Andrew McGrady

Leading the procurement strategy across the 3 TricorBraun UK sites by building relationships and working with our supply partners to ensure we get the best products at the right quality and best price.

Adding to my previous roles, in October 2013 I took on responsibility for Warehouse & Distribution which involved stock management across 2 sites. Retaining responsibility for Purchasing, Planning & Product Development teams made this an even more challenging role but one that ensured achievement through teams & team members. Working with our transport partners I engineered cost savings and service improvements through the implementation of Service Level Agreements. In February 2014 I further added to my role with the addition of Manufacturing & Maintenance. Process improvements, service level improvements & output gains were all made possible by implementing standards, maintaining standards and working with the respective teams. Overseeing a £1.5 million factory investment program that included relocation of production lines to improve flows of materials, production & finished goods.

Adding to my Purchasing Manager role I took on the responsibility for Production Scheduling. Seeking improvements in both the schedule and production efficiency I was able to develop a planning model through Microsoft Excel. I was also able to reduce stock holding in the business by over £1.5million with the implementation of MRP principles to limit overstocks and better improve stock availability by producing stock in conjunction with the company sales forecast. Planning and scheduling of FCL & LCL shipments from Far East, India and USA. Led tender across 6 freight companies leading to consolidation of services and ~10% cost reduction. In 2012 I took over the Product Development department bringing together site purchasing of both finished goods & raw materials. This created a much better unison and enabled efficiencies to be made across both areas.

Purchasing Manager in charge of raw material planning and scheduling to meet production needs. Management of team to hit deadlines and meet objectives in line with business needs. Supplier negotiation and cost savings were key areas of this role, ensuring on time delivery whilst maintaining quality.

Holding various roles: Starting as Purchase Ledger Clerk, Product Development Assistant, Retail Operations Administrator, Operations Coordinator and Purchasing Coordinator. Roles that included Supplier invoice processing, supplier payments, forecasting, process improvement, procedure writing, purchase order issuing and material scheduling. I also got involved with warehouse and production operations.