John Ikegwuonu

Responsibilities/Key achievements:

• Delivered 20+ proof-of-concept projects across metals categories, of which 30% Progressed to industrialization, embedding circular economy practices into core manufacturing.
• Increased recycling content in targeted vehicle components by 15-20%,
  supporting JLR’s long-term sustainability and carbon reduction goals.
• Responsible for driving innovation and facilitating development of
  business capabilities, process maps and clear documentation related to
  implementation of Circular economic principles in Manufacturing of
  modern vehicles.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop new proof of
  concept projects to drive circularity, increase recycled content and
  decrease carbon emissions.
• Developed and presented 10+ business cases, securing senior leadership
  approval for circular economy investments worth £10M+
• Liaising with JLR legal teams to ensure all contractual terms are
  commercially viable and devoid of risks to JLR.

Responsibilities/Key achievements:

• Ensured 100% on-time delivery of castings and extrusions, mitigating line
  stop risks and avoid production downtime across all assigned parts.
• Managed supplier performance improvements, achieving 95% adherence to delivery schedules and reducing quality non-conformance by 20%
• Conducted risk assessments and implemented mitigation controls that
  lowered supply disruption risk by 30% across critical categories.
• Handled supplier claims and distressed supplier situations, successfully
  resolving all high-priority issues without impacting production timelines.
• Liaised with JLR legal team to enforce contracts covering £20M supplier
  spend, ensuring commercial viability and mitigating contractual risks.
• Streamlined change control processes for material/vendor changes, reducing processing time by 25% through cross-functional collaboration.
• Optimized resourcing activities for BIW supply chain team, increasing project delivery capacity by 15% without additional headcount.

• Responsibilities/Key achievements:
• Managed the EU MHE category, successfully delivering greenfield and
  brownfield projects across 3 sites with zero launch delays.
• Negotiated turnkey project costs with MHE integrators, exceeding a 4%
  savings target and consistently achieving 7-10% savings per project.
• Collaborated with Technical vendor Management teams to secure
  integrator capacity, ensuring 100% on-time delivery of critical MHE systems for new and legacy sites.
• Liaised with Ops Engineering and Launch teams to mitigate launch risk
  and guarantee timely delivery of new sites and upgrades/retrofit of
  legacy sites.
• Strengthened supplier performance management practices, achieving a 15% improvement in delivery reliability across integrator partners.
• Developed pricing tool to improve the visibility of cost drivers in supplier
  quotes and to improve leverage for negotiations.

Responsibilities/Key achievements:

• Managed global sourcing activities across £20M+ annual spend in assigned commodities, achieving 8-12% cost savings through strategic negotiations and portfolio optimization.
• Identified, selected and contracted 15+ new suppliers across multiple
  regions, strengthening JLR’s global supply base and reducing dependency
  risk.
• Driving for continuous improvement and innovation across our sourcing
  activities globally, including building out strategic vendor capabilities,
  spend management, portfolio optimization, and value optimization.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve tools and
  productivity of the change control process: material/vendor changes with
  Quality, Marketing, Engineering Regulatory and R&D for all categories.
• Drove supplier performance improvements, achieving 95% on-time delivery rates and reducing quality issues by 20% year-on-year.
• Managed risk for the assigned commodities by performing risk
  assessment and developing robust risk mitigation controls.
• Executing a strategic development plan which involves engaging with key
  stakeholders (internal and external) to facilitate the implementation of
  global sourcing strategy and supplier value realization.
• Taking charge of the identification, selection and contracting of new
  suppliers based on business requirements.
• Negotiating and implementing robust agreements with suppliers to
  ensure all contractual terms are commercially viable and are clearly
  documented and signed off by working closely with the Legal team

Responsibilities/Key achievements:

• Negotiated supplier agreements that delivered 7-9% cost savings per
  project, contributing to overall procurement savings of £1.5M
• Acted as supply chain lead for strategic Supplier Issues, successfully
  resolving escalations without impacting project timelines.
• Implemented robust supplier evaluation and performance
  monitoring, resulting in 25% improvement in supplier delivery
  reliability and a 15% reduction in quality non-conformance
• Secured stakeholder buy-ins across Engineering, Operations and
  Finance, ensuring projects were consistently delivered within budget
  and schedule.

Responsibilities/Key achievements:

• Worked closely with the Category Manager and the Procurement Business
  Partner organization to ensure global business requirements are clearly
  understood and accounted for in the category strategy.
• Designed and implemented sourcing strategies and tactics to select new
  suppliers. This included development of RFP's, use of latest processes and tools such as e-Sourcing tools, bid evaluations, supplier evaluations.
• Appointed as the key escalation enabler for any category related issues
  with supplier, design, Engineering.
• Improved existing relationships with suppliers and developed viable new
  ones while actively engaging with key stakeholders to support the
  business operations.
• Reduced, avoided costs and ensured excellent product quality and
  delivery by using supplier score card and demanding continuous
  improvement from my Supply base. € 3m savings implemented.

Responsibilities/Key achievements:

• Successfully coordinated production planning and scheduling.
• Mitigated issues that arose in production planning.
• Developed a cost-efficient material flow process using Just in Time
  (Principles). This led to reduced inventory and a 5% cost save in inventory
  holding costs.
• Led the implementation of 5S on the shop floor. This resulted in
  improvement in safety standards