Strategic Sourcing Inventory Management

Location:

Lane, County Dublin, Ireland

Posted:

February 07, 2025

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Aubrey John Staples -CPM & MCIPS CHARTERED

Planning, Organizing, Leading & Controlling (SAP MRP)

Inventory Management and Warehouse Control.

Vast commercial acumen and successfully managed procurement spends of

$800 million in career to date.

Strategic sourcing of materials for sites, within global network for direct materials and external (CMO)

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Amneal Pharmaceutical

2024- $2.439M Savings

Capital Improvement-$174,451.26

Perrigo Pharmaceutical – Global

2018 - $602K PPV Favorable, Rebate $2.9M & Capital Improvement $33K.

2019 - Category Change - Within the last year I successfully delivered $500K in Savings through supplier consolidation and $182K Capital improvement (Payment terms).

2020-$699,611.28 Savings-Supplier Consolidation, Negotiations

Lean & Six Sigma training March 2020

Kraft Heinz

Within 5-months R3.2M Savings on sweeteners & R3.3M Savings of Capital Improvement on sweeteners (Payment terms) & R800k Savings on Import duties of Tomato Paste.

Namibian Breweries

Obtained the world's best price for barley (malt) as the Procurement Manager at Namibian Breweries and achieved cost savings of R7.2M.

Developed supplier base for ingredients, implemented fixed pricing strategy and stringently monitored SLAs.

Production of Beer and Pepsi full range (7Up, Mountain dew, Miranda, Pepsi), Heineken.

Good Year Tyres

Achieved R14M savings and R2.3M in working capital within a 10-month period at Goodyear by identifying and working with key suppliers.

Famous Brands- Africa's leading branded food services franchisor-Conducted analysis on conversion of Diesel fuel for plants and bakery to paraffin at Famous Brands Ltd., which would have secured cost savings of R1.25M, reduced packaging costs by R530K. This is a Fast Foods Dining Industry with 10 different Brands, including manufacturing Sauces, meat processing, Bakery & Ice Cream. Decentralised procurement in Famous Brands Ltd. in line with company strategy and achieved cost savings of R1.2M

Clover Dairies-13 Plants

Developed supplier base for ingredients, implemented fixed pricing strategy and stringently monitored SLAs as Procurement Manager for Clover. Secured savings of R16.3M in 2010/2011 through strategic sourcing in South Africa and Europe. Established excellent relationships with growers.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Amneal Pharmaceutical Inc

Associate Director: Strategic Sourcing &Supply Management

31November 2020

Reporting: SVP SSSM

Responsible for Procurement activities for USFDA approved Drugs Manufacturing plant.

Responsible for Vendor Development and buying right quality material at best price and in right time for plants and R & D compliance, documentation, regulatory filings for USFDA Audit and compliance.

Accountable for ensuring all Purchase activities are managed cost effectively in compliance with the relevant Quality, Finance and EHS standards.

Accountable for maximizing cost effectiveness through strong sourcing activities and developed supplier relationships.

Managing global API sourcing for various Dosage forms.

Developing appropriate risk management strategies to assure timely supplies.

Surveying market and studying and documenting the price movement of key drivers, trend and events affecting the demand and supply.

Frequent communication with VP SSSM, is deeply involved in API partner selection, establishes plans with milestones in collaboration with various stakeholders.

Communicating across functional & leadership levels to inform API status & risks.

Elevating issues, presenting recommendations & implementing modifications.

Ensuring uninterrupted supply of quality material and services in a cost-effective manner to support smooth operation.

Taking care of a wide gamut of vendor development activities including audit.

Strategic sourcing by identifying & qualifying cost-effective vendors for procurement to improve quality & reliability. Manage key supplier relations to ensure regulatory compliance and alliance management.

Keeping operation track for the Foreign Suppliers for importing project machinery, consumables, raw-materials and packing materials.

Strategic sourcing for multiple R&D centres focused on developing APIs and DF for EU markets.

Developing and implementing saving and negotiation strategies to ensure competitive advantage throughout Product life cycle leading to business growth at reduced cost.

Finalizing of commercial agreements.

Perrigo Company Plc (Ireland, Head Office)

Global Sourcing Manager

July 2017 – November 2020

Reporting into Global Procurement Director.

Spend PA-52M US$

Perrigo Company plc is a leading global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription (Rx) pharmaceuticals, nutritional products (Baby formula) and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). The company is the world's largest manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products for the store brand market and an industry leader in pharmaceutical technologies.

Responsible for Strategic sourcing direct materials for 19 sites globally

IE. North America, India, Europe and U.K.

NPD, PPV, SRM, SLA/ Contracts

Supply Chain and Logistics

Continuous Improvement utilizing Lean Sigma tools and processes

Implementation of best practices

Providing technical expertise and timely execution in new product launches

Driving a “culture of quality” with suppliers

Cost Reduction/ Price Negotiations & Capital Improvement

Category Management of direct materials.

--Relocated from South Africa to the Republic of Ireland--

Kraft Heinz Foods

Head of Procurement: South Africa (Country Lead)

August 2016 – Feb 2017

Reporting into Procurement Director in India

3 Direct reports (Strategic Category buyers - Ingredients, Packaging & Indirect)

Spend PA-64M US$

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES Region: RIMEA

Direct Strategic Sourcing for Direct and Indirect Categories

• Lead and manage the Direct Sourcing team for South Africa

• Determine and drive the strategic direction of the Direct Sourcing team

• Contribute to establishing the strategic vision and objectives of the procurement organization

• Promote & incorporate procurement goals in all organization areas

• Represent Procurement at an executive level

Syntell Pty Ltd

Group Procurement Manager: Cape Town, South Africa

June 2014 to July 2016

(Electronic, Service, Manufacturing) Road Safety/Traffic Management, Revenue Collection

Delivers technology-based services and systems for the effective admin of world class cities).

Report to Group Financial Director

Spend: R130m

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES OR ACCOUNTABILITIES (OUTPUTS)

Manage and direct procurement team of 4 buyers and 4 logistic team members to achieve best supply performance and best price for the Group.

TCO

Price negotiations with suppliers to ensure materials and services cost targets are met

Source market for high quality suppliers in accordance to company requirements

Continuously analyse supply chain costs and seek and implement improvements

Procurement Fleet Management for Group (120 vehicles)

Procurement BEE Supplier

Imports -Cash flow analysis

Stores, Safety and Housekeeping -Monthly reporting

Inventory control -Monthly group + 2 annual audited stock take acceptable variances % to be agreed on. (Inventory Control across multiple sites nationally)

GOODYEAR TYRES

Group Procurement Manager (EMEA Country Lead)

Johannesburg, South Africa

March 2011 – Dec 2013

Reporting into Country Procurement Director

Spend: 42M US$

Established department (Greenfield) securing resources to build a team for the Retail and Non-manufacturing Division of GY. Worked with internal stakeholders

(Cross functional) and across Europe to understand business and to capture requirements from procurement team. Reporting into Local Country Procurement Director and Europe.

Manage and direct procurement team of 4 strategic buyers

Price negotiations with suppliers to ensure materials and services cost targets are met

Source market for high quality suppliers in accordance to company requirements

Market intelligence conducted to ensure no, or any major market constraints are planned for.

Continuously analyse supply chain costs and seek and implement improvements

Achievements

Supplier Rationalization- of tube suppliers from 193 to 4 Suppliers and achieved savings of R14M over a 10-month period in the five categories combined. Led, developed and motivated team of four buyers.

Strategic Sourcing 7steps course in Luxemburg

Ensured MIS maintained for procurement reporting

Global Sourcing and LCC

Vendor Management

Evaluation conducted twice a year and site visits