1. SCOPE OF EXPERIENCE
 Purchasing cost reductions—negotiated, used value analysis & product redesign to reduce the material and production
costs ofthecompany’s productrangeby18%. Productsrangingfromelectronics tometal fabrications,reductionsofbetween
5% and 75% were achieved as well as improvements in cash flow and stock turnover.
 ManufacturingResourcePlanning(MRPII)system implementation—asProjectManagerIwas responsiblefortheproject
team, time phasing, module implementation (inventory, purchasing, and customer order entry, forecasting, MPS, MRP,
BOM’s and shop floor control), training and budgets to support two manufacturing sites.
 Set up and managed a remanufacturing centre— including factory layout & equipment, staff recruitment, training,
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system set up, sales & operations planning, customer service, manufacturing &
assembly, quality control, transport & distribution planning, delivery & instillation scheduling.
 ISO9001 2000 to 2008 Quality Assurance system upgrade—encompassing 17 branches, gap analysis, consultation with
management,staff,consultants and regulatoryauthorities resultingin there writingof the qualitymanual,procedures and
the implementation of an intranet based document control system.
 Supply chain outsourcing project ($12 million) encompassing 37 manufacturing & assembly sites—including supplier
audit,costbenefitanalysis &transitionplanning. Servicesincluded productand procurementstrategy,operations planning,
supply chain technology, demand forecasting, transport in & outbound, storage, purchasing, & Customs clearance,
distribution planning & inventory rebalancing.
 Training—qualified trainer and accessory in the Vocational Education system teaching part time at TAFE (6yrs) and
University (4.5yrs) at certificate IV, Diploma and Master’s degree levels in procurement and supply chain management.