Andrew Perry 36 Junction Way, Mangotsfield, Bristol BS16 9LA

Mobile: 07837439209 Email: andrew_perry@me.com

Experienced professional Supply Chain Manager with 13 years’ experience in businesses in the UK and overseas. Highly motivated professional with a committed attitude towards all aspects of my working life. Over the last 13 years I have developed a skillset that allows me to improve a Supply Chain from A – Z. Working closely with each department from R & D to Procurement to Manufacturing and Logistics I have a solid understanding on how a product moves from thought inception to a shippable item. Having spent many years controlling a Global Supply Chain delivering products on a “Just In Time” basis to a huge Blue Chip customer, I understand clearly, the exacting needs of both the customer base and the supplier base, to best serve both parties.

Technical and Personal Competencies

Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Optimization Supplier Management Customer Management Project Management Budget Development Procurement Demand Planning Customer Service New Product Introduction Lean Manufacturing Quality Assurance Customer Service Warehouse Management Distribution Logistics

Effective Communicator Excellent Interpersonal Skills Continuous Self Development Strong Integrity Effective Motivator Excellent Problem Solving Skills.

Employment and Achievements

Supply Chain Manager June 2009– March 2015Contact Supplychain Solutions LimitedBristol UK

Supply Chain Manager for the Hewlett Packard International Hardware Storage Accessory Kit Product business based inside of the Hewlett Packard Bristol UK facility. Control of the smooth running of the Supply chain whilst ensuring all deliverables are met by Contact Supply Chain Solutions Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Hungary.

Duties

New Product Introduction (NPI). Working with HP Launch teams to ensure Bill of Material accuracy and launch timelines are adhered to.

Product Costing – Provide clear communication on product costs within agreed formats while calculating overall effect of new products on total Supplychain

Supplier Management. – Working closing with Supplier Base to improve operations and reduce costs whilst maximizing efficiency working for > 10 years with likes of Maxell, Sony, Quantum, D S Smith and other large corporations

Supply chain Cost Analysis – Routinely review supply chain costs to assess where savings can be obtained / spend improved

Stock Inventory Analysis – Overall control of stock volumes and associated value, reviewing against sales and forecasted requirements to hold supply chain as lean as possible without effecting assurance of supply to the customer base.

Contract Manufacturer Development – Working with CM to improve communication that ensures best practice is followed routinely

Artwork Control – 100% control of Hewlett Packard printed documentation for accessory products via clear PC archive based structure.

Bill of Material Control – Created and maintained product BOM database with revision change control to ensure clear archive information is readily available at any time.

Forecast Analysis – Monthly review with customer and suppliers of forecast data to drive down detail on trend analysis to increase efficiencies.

Obsolescence Tracking – Through clear communication with customer and supplier base, defined plans are created with timelines and volume requirements to minimize obsolete stocks costs – to further reduce OBS costs avenues for out of supply chain sales are developed

Asked by customer to assist with cost saving improvement to shipping option.New shipping platform introduced with a > $10K monthly cost saving

Requested to manage HP Re-branding exercise across data storage product platform.

Successful switch to new HP Branding on all products as per customer requirement with a reduction from anticipated $100K obsolescence costs to just $19K.

Asked to Control full HP product transfer to new contract manufacturer within Hungary.

Working closely with new CM and outgoing CM, the transfer task was completed 4 weeks ahead of the 20 weeks original timeline.

Supply Manager June 2012 – March 2015Contact Supplychain Solutions LimitedBristol UK

Partnered with US In-Vitro Diagnostics business on side project to find entry point into European Union. Created Supply Chain Contract Agreement. Acquired VAT representation validation. Collaborated with temporary validation teams to learn product temperature requirements. Procured and validated cold storage facility. Created and tested product temperature controlled packaging. Designed bill of material product meeting customer needs. Sourced local component material supplies. Led project launch timelines.

Developed tailored shipping profile to meet validation protocols – Saving

customer in excess $5K monthly in shipping costs

Worked within ISO 13485 standards to provide EU base to receive bulk product and secure material at desired temperature resulting in kitted final product ensuring global shipping solution to meet CE mark qualified profile.

Developed shipping platform for global supply with 72-hour maximum delivery saving in excess $100 per 10 pack customer product

Achieved 100% bespoke EU supply chain from US supply to global delivery providing our customer a delivery profile reduction of 72 hours.

Product Control Manager June 2009 – June 2011Contact Supplychain Solutions Limited / Tvonics Solutions LimitedBristol UK

Working with a Supplychain and technical development team to develop and bring new products to market in the Set Top Box Industry. Working with both UK and EU Manufacturing facilities ensuring launch programs and existing products inside general public arena are fully supported

Duties

BOM Control – Working aside Engineering Teams, clear tracking of all products BOM’s maintained with full archive tracking (revision control in place).

NPI – Through daily meetings with full hardware and software teams, clear information release to the wider audience to ensure program management is kept on target timelines.

Component Procurement for Product accessory components – Working with UK and EU supplier base to provide clear forecast info, place applicable orders ensuring best mix of price against order volumes achieved.

Production Build Scheduling for Czech Republic Manufacture. Working through customer forecast information with production teams to ensure correct SKU plans in place to meet set stock volumes and timelines.

Transportation Management both UK and CZ site. Working with Courier UPS and their warehouse teams to ensure delivery of products are achieved against agreed customer booking slots.

Stock Audit at CZ & UK Manufacturing Sites. 100% audit control and testing at Manufacturing site against Engineering software profile before approving CM to release product batches into inventory.

Order Desk Control for UK Customer Base. Daily control working with the likes of John Lewis, Comet, Argos, PC World and other Blue Chip businesses to ensure order profile is kept under control and demand is met.

Returns Control for UK Sales. Using internal software systems and working with Manufacturing rework teams, clearly defined returns process created to ensure efficient turnaround of failed / faulty products.

Stock Level Controls by SKU. Under agreement from CFO and Account Director daily maintenance of SKU volumes against budgetary set levels.

Budget maintenance for Product Deliveries – Working with Courier UPS and manufacturing team, constant assessment of delivery costs and shipping pallet profile to ensure best practice followed.

Operations / Supplychain Manager July 2003 to May 2009CSCS Hungary KFT Teskand Hungary

Establish a new entity in Hungary, secure and develop a manufacturing site to support local Contract Manufacturer Flextronics Kft.Tasked to employee and train a new workforce, engage with a new local supplier base and provide Supplychain deliverables to a rapidly growing data storage business.Creation of the manufacturing facility and ensure the foundation / infrastructure is in place to ensure day to day support was available to Supplychain partner.

Duties

Recruiting the Hungarian workforce from start-up (3 persons) to a peak of 52 employees.

Develop all Standard Operating Procedures in accordance with customer directives – Working closely daily with Hewlett Packard.

Hardware /Software procurement to meet requirements – Consult with external IT contractors to purchase hardware and develop software.

Adapt to annual growth of Sales from $60,000 to $17,000,000 over initial 5-year term – Relocation of Storage Facilities to meet increased volume demand together with development of larger workforce.

Bill of Material Control > 250 products - Using Contact Material Management systems, working with product teams to ensure full tracking in place.

Supplier Control - Global 42 Suppliers - >300 components – Daily interaction with supplier base to ensure purchase orders are loaded and delivered on time and cost.

Inventory Management – Warehouse overview with Warehouse Manager to ensure health and safety and local legislative requirements are met together with lean materials release into production lines and stock control is 100% accurate and accountable.

NPI and First Article Introduction (pre-launch FAI) – Working alongside launch teams to develop bill of materials – then create FAI after procurement for customer sign off before product release.

Development of bespoke software for product tracking – Systems Integration – Worked with software external contractor to develop bespoke HP software scanning system to provide 100% control of product content against bill of material for every product.

Consignment process agreement - Agreed with key supplier with high value items to follow a consignment process on product delivery. (Stock held at HU facility but owned by supplier until used).

Production - Demand Planning – Overview with planning teams to ensure correct SKU mix built.

Customer and Supplier Forecasting – Involved weekly with customer (Hewlett Packard) and Contract Manufacturer (Flextronics) to assess forecast accuracy.

Assurance of Supply – 100% control of meeting customer demand on daily basis.

Quality Overview and Process Improvement Group development (P.I.G) – Continual assessment of whole Supplychain systems to ensure continual improvement.

Transportation Management inbound / outbound / EU and Non EU – Working closely with Inbound and Outbound teams on costs / routes / delivery times and quality of service.

Budget Control – monthly review with UK CFO on production facility costs / sales numbers, procurement costs, staff costs against budgetary values.

Developed company workforce from 3 employees at launch to a peak of 52 staff.

In order to meet year on year growth, agreed employment of required staff and designed applicable training, to ensure continuous support to our customer base.

Ensured business could support the rapid growth in sales from Year 1 $60K to a Year 5 high of $17M.

Continuous development of the production and warehouse facilities along with staff development and essential control of procurement and overheads to ensure maximum profitability was achieved.

Successfully launched 250 new products. On time with ZERO late releases, brought all new products into production against or before launch timelines thus ensuring maximum sales potential achieved.

Tasked to assess component inventory versus forecasted volumes.

Reduced stock holding from $2.2M to $1.1m over 6 month’s review and tightened average stock holding down to 6 weeks material from 12 weeks.

Customer requested quicker product delivery with lower purchased stock holding.

Implemented removal of VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) to a 2 day delivery of “just in time” protocol thus removing a monthly stagnant $150K value from Supplychain and increased sales revenue return.

Requested to improve stock levels of essential supplier components and on hand stock value

Implemented consignment process with key media supplier to remove $150K per month of inventory and increase product availability by 8 days

Production Supervisor Feb 2000 – June 2003Hewlett Packard Stoke Gifford UK

Joining Hewlett Packard in early 2000 when HP was ready to launch into LTO data storage. Brought in initially as a build and repair technician, my path took me very quickly into product production and testing.

Production planning. Working with Demand and Sales Teams . Product Testing controls - Working with engineering teams to ensure

hardware working correctly. SOP Documentation Release and Revision Control – Created Line Procedures

in agreement with test build and engineering teams. Product failure analysis document release into FA Teams – Documentation

Control using basic SQL. Stock Control with Warehouse Management teams- Working with warehouse

manager to ensure line requirements for component stocks are fulfilled. Production Line productivity. Working on-line with staff to ensure maximum

outputs achieved. Monitor Production test output and relay performance development markers

– Ensure each line is meeting its designated volumes through build and test. Reporting to Upper Management – Daily Metrics. Documentation and

graphical control data for weekly meetings. VQI Supplier control – Working with on-site supplier to ensure components

stocks match up against forecasted requirements. Production Housekeeping – Install a strong mindset to control ESD (Electro

Static Discharge) controls and health and safety.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Transfer Account Handler, Bristol and West, Bristol, UKInstallation Engineer, Sky TV, South West, UKAustralian Government Voting Data Supervisor, Manpower, Sydney,

AustraliaProduct Transfer Supervisor, David Jones, Sydney, AustraliaProduct Policy Outbound Deliverer, Westpac Banking, Brisbane, AustraliaAdministrative Assistant, Support Life and Health Insurance, Sun Alliance,

Bristol, UK