM’s and review of existing Vendor capacity to support prototype & pre-production deadlines.

Carry out on site Vendor Audits with Q.A Dept. to validate and approve Vendors for acceptance on to the ASL.

Carry out frequent visits to Vendors to ensure performance & Quality Levels are maintained to meet company requirements.

Reduce Global Commodity Spend as directed by the company K.P.I.s

Proactively communicate any issues that may impact project delivery to Project Leader & other Internal Stakeholders.

Transmission Developments 2013-2014

Purchasing Manager / Inventory Control Manager.

A Family owned Engineering Company based on Poole. Involved in the Manufacturing of Power Transmission components, such as Gears, Pulley’s Belts and associated items.

The role is to implement an MRP Procurement system from scratch, for an Inventory in excess of 28,000 line items, and strategically change the Procurement ethos from small orders on European suppliers to large stock orders from China. To drive down purchasing costs and improve margins.

Overall responsibility for the purchasing & Inventory control functions within Transmission Developments

Implement an MRP driven purchasing system, based on historical Sales & Purchasing Data.

Set up Min / Max /ROP figures, to use as the main driver for stock based purchasing.

Benchmark current European suppliers and their KPI’s against Chinese Suppliers.

Monitor costs savings through the use of Pivot Tables and other Tools.

Move the current purchasing function to a more Commodity driven Process.

Set up supplier agreements to meet company needs, as currently no agreements are in place.

Source new Suppliers Globally to improve procurement costs.

Carry out supplier audits, globally as per company procedures, to improve supplier performance.

Report all cost savings to Managing Director as and when required.

Hamworthy Combustion Engineering 2006 –2013

Senior Buyer/ Aftermarket Supply Manager

A £100 million business the role was to develop a strategic capability, for outsourcing of material / processes to enable both delivery commitments and improved lead times required of the Aftermarket activities whilst working to ISO standards and ASME quality requirements. To manage procurement projects on a global scale, to ensue customer deadlines and budgets are met.

Overall responsibility for the delivery of all Aftermarket orders on global scale whilst liaising with engineering, design and quality control departments.

The ability to understand engineering drawings.

Develop relationships with key suppliers on a global and regional basis to improve costs and deliver continuous improvement.

Actively lead the development of initiatives, to improve the company’s supplier base and delivery performance within budget.

Identify opportunities to source new suppliers and reduce costs through “Benchmarking” and to minimise risk.

To negotiate with suppliers on price reductions / increases as required and measure and report results of orders against budget.

Manage any free issue requirements. Negotiation of supplier SLA’s and Sub Contract Purchasing, Supplier management to ensure product delivered as per agreed KPI.

Bournemouth Aviation Servicing Company 2004 - 2006

Buyer

Responsible for buying all types of aircraft spares, and tooling, to carry out full aircraft maintenance checks within the Boeing and Airbus Fleet.

Liaison with both Suppliers and Customers to ensure the most competitive price and lead-time of products available.

To ensure the smooth flow of information from the client and to report on latest delivery dates of spares purchased.

Experience in using SAP and MRP in the stores area.

TNT Logistics 2003 –2004

Distribution Supervisor

Involved in the implementation and logistical set up, to start the operation.

Responsible for supplying the whole of the south of the England with Satellite Equipment.

Responsible for looking after 18 drivers.

Used RDT (Radio Data Terminals) then distribute the product via 18 different routes, using HHT (Hand Held Computer Terminals) giving real time POD’S for customer queries,

A fast moving / time deadline position where organisation and fast efficient thinking is a strong requirement.

M.F.K Limited 2001 – 2003

Warehouse & Logistics Manager

Responsible for a warehouse and despatch team comprising of 15 people.

Role was to implement a computerised stock control system for the warehouse from manual stock record cards.

Implemented new procedures for a faster stock distribution into the key production areas to obtain a more efficient finished product in a competitive market.

Streamlined the despatch area to enable a faster pick, pack and despatch process, with better paperwork trace ability.

FLS Aerospace Ltd 1999 - 2001

Customer Support Officer

Employed on their AOG (Aircraft on ground) / 24 Hour Desk responsible for the daily procurement and support of over 270 commercial aircraft stationed worldwide, acting on calls from owner / operators

Full responsibility for the supply and logistics of rotable and consumable components for contracted customers involving the supply chain process.

Public House Licensee 1997 – 1999

All aspects of the licensed trade, gaining excellent skills in customer interfacing.

RAF 1985 – 1997

Joined the Royal Air Force in August 1985 in the field of Supply and Logistics during which:

Learnt initial procedures of basic stock control, basic goods in and out, checking documentation in freight distribution and on computer systems, and updating of records

Learnt batch control and hazardous produces including COSHH.

Dealing with all types of rough terrain vehicles and components in field conditions.

Working in Propulsion Supply Group maintaining aircraft engines, such as Chinook, Puma, Harrier, GR5 and GR7 engines

Six month tour of the Falkland Islands to support the Tornado Aircraft

Responsible for looking after all aspects of a complete Supply and Logistics Squadron involving liaising with Heathrow/Gatwick for flight availability to get freight to its destination by the fastest possible means, at whatever cost.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

GCSE English Language Geography

English Literature Science

Mathematics History

Woodwork Art

Business/General Studies

LANGUAGES: English, basic French and German.

REFERENCES: Available on request

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