Expert Details
Printed Packaging
ID: 733598
United Kingdom
His keen understanding of purchasing and supply systems includes:
Budget Centres and Nominal Accounts
Supplier and Item coding
Supplier Sourcing
Writing of technical specifications
Supplier Audits and Rating
Bench Marking and Negotiation of Prices
Supply and Service Level Agreements
Purchase Orders
Goods Received
Stock Control
Forecasting and Minimum Stock Levels
Material Resource Plans
Bills of Materials
Payment Methods
Supplier Relationship Management
Expert also has considerable knowledge of paperboard packaging and raw materials (including estimating of costs), corrugated packaging, and some plastics.
Expert has been involved in the print and packaging industry since 1973. He has experience working for large multi-nationals and SME’s alike.
Some of the companies include Bowater, Crest, KNP, Feldmuehle, Smurfit, Clondalkin and ASG Worldwide, as well as some smaller companies, such as EK Cartons and Trenton Box.
Expert has also represented a buying consortium of 5 different European packaging companies with a combined spend in excess of 90 million Euros. He has worked in roles include Purchasing, Key Account Management, Business Development, Customer Service, Estimating and Planning.
He has a very good technical knowledge of cartonboard, printing papers and corrugated materials, as well as an understanding of folding carton and corrugated packaging production.
Expert has worked with customers like Reckitt Benckiser, Cadbury, Kodak, Specsavers, Typhoo and Parker Pens. His purchasing skills include negotiation, supplier management, supply chain management, MRP and stock control. He has leveraged these skills in single and multi-site environments alike.
Expert has purchased and often sold the following materials: cartonboard, paper, corrugated, litho inks, printing plates, pallets, aluminium foil, facial tissue, PVC, PET packaging film, rigid boxes and printed cartons.
He has bought from most of Europe and Scandinavia, Russia, China, Brazil, the U.S., Indonesia, UAE, Saudi Arabia and India.
As well as purchasing raw materials, Expert has also bought indirects, such as utilities, racking, fork lift trucks, pallets, office furniture and equipment, stationery, cars, temporary staff and cleaning contracts.
He has helped companies with the implementation of ISO and BRC accreditation. He also has experience with the Pharmaceutical Code of Practice.
As testified upon with positive reviews, Expert has assisted clients with a number of different packaging procurement projects. He has managed those processes very efficiently and drove excellent results therein. He often found suppliers the client didn’t know existed -- and at prices that represented good savings to the client. He has leveraged a keen understanding of sources and players in the industry.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1972 | Degree: A Levels | Subject: Maths / English / History | Institution: Rainham Secondary |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2015 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant | Department: Purchasing and Packaging |
Responsibilities:Helping small- and medium-sized companies with their purchasing and packaging requirements.Understanding of Purchasing & Supply systems include: Budget Centres & Nominal Accounts Supplier & Item coding Supplier Sourcing Writing of technical specifications Supplier Audits & Rating Bench Marking and Negotiation of Prices Supply & Service Level Agreements Purchase Orders Goods Received Stock Control Forecasting & Minimum Stock Levels Material Resource Plans Bills Of Materials Payment Methods Supplier Relationship Management |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to 2015 | Employer: Trenton Box | Title: Interim Purchasing Manager | Department: Purchasing |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for all purchasing, especially raw materials and looking at ways to enhance the supply chain and opportunities for cost reduction.He improved communications and terms with suppliers to Trenton Box and provided ideas on improvements to their business systems. Project for updating systems postponed, so interim role finished. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to 2015 | Employer: EK Cartons | Title: Commercial Manager | Department: Commercial |
Responsibilities:His responsibilities included (but were not limited to):Purchasing Estimating Administration Internal and External Sales Key Account Management Business Systems Project managed the company move of EK Cartons to their new factory, as well as reducing prices (about 5%) for their raw material, increasing payment terms and updating purchasing and estimating systems. He assisted with their BRC accreditation. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to 2014 | Employer: PackagingXtra | Title: Interim Purchasing Manager | Department: Purchasing |
Responsibilities:Expert was brought into the company in order to look at and improve the following:Purchasing Systems Stock Control and Forecasting Methods Improve current prices and terms Sourced new suppliers of paper and plastic bags for Packaging Xtra, as well as recommending better forecasting and stock management. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2012 to 2013 | Employer: ASG Worldwide | Title: Group Purchasing Manager (Europe) | Department: Purchasing |
Responsibilities:Expert brought in new suppliers on paper and cartonboard for Europe.Amalgamated spend on fewer suppliers. Reduced grammage. Supply Chain Agreements introduced for key stock raw material lines. Reduced RM stock levels. Savings achieved on paper, board and trays of over €980kpa on spend of €16 million. European wide ink supply agreement made, minimum savings of €100kpa on spend of €950kpa. Global printing plate agreement made, minimum savings of €640kpa on spend of €3141kpa. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2011 | Employer: Terinex | Title: Purchasing Manager | Department: Purchasing |
Responsibilities:Working with suppliers to make them pro-active.Introduction of new suppliers in the UK, Europe.and the Middle and Far East. Bottom line savings achieved of £190kpa on a spend of £2.6 million in first 18 months. Development of packaging including changes in construction and types of varnish used. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Employer: Astraseal | Title: Administration Management | Department: Administration |
Responsibilities:Made new planning system for Astraseal to make the workflow for the building of conservatories better organised. Also started a complaints procedure to use when dealing with customers. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2006 | Employer: Self Employed | Title: Property Consultant | Department: Property Sales |
Responsibilities:Ran my own property business in Spain (prior to 2008 crash), with own website, pictures, plans etc and had unique after-sales service plan including cash back and regular visits after customers moved in. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 2003 | Employer: Boxes Group | Title: Group Purchasing Manager and Commercial Manager | Department: Commercial |
Responsibilities:Bottom line savings were made by various methods, such as: price negotiation / supplier reduction / waste reduction / lower stockholding / open book accounting / raw material changes.Negotiated for a purchasing consortium of 5 European packaging companies, with a spend in excess of 90 million Euros. Significant savings were made, as well as changing ordering procedures. Achieved shorter lead times from suppliers, through better planning and forecasting – this also reduced raw material stockholdings. Negotiated a 3 year supply contract with Reckitt Benckiser worth £6 million. Grew the Trebor Bassett account from £600k to £1.3 million. Created easy to use estimating system using MS Excel. Introduced new systems and procedures to enhance customer service levels and reduce response times. Reduced finished goods stock and customer debt levels. Responsible for writing parts of the ISO 9000 manual (sales admin, estimating, purchasing and goods inwards procedures). Expert was part of the Clondalkin purchasing committee for European ink, varnish and plate supplies. |
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Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Courses Expert has taken various courses with the TACK organisation, Institute of Purchasing & Supply, BPIF and Institute of Packaging. These included subjects such as purchasing and sales negotiating, stock and inventory control, JIT principles, LEAN manufacturing, inks and varnishes, end uses of cartonboard, packaging and the environment, to name a few. Expert has made technical/commercial visits to most major cartonboard mills in Europe and Scandinavia, as well as various paper mills and numerous corrugated case manufacturers. He has also visited APET, PET and PVC manufacturers. Courses were attended in-house on team building, presentation skills, health and safety and various IT training courses (MS Office and PECAS). |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has strong IT skills -- having developed, for instance, his own easy-to-use carton estimating system using MS Excel. He possesses highly effective communication skills and is accustomed to making presentations (MS PowerPoint) to customers, suppliers and in-house staff. He has also used bespoke systems (PECAS, Imprint, Shuttleworth and Pegasus Opera) using MRP and BOM's, with estimating and stock management included. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Basic |