Mark K. Astley

Twenty plus years in International Sourcing, working for IKEA Trading and Tesco Sourcing in Home Furnishing supply. • - Securing the supply chain in Quality, Social and Environmental assurance - securing brand protection and production efficiency development. • - Working on and leading sourcing projects to reduce price and increase supplier social and ethical compliance. • - Developing sourcing strategies for different production and material techniques to secure a total range offer at price and specification level. - •Working across Various Product Categories including textiles, plastic and metal. •- Securing direct materials and their production capacity in the supply chain - securing legal compliance at the sub contract and sub supplier level. • - Working across varied industries, production and material techniques improving product and production quality including furniture, textile, injection moulding and metalwork manufacturing. • - Leading and managing Supplier Development in UK, Eastern Europe and Asia achieving production efficiency, product development and costs reductions. • - Management responsibilities at Category and General Management level across a number of offices, teams and countries in Asia. • - Developing Regional Strategic and Operational Management across South Asia to increase operational efficiency, greater integration and alignment of teams across the region.