Ryan Cook

Background

About Ryan Cook

An accomplished Senior level business leader with extensive long-term strategic and operational management experience within multimodal supply chains, acquisition and engineering support within the Ministry of Defence. Lead strategic forward planning, comprehensive process reviews and practical implementation of improvements, ensuring maximised employee engagement and consistent alignment with overall business values and objectives. Accomplished trainer, presenter and negotiator; able to forge strong stakeholder relationships utilising excellent communication skills with strategic partners and build consensus across organisational and hierarchical levels. Exercised significant leadership, subordinate/peer development and personnel management qualities, often under extreme pressures and in challenging environments. Adept at driving compliance programmes related to internal/external audits, quality management system assurance and service delivery.Highlights of Expertise- Lead Internal/External Auditor (ISO 9001)- Continual Improvement (Lean Mgt)- Change Mgt (6 Sigma Green Belt)- Process / Policy Development- Harnessing Staff Potential- Reducing Cost / Waste- Supply Chain, Logistics & Operations Mgt- Task Ownership/E2E Delivery- Stakeholder Engagement/Customer Relations- Resource Mgt- Innovative Problem Solving- Training Mgt & DeliveryNotable achievements- Slashed circa £23.5M inventory costs amounting to annual savings of circa £1.1M through robust reviews of process and shelf storage improvements. Increased efficiency in operations through strong leadership, engagement-​ Functional member of the Maintenance Review and Acceptance Board, approving maintenance concepts and analysis-​ Streamlined inventory control levels, optimised human resource utilisation and reduced obsolete stock across all military sites based on findings of an 18-month long study- ​Managed and facilitated timely delivery of fuel, consumables, vehicles, and weapon systems totalling part numbers for up to an expeditionary force of 5k personnel worldwide utilising multimodal supply chains- ​Determined strategic planning and direction for the logistics department to ensure compliance with regulations, quality assurance and maintenance of equipment-​ A commendation on Military Operations. Instrumental and outstanding efforts in the timely redeployment / withdraw of UK assets from Afghanistan ensuring E2E visibility and proof of good order.