Paul Richards

Experience

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  Nufarm

  Sept 2005 - Sept 2009

  Purchasing Administrator

  Managed supply with International blue chip organisations – Total spend of £60M per annumPurchasing of all consumables, bulk liquids, technical and any other ad-hoc materials required in manufacture/packing processes for Belvedere and third party manufacturing sites Sourcing & meeting prospective suppliers for price negotiations and supply/customer service issues. Also coordinatingsupplier non-conformance complaints/credit requests/stock replacementsDeveloped bespoke ERP system with program developer to allow quick access to reports for purchasing spend/currencyexposure and item purchasing trendsSupplying forecasts to senior management team, supporting Purchasing Manager by negotiating cost reductions of 10% across product portfolioRaw material global importing/exporting (Australasia/Asia/Americas/Europe), HMC customs and clearance processes, exposure to ILC documents.Coordinating UK and EU haulage, arranging documentation, transacting and auditing of all movements on MRP system. Responsible for third party manufacturing co-ordination Auditing and approval of haulage invoices/additional charges/demurrage/packaging deposits Show less

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  Alcatel-Lucent

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2020

  Material Controller – Submerged Network SystemsControlling 2500+ components for International blue chip organisation Managing kitting requirements against manufacturing plan and delegating workload to material preparation teamReporting material availability and departmental performance to senior managementStock count coordinator for all materials used in GreenwichResponsible for third party manufacturing co-ordination and quarterly stock analysis & summaries Co-ordination of supply via MRP actioning and review within SAP systemsPO confirmations, reschedules & expediting of orders (using SAP based reporting tools)Master data & Routing creation and analysis/verification Project based work:SAP Material Master maintenance project involving 12,555 materialsCycle count process improvementsReduced kitting time by 40% by reclassification and relocation of materialsDesigned KPI reports for stock vs. reservations and departmental workload for power feed areaDesigned KPI Dashboard to report on Stores workload and task executionConfiguration and testing of new warehouse management system Guideline and script creation/reviews for work process flows across Materials Department Show less

  • Master Data Analyst

    Oct 2014 - Jun 2020

  • Material Controller

    Sept 2009 - Oct 2014
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  ASN

  Jun 2020 - now

  Responsible for PMO activities for Industry 4.0 programmes.M2M connectivity, IoT, Digital Transformation

  • IS IT Project Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Production Control Supervisor

    Jun 2020 - Apr 2024