This document is a resume for Steven Ide summarizing his professional experience and qualifications. It outlines his past roles including Materials Controller and Production Supervisor for CPI Card Group Petersfield Ltd., a plastic card manufacturer, where he successfully reduced costs and waste. It also lists his skills in inventory control, supervision, and Microsoft Office. The resume concludes with his education and certification history demonstrating his qualifications for production and inventory management roles.

1. STEVEN IDE
13 Henderson Road, Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 9JD | M: 07804 109051 | S.Ide@hotmail.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/steven-ide/b5/133/bb
Professional Profile
Materials Controller / Production Supervisor with a proven track record of managing a manufacturing and production
department and all associated materials.
Strong planning, organising and management skills. I have the ability to lead a team with confidence. A hardworking,
versatile individual who likes to seek new responsibilities to widen my knowledge base irrespective of reward or
recognition.A team player and self-starter who has the attitude to get the job done, whilstmaintaininga focus on quality
at all times.I havea friendly butprofessional approach to all relationships,whether they are client,supplier,stakeholder,
colleagues or senior leadership teams, by gaining trust and loyalty through my hardwork and determination to provide
success.
I have successfully recruited, trained and supervised more than 40 staff, trained from scratch within a constantly
developing core team. I am results & profits driven, a strong communicator with the ability to influence and to assist
continuous improvement at all levels.
Skills and Attributes
Inventory control & Management, Supervising, Cost reduction, Procurement, Scheduling/Planning, Lean Manufacturing
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel and Word)
Experience
CPI Card Group Petersfield Ltd. – Petersfield, Hampshire Nov 2003 – August 2015
Plastic card manufacturer to the retail and bankingindustry;Printing,personalisation and mailingof plastic card products
to over 40 countries worldwide
Materials Controller & Production Scheduler (Feb 2012-Present)
General Responsibilities
 A Go To subject matter expert on all of the production platforms & ERP/MRP systems.
 Scheduling of all work through the Personalisation Bureau from start to finish.
 Liaising with other departments to ensure all projects run smoothly and without delay.
 Proof checking Bills of Material to ensure they contain sufficient and correct information to complete projects.
 Management of customer and company owned stock; ensuringcorporate ERP/MRP systems are accurateand up to
date.
 Management of stock held at external warehouse including daily call off requests.
 Reporting of low stock levels to customers in a timely manner.
 Organisation of monthly stock takes and End of Year audits including investigations into any discrepancies.
 Monitoring of material usage, ensuring Production Operators use and record the correct material.
 Implementing stock processes for key stock items.
 Purchasingof all materials and consumables to ensurestock levels enablethe siteto achieveand maintain customer
SLA.
 As well as managingcore production materials,I have overall responsibility to ensure customer stock held on siteis
kept to agreed minimum/maximum stock levels, ensuring continuous production whilst also not overstocking
allowing customers a three month window to implement brand changes and re-stock.
 Part of the implementation project team for the new ERP system.
 Organising collections and deliveries using various couriers including Royal Mail, UPS, TNT, UK Mail and DHL
Achievements
 Employee of the Year 2014
 Reduction of £34k P/A offsite Warehouse costs by reducing stock holding and frequency of deliveries to and from.
 Reduction of Inventory waste. Reduced monthly waste from >£3000 p/m to <£200 by monitoring usage and
transactions through the company ERP system in the Manufacturing Plant and providing a Bill of Mater ials to the
personalisation Bureau.
 Implemented new production line for Secure Bank card packs, to enable the business to compete in Europe.
 Continuous progression through the business with a wide exposure to business functions and processes.

2. Production Supervisor (Nov 2003-Feb 2012)
 Supervised a core 3 shift production team.
 Overseeing of the day to day runningof the Bureau personalisation department, prioritisingworkloadsand ensuring
work is despatched within customer SLA’s
 Setting up of new jobs acrossvariouspersonalisation platforms and makingchanges to existingones as per customer
requirements, whilst ensuring Visa, MasterCard and ISO standards are conformed to.
 Implementing Process changes as and when required.
 Carrying out of Disciplinary and Return to Work interviews.
 Implementation of new platforms and training of staff.
Achievements
 Employee of the Year 2006
 Successfully produced threeof the largestLoyalty card launches in Europe,on time to customer quality expectations.
 Controlled the personalisation and logistical areas of a Tesco Clubcard Relaunch (16m cards and key fobs)
 Implemented the personalisation process to deliver all NHS cards to UK citizens including EHIC and benefit cards
(9m cards p/a)
Warehouse Operative / Fork Lift Truck Driver | Menzies Distribution – Farlington, Hampshire 2002 – 2003
Loading and unloading of vehicles; Order Picking; Processing returns
Entertainments Manager | Woolworths - Portsmouth, Hampshire 1997 – 2002
Managing the entertainments section of the store; Opening and Closing of Store; Key Holder for Security call -outs
Education & Certifications
Portsmouth City Boys’ School 1993 - 1997
English - B
English Literature - C
Maths - B
Science - C
Physical Education - A
French – C
Portsmouth College 1997 - 1998
Biology - B
Sociology - B
Photography – C
Southdowns College 2010
Level 3 Introductory Certificate in Management
Additional Information
Full Drivers Licence (Clean)
DBS / CRB checked for the past 11 years
References
References are available upon request