About Me
MARTIN
My Qualifications
College/University
University Of Essex
Year(s)
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Subject(s)
BA
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Subject(s)
H.S.C
Year(s)
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Subject(s)
S.S.L.C
My Experience
Company Name
CEM
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
1988 to Till I have been involved with NPI of consumer electronics hardware and software development setting up procurement, supply chain, finance, logistics, quality and warehousing functions. Dealing with R and D concept , supplier product development, CEM, quality, NPI continual modification process , next generation development, Global supply chain management for peak and trough demand cycles. Ongoing work with manufacturing improvements, obsolescence, supply rationalisation. Setting up procurement and supply chain depts, quality improvement, indirect process development, complex supply chain management. Budget management from £1 million to £3 billion. Direct and indirect procurement KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS INCLUDE : Change and business re-engineering. Project management and implementation. Quality and productivity systems and methodologies - i.e. ISO9000/14000 , MRP2 , Kaizen, Kanban, 6Sigma, SAP MM/departmental integration etc. Re-organisation and re-profiling issues and practicalities.
Company Name
Senior Component Engineer Ultra PMES LTD
Position Held
Surveyor
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Supply Chain Surveyor Lockheed Martin Surveying suppliers, process checking and verification of suppliers to LM, analysing processes, procedures, quality, qualifications etc in support of global excellence aims of LM corp. Processes include back office, manufacturing, chemical, metal engineering, soldering, plastic, chemical, welding. Qualified to SPA PQA-003 Senior Component Engineer Ultra PMES LTD Aug2012 - Feb 2013 Drawing office component engineer, checking for component changes, availability, conformity, compliance with MOD and DefStan specs. Liaising with suppliers, manufacturers and subcontractors to ensure full compatibility and traceability of all products. Military/nuclear/technical
Company Name
Pace Micro Technology
Position Held
Procurement Consultant
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Global Commodity Procurement Consultant at Pace Micro Technology September 2006 - March 2007 7 months Commodity Definitions Manager, defining and preparing commodity groups for the buyers of the company, global sourcing and costing, aiding component engineering, updating costings, reviewing procedure for defining commonality protocol for re-usability of components. Identifying changes in the supply chain though company buyouts, restructuring and startups in China, USA, Europe, Japan etc.
Company Name
Tyco Electronics
Position Held
Component Engineer
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Component Engineer at Tyco Electronics Public Company 1001-5000 employees Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry 2004 - 2005 1 year Component Engineer, updating and correcting component data, environmental data for RoHS compliance. Correcting manufacturing and component data for CEM manufacture in E Europe and Pacific Rim.
Company Name
FMC Technologies
Position Held
Analyst
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Global sourcing, re-sourcing obsolete product SAP Procurement Module Analyst at FMC Technologies August 2004 - November 2004 4 months SAP implementation roadmapping and business analysis. Modifying SAP Head Office module for use within a production environment. Preparing as is and to be schematics. Reviewing the quality of internal processes and their suitability for electronic systems. Interviewing staff, confirming current status, mapping changes required for SAP implementation. Identifying interface requirements and SAP modules required to improve company performance. Explaining product functionality to staff and management, defining requirements, reporting to the directors and the procurement manager.
Company Name
Sigma
Position Held
Pricing Analyst
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Recommending software writing requirements and interface updates for current system cross-compatibility. SAP Supply Chain Business Analyst at MFI June 2003 - September 2003 4 months SAP implementation, roadmapping and business analysis. Supply chain roadmapping, identifying requirements for internal communications from order placement by customer, back to procurement, manufacturing and delivery co-ordination. Interviewing staff, to understand their requirements and to define to be charting as is, identifying interface requirements for quick win implementation. This includes auction, e-commerce and standard purchase order generation and process and procedure monitoring. Identifying miss-matches between as is and to be expectations and interrelation of various software and human interface requirements.
Company Name
Cadbury Schweppes
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Six Sigma analysis of procedures to identify changes in requirements reporting to the directors. Futures Commodity Pricing Analyst at Cadbury Schweppes June 2002 - September 2002 4 months Commodities researcher/business analyst. Sourcing paper, board and tin packaging for global requirements. Also providing information of Chemicals markets and auction websites Preparing costing forecasts 2 year , with expectations for 5 from the commodity markets for the business teams Providing information to IT for firewall access for automatic pricing updates. Advising on SAP requirements/database, defining procurement change processes, providing an up front analysis of common database construction so that all buyer databases could be easily moved into SAP. reporting to the procurement manager.
Company Name
Hi Tech Mouldings Ltd
Position Held
Procurement Consultant
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Procurement Consultant - Global Sourcing at Hi Tech Mouldings Ltd April 2001 - June 2001 3 months Sourcing of cables and contacts in a cost reduction exercise. 40% to 60% identified within a month. Costing options for remote and local sourcing vs. stock-holding and stock-out risks. Preparing import procurement process data. Vendor assessments and audits carried out after sample evaluations. Supply chain identification and evaluation, reporting to the board of directors.
Company Name
Motorola
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Semiconductor Procurement Specialist at Sendo Oct 2000 - Mar 2001 6 months Global sourcing, component engineering, supplier evaluation and selection, DFM, NPI management, b2b. Critical path analysis, risk management, multi year partnership agreements. Improved multi-sourcing and component approval procedures to meet industry best practice. Re-sourced phone display which had been causing problems for 2 years. Advise on combining design database with SAP MM. Supply chain and logistics management. 40 engineers. Telecomms.
Company Name
Motorola
Position Held
Component Engineer
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
This company has since been bought by Motorola. Manufacturing Component Engineer at Motorola January 2000 - July 2000 7 months NPI, driving electromech roadmapping global upgrading of component qualification criteria and selection, quality definitions database construction, cross integration of departmental information, rationalisation of component count 94% reduction for NPI Sourcing for US design teams 3G component identification and roadmapping. Telecomms. Fronting design meetings for supplier roadmapping for RoHS and 3G connectors - data and RF. Improving 6 Sigma analysis by working of fit for function definitions. Defining common platform criteria. Intranet construction advise on quality/inspection of plastics. Overall savings in excess of £12 million. Supply chain and vendor analysis.
Company Name
Nokia Mobile Phones
Position Held
Supply Chain Consultant
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Staff mentor. NDP Global Supply Chain Consultant at Nokia Mobile Phones June 1999 - December 1999 7 months The creation of a technical intranet for all materials requirements and the transfer from research to manufacturing, saving up to 30% of transfer time based on savings from my previous work experience . This shows project names, staff involved, their responsibilities, expected costs updated from estimate to negotiated as available , data-sheets, supplier websites, cross-costings to other projects, comments on project risks. Writing RoHS compliance T and Cs for Nokia contracts this clause was worded to cover global environmental requirements, not just the EU requirements and the supplier Environmental questionnaire. Supplier selection for PA units through third parties - finance audit, environmental audit, supply chain audit. Advise on integration of design and manufacturing SAP databases. Identification of subcontractors Telecomms, defining the procurement requirements of 80 engineers reporting the UK project manager.
Company Name
Thomson
Position Held
Procurement Consultant
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Procurement Consultant at Thomson CSF April 1999 - June 1999 3 months Devising and assisting in the reorganisation of the purchasing department and improving its profile and functionality multi-site . Comparing best practice commercial and military requirements
Company Name
Marconi
Position Held
Contract Specialist
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Proposal for NPI submitted to procurement business group reporting to the procurement manager. Global Quality and Supply Chain Analyst at Soundcraft September 1998 - March 1999 7 months Reviewing failure of metalwork, including sourcing, reviewing technical details of product manufacture to correct design and quality errors. Review design of LED products with high failure rate, recommending re-design in line with non labour intensive methods Quality improvements, cost reductions. MRP2 and Kanban systems in operation, volume and batch production. Audio market. Identified process error on 40% of metalwork reporting to the UK director.
Position Held
Procurement Specialist
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Sub -Contract Specialist at Marconi March 1998 - September 1998 7 months Sub-contract specialist : telecomms and marine business groups, supporting negotiations and sourcing, project management, risk analysis, stores management, Y2K verification. Make or buy decisions for sub-contract work, managing re-working of submitted packages, reducing time to market.
Company Name
NPD
Position Held
Procurement Consultant
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Savings - £5 million. Semiconductor and NPI Procurement Specialist at Simoco November 1997 - February 1998 4 months Semiconductor Specialist Production and sub-contract requirements, NPI. Many components were singled sourced because of an inefficient design to manufacture structure. MRP2 manufacturing. Advised on improvements to best practice to come into line with commercial rather than military requirements, which would help reduce product cost and time to market. Absence of technical sourcing at NPD was a significant flaw.
Company Name
Cambridge Audio
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Procurement Consultant at Cambridge Audio Public Company 201-500 employees Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry October 1997 - November 1997 2 months Identifying weaknesses in the purchasing and manufacturing functions following a company takeover. 90% plastics saving was identified immediately, with further recommendations to more accurately identify component requirements and to restructure the supplier base to match requirements. Reported on the technical benefits of surface mount products for audio/frequency work.
Company Name
Design time
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Improvements to metalwork identified to reduce assembly failures. Global Procurement Manager at TTP Communications February 1997 - August 1997 7 months Identifying project supply chain overruns, updating component data component engineering , building product database for engineering, costing, supply chain. Global costing for multiple site manufacture, reducing manufacturing time by agreeing start date with manufacturers prior to order placement. Project management/NPI/Intranet construction. Working on mobile telecomms product responsible for component engineering, parts list compilation, costing, component sourcing, database construction, quality system implementation, advising on marketing opportunities. Design time reduced by two months 30% unit costs reduced by 20%. Details for manufacture were prepared for Far East assembly. Immediate savings circa £0.25 million lifetime manufacturing savings circa £60 million. Design consultancy.
Company Name
Milton Motor Management
Position Held
Procurement Consultant
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Procurement Consultant at Milton Motor Management November 1996 - February 1997 4 months Procurement of electronic components for F1 engine monitoring systems. Identifying new components and technologies that could be used to improve system design.
Company Name
Red Cross
Position Held
Consultant
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Consultant - Database and Internet Construction at International Committee of the Red Cross July 1995 - September 1995 3 months Managing the construction of the ICRC internet site prior to its public launch. Creating a database with index that could be accessed by the non expert. Responsible for English, French and Spanish simultaneous launch and translation of documentation. Working on e-publishing, creating video files, e-commerce etc.
Company Name
Tunstall Electronics
Position Held
Senior Buyer
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Senior Buyer at Tunstall Electronics Public Company 201-500 employees Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry March 1992 - June 1993 1 year 4 months MRP and production procurement, NPI and NPD supply chain management. Annual contract negotiations, quality monitoring.
Company Name
Vodafone
Position Held
Procurement Manager
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Costing for CEM requirements. Procurement Manager at Vodafone August 1990 - February 1992 1 year 7 months Then Racal-Orbitel. OEM and procurement buyer for electronic and elecmech products for Ericsson base stations. Designed an NPD/NPI component approvals process that has become industry standard. Changed the method of approval cross-referencing of products used by component manufacturers. Global sourcing, supplier and factory auditing, manufacturing and component engineering. Cost accounting, quality improvements, component specification changes - never used melf products, I had SMD packages designed, modified connectors for SMD requirements, improved RFQ spec on capacitors and inductors.
Position Held
Procurement Manager
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Launched product with zero component errors and supply issues. Procurement Manager at Ferranti Creditphone January 1990 - June 1990 6 months Set up a purchasing dept. of 2 assistants and 1 stores man, also set up stores and related documentation prepared details of spend and cost accounting data for accounts.
Company Name
ICL Fujitsu
Position Held
Logistics Analyst
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
Bought and launched a product from engineering drawings within 3 months. Stock and Logistics Analyst at ICL Fujitsu August 1988 - December 1989 17 months Monitoring internal stock levels on site for bulk supplied products. checking negative stock figures and reviewing stock holding to ensure stock matched actual levels. Average stock corrections circa $2 ,000 per month.
Company Name
A and G Securities Ltd
Position Held
Assistant buyer
Dates
0000 - Present
Details
A and G Securities Ltd February 1985 - July 1988 Assistant buyer, managing procurement activities when the Senior buyer was absent, preparing data and coding for the move from a paper to computer IT system, sourcing product for new designs.
My Skills
- Project management
- SAP
- Supply Chain
- Manufacturing
- Global sourcing
- SAP Supply Chain
- Advising
- DFM
- b2b
- SAP MM. Supply chain And logistics
- Intranet
- Writing
- Communications
- MRP
- Cost accounting
- RFQ
- Consumer Electronics
- Software Development
- Modification
- Supply Chain Management
- Process Development
- Soldering
- Component Engineering
- Restructuring
- Analysis
- Internal Communications
- Charting
- E-commerce
- Change Processes
- Databases
- Cost Reduction
- Evaluations. Supply Chain
- Risk Management
- Manufacturing SAP Databases
- Risk Analysis
- Assembly
- Electronic Components
- Monitoring Systems
- Documentation
- Auditing
- Accounts
- Drawings
- Budget management
- Surveying
- Quality Improvement
- Implementation
- Productivity
- Forecasts
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