Darren Cullen

Management of a Supply Chain & New Product Introduction team in the UK plus dotted line responsibility for team members in US/Mexico/SE Asia, manufacturing a broad range of Thermal & Dynamic Test Systems & Cloud Servers within a Capital Equipment & IT Manufacturing environment. High volume of projects managed in parallel ranging from 100-1200 purchased level parts per project, material cost ranging from $5K to $1M per unit. Sales of $300-$500M per year. Close interaction with R&D providing guidance on material LT and availability to help define an optimal design release strategy. Work collaboratively to determine initial project budgetary guidelines, monitor and adjust as design evolves and solidifies. Material scheduling (manual & automated) parts procurement & expediting, vendor selection & management, change management, scrap & obsolescence, process improvement, inventory management, define bill of material structure & ERP parameters. Cost reduction via negotiation / Value analysis / Design for manufacture, spend analysis, Bid management. Achievements:- • Successful merger of Supply Chain & New Product Introduction functions into one cohesive group. • Overhaul KPI reporting processes, determine best practices, identify process improvement opportunities, implement common format reporting and centralised data storage protocols. • Transition products from contract manufacturer to in-house build delivering cost & lead time reductions. LT reduced from 22wks to 16wks, material cost reduced by ~7% per product. • Member of SE Asia site closure committee supporting initial business case study, mass data extraction and collation, quotation process, contract manufacturer selection, product / inventory transfer, first article build support. • Participant in UK site decommissioning activity transitioning the processes & functions into Mexico & SE Asia. • Spearhead successful yearly cost reduction initiatives, multi million dollar savings achieved within fiscal year.

Management of a Supply Chain team in the UK plus dotted line responsibility for team members in US/ & SE Asia, manufacturing a broad range of Thermal & Dynamic Test Systems within a Capital Equipment Manufacturing environment. High volume of projects managed in parallel ranging from 250-1200 purchased level parts per project, material cost ranging from $25K to $1M per unit. Sales of $60-$100M per year. Material scheduling (manual & automated) parts procurement & expediting, vendor selection & management, change management, scrap & obsolescence, process improvement, inventory management, define bill of material structure & ERP parameters. Close interaction with R&D providing guidance on material LT and availability to help define an optimal design release strategy. Work collaboratively to determine initial project budgetary guidelines, monitor and adjust as design evolves and solidifies. Cost reduction via negotiation / Value analysis / Design for manufacture, spend analysis, Bid management Achievements:- • Implementation of KPI’s to manage fluctuating product cost driven by EC & Process changes, premiums, expedite fee’s etc often driven by customer requested changes and short LT orders. Significant unplanned expenditure previously absorbed by the business, passed back to the customer. Up to $5K recovered per product, shipping 20-80 units per product per year. • Management of cross geography NPI projects utilising supply chain teams in 3 geographies (UK/US/SEA) • Driving annual and ad hoc demand driven cost reduction initiatives realising savings of up to $1M within fiscal year. • Successful migration of new acquisitions across to established operational processes and procedures.

• Project manage the migration of newly acquired companies over to the operations groups systems, processes & procedures. • Material planning & purchasing for new products exiting R&D, upon completion of prototype builds, transition products into a sustained manufacturing environment. • Cost reduction initiatives across global vendor base. • Product cost management, bid support, analysis & reporting. • Sales & Operations process management, demand collation and planning, approval process, cost analysis.

• Project manage the migration of newly acquired companies over to the operations groups systems, processes & procedures • MRP/MPS planning in the UK and oversight of the MRP processes in SE Asia & the US • Inventory analysis • Vendor management - materials planning & reporting

• Vendor management - materials planning & reporting

• Management of Non-Conforming material generated from the manufacturing lines

• General stores & warehouse duties

• Relief manager for London based company. Stock control, staff management, bookkeeping and food preparation

• Musician performing public & ceremonial duties around the world