Steve Ahearne

Experience

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  Reflex Nutrition Ltd

  Feb 2010 - Oct 2012

  Purchasing Executive

  • Procurement of raw ingredients and packaging materials in an FMCG environment (£3m p/a spend)• Achieving budgetary goals and resource planning requirements.• Ensuring compliance with regulatory, statutory, and legal obligations in the Nutraceutical/food industry to ISO 19001 standards• Co-ordinating procurement, production, and warehousing/distribution functions to achieve OTIF (On Time In Full) output.• Preparation of Bills of Materials (BOM’s) • Sales forecasting to inform production schedules • New Product Development • Supplier Relationship Management. Total spend from the procurement function was around the £1m per year mark across a group of carefully vetted and monitored suppliers ensuring best price and performance from contracts.• Risk management and worst-case scenario planning for supply and production function. Show less

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  ECigaretteDirect

  May 2013 - Sept 2018

  Facilities Manager

  • Project Management of nationwide store rebranding, shop fitting and maintenance • Soft services management (security, cleaning, waste management)• Maintenance (Proactive, Cyclical, Reactive & Improvements) • Cost reduction plans against spend in areas such as utilities costs, telephony/broadband costs • Health, Safety & Environment management in the workplace (Managing and conducting Risk Assessment programmes, Safe System of Work creation, DSE occupational health assessments, COSHH)• Health, Safety & Environment induction trainer, refreshers trainer including toolbox talks/ad hoc improvements, identifying gaps in training/skills• Managing planning permission applications and advertising consent• Managing, reviewing and tendering contracts • Identifying, implementing, and continually improving operational practices• Fleet management• Location/facility sourcing, design/concept through to completion• PAT & EICR management• Responsible for arranging insurance cover for all areas of the business• Business continuity planning• PCI card compliance• Space, growth and resource planning (built environment) Show less

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  AD Marketing

  Jun 2018 - now

  Operations Manager
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  Pinpoint Manufacturing Limited

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2020

  General Manager
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  Glamorgan Engineering

  Aug 2021 - Feb 2022

  Operations Manager
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  Stori

  Aug 2022 - now

  Health Wellbeing & Engagement Advisor