Penryn, England, United Kingdom
Allen & Heath is part of the Audiotonix Group, the worlds leading manufacturer of professional audio mixing desks. The group consists of Allen & Heath, Digico Consoles, Calrec Audio and Solid State Logic. I am responsible for the day to day running of the UK purchasing team at Allen & Heath and in control of the material pricing and global contracts for our contract manufacturer in the far east. My role involves regular visits to China and Hong Kong to support our contract manufacturer and the service they provide to us.
Reporting to the Audiotonix Production Director, I have taken on responsibility for the entire A&H UK purchasing team, this includes UK new product introduction purchasing, goods in, customer spares picking, packing and global shipping. This additional responsibility is in addition to the role below. As required gathering data and negotiation group global contracts for the Audiotonix group, representing all four companies to ensure the very best price and terms are obtained for the group and the group companies. Dealing with all aspects of data and product transfer to our CEM in China, also controlling their costs for parts and supply chains they use to ensure best cost and quality.
Reporting to the Operations Director. Responsible for the component sourcing and costing of all products for Allen & Heath, both in the UK and at our contract manufacturer in the far east. Working closely with R/D on the selection of parts and technologies to ensure the most cost effective strategic decisions are taken. Responsible for global contract negotiations and controlling the pricing and supply chain for our contract manufacturer. Responsible for the transfer of information to our contract manufacturer of all bills of materials on new products and assisting them on technical queries on components and design, this includes quote evaluation for component costs and NRE tooling charges. Once agreed also assisting in the pilot run phase and lead in to mass production on sourcing and managing supply chains with our contract manufacturer to ensure product phase in is on schedule and to cost.
Asked to write an complete mechanical quality standard for the company and to train all internal assembly staff and suppliers to reduce the amount of rejects and all use the same inspection criteria through out the supply chain.
Managing the entire shift. This included the team leader, warehouse and quality staff to ensure all aspects of the schedule were achieved and a daily basis. This included set up running and optimization of all machinery on site.
Managing the labour required to run the machines effectively and achieve the output and efficiency required to achieve the set schedule.
Managing the maintenance team consisting of mould setters / fitters / electricians and tool makers.
Contracted back in to Imerys (English China Clay) working on various sites but mainly in research and development.
(English China Clay) Four year apprenticeship in general engineering and specialising in electrical and electronic engineering including sensors and data linking.