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Keith Purvis joins Board of Norbain SD Limited
Apr 24 2003
Norbain SD Limited (www.norbain.co.uk), Europe’s largest distributor of CCTV and Access Control equipment, is appointing Keith Purvis as Operations Director with effect from 1 May 2003. Keith Purvis is currently Divisional Director of Supply Chain Management.
Announcing the promotion, Dermot Grace, Managing Director of Norbain, drew attention to the central role of logistics in Norbain’s growing success:
"We have experienced a high and sustained period of growth during this financial year during which Norbain’s annual turnover has grown to £95m. Our success reflects our ability to understand constantly the customer’s changing needs and priorities, identify new products and technologies that are set to become market leaders, and to continue to deliver those high technology products with the reliability and dependability that installers require. It’s a winning combination that draws on and depends on the strengths of all our people to achieve.
"However, as a distributor, we are ultimately judged by our customers on our ability to get products into their hands on time. To have not only achieved this during a period of such rapid growth but to have consistently improved on our logistical performance this past year reflects the high quality of the business processes and procedures we have in place. Recognition at board level of the central role of logistics in Norbain’s continuing success is timely and I am delighted to welcome Keith to the board in his new role as Operations Director."
Working in close partnership with the existing senior management teams directing Branded Product Management, Customer Service, and the company’s Premier Service Facility, Keith will be tasked with overall responsibility for procurement, stock control, customer care, warehousing, and the distribution of all product lines available through Norbain.
Having worked in professional purchasing and supply chain management for 13 years, Keith Purvis holds memberships of the Cranfield Management Association, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, and the Institute of Logistics and Transport.
