Experienced Supplychain Director with extensive Supplychain, Procurement , Financial and Business leadership Experience in a $10BN S&OP 500 US Multinational.
Specialities:
- Leading Large Scale Step Change Productivity Projects
- Driving Continuous Improvement through organisation
- Driving Process alignment across Regions and Functions
- Service Management through metrics and relationships with External and Internal providers
- Commercial Acumen
- Managing & leading Multi Diverse groups across EMEA Region
- Financial and Operational Planning
- Change Management
Procurement Director EMEA @ Responsible for Spend in excess of $1 Billion and Real Estate / Facilities Management accross EMEA region with teams based in various geographies and a central team based in head office.
Key areas of Procurement focus include Corporate Indirect Spending , Energy Sourcing and optimising Regional and Global Sourcing opportunities . From October 2014 to Present (1 year 1 month) HershamEuropean Business and Supplychain Director @ Responsible for the Financial Performance and Supplychain Performance of the European Liquid Bulk Product Line covering 11 countries and turnover in excess of $500MM.
Key Achievements:
Delivered Productivity savings in excess of $60MM through major step change projects:
- Production Site Rationalisation
- 3rd Party Logistics Rationalisation with new contract terms and conditions tied to performance metrics
- Migration of Front and Back office activities to shared service centre
- New Processes implemented using Continous Improvement techniques avoiding waste and resulting in lower manning levels whilst improving customer experience
Led the development of the Business Operating Model to measure performance at Operating level where people were empowered to take actions and own the results
Championed the penetration of Continuous Improvement to become engrained in the company culture and change people behaviours From September 2008 to October 2014 (6 years 2 months) HershamEuropean Supplychain Manager @ Responsible for the Supplychain performance of the European Liquid Bulk Product Line.
Achievements:
Transformed the Supplychain Organisation from a country structure to a pan European Structure resulting in significant headcount savings
Led the Centralisation of the Order-taking and Deliveries activities to a new European Shared Service Centre
Integrated Major Acquisition into Supplychain From July 2006 to August 2008 (2 years 2 months) HershamEuropean Supplychain Planning Manager @ Responsible for Operational Planning in the European Liquid Bulk Business
Achievements:
Implemented Global Sales and Operational Process (S&OP) in region resulting in signifIcant improvements in Demand accuracy and reduced Supplychain costs. From March 2004 to June 2006 (2 years 4 months) HershamEuropean Financial Controller - Liquid Bulk Division and UK Region @ From January 2000 to February 2004 (4 years 2 months) HershamEuropean Financial Analysis Manager - Liquid Bulk Division @ From January 1998 to December 1999 (2 years) HershamEuropean Corporate Overhead Controller @ From May 1996 to December 1997 (1 year 8 months) HershamEuropean Financial Analyst - Chemicals Division @ From September 1993 to April 1996 (2 years 8 months) Manchester, United Kingdom and Allentown , USAVarious Financial Analysis Roles - Tonnage and Merchant Divisions @ From February 1986 to August 1993 (7 years 7 months) Katowice , Poland and Hersham, UK
Finance, ACMA @ The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants From 1990 to 1994 Paul Wallace is skilled in: Supply Chain, Change Management, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain Management, Process Improvement, SAP, Management, Leadership, Supply Chain..., Logistics, Financial Analysis, Cross-functional Team..., Strategic Planning, Six Sigma, ERP, Procurement, Demand Planning, Project Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Process Engineering, Forecasting, Manufacturing, Business Process..., Planning, Business Analysis, Accounting, Cost Reduction, Purchasing Negotiation, Purchase Management, Purchase Contracts, Real Estate, Facilities Management, Energy Management