Ian Chinn

Procurement & Logistics Advisory

Ian Chinn is an accomplished Procurement/Logistics Professional with national and international expertise specialising in Aerospace and Defence Supply Chains.

He has a demonstrable track record of defining and managing the implementation of strategies which have realised significant performance improvements in Global Supply Chains.

He is a motivational team leader with good communication skills and a proven ability to negotiate and manage high value contracts in addition to establishing and maintaining best procurement and logistics practices.

Some of Ian's successes include:

  • Development and implementation of a gated transfer process 

  • Reduced average supply transfer completion from 2 years to 5 months or less 

  • Achieved 30% average piece part cost reduction.

  • Improved an underperforming global supply chain from 4% to 95% OTIF.

  • Successfully identified and negotiated tooling cost savings of £5.7m on a £18m spend

Ian has a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Nottingham and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) and The Institute of Leadership and Management (MInstLM).