Career background

Working at several well-established companies over the years, Sudhir has amassed a wealth of purchasing expertise as well as deep industry knowledge throughout the course of his career. His previous roles include Operations Manager for AWEBB, an independent electrical purchasing consortium, which involved working closely with and supplying to electrical wholesalers within the buying group. Having lived in Shenzhen, China, for periods of his career, Sudhir also worked as Product Development Manager for ML Accessories, one of the UK’s leading importers and distributors of lighting products and electrical wiring accessories, where he was responsible for creating and developing the company’s Knightsbridge brand and sourcing LED lighting products from the Far East. He was previously Director of TSF Technology, a role which also involved working closely with Far East manufacturers.

Working at Woodward Group

As Purchasing Manager at Woodward Group, Sudhir is responsible for supply chain initiatives around purchasing, purchasing systems, and logistics to ensure seamless business delivery for the team. Putting his growing list of contacts to good use, Sudhir will use his flair for building and maintaining relationships with key suppliers alongside his good understanding of rebates and pricing within the industry to help develop and implement a purchasing strategy for Woodward Group.

Commenting on his appointment, Sudhir said:

“I am excited to be in a position in which I can put my buying experience and deep product knowledge to good use with both current and future projects. I also look forward to making intelligent buying decisions on behalf of Woodward Group, using my trusted contacts and connections in the Far East.”

“Woodward Group has a wealth of experience and a strong track record of delivering successful solutions and projects for our clients. A well established, family run business, it has fantastic ethos, and I can already see there is a great sense of morale amongst the team. I am thrilled to have accepted the position of Purchasing Manager.”

Woodward Group is always open to new talent joining our team. If you’d like to be part of our growth, please check out our current vacancies here.

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As an employer, it is your responsibility to make sure every step is being taken to ensure the safety of your employees and everyone on your premises. One of these steps being regular maintenance of Fire Safety Systems and Alarms.

Fire alarm tests are an essential and critical exercise as they have to be consistently working at their optimum in case the worst happens. Everyone in the building should know how they sound, with you or another competent person logging the time and date of the test. If a fault is found, immediate corrective action must be taken.

Frequency of Fire Alarm Tests

Government legislation states that all commercial premises are required by law to carry out Fire Alarm Maintenance at least twice a year. This is to check that it is working as it should.

Carrying out regular Fire Alarm Maintenance will help give you confidence that your workplace has effective fire safety, thus reducing false fire alarms which can lead to a loss of man hours with staff having to exit the building.

How Testing & Inspection Works

They can help you to ensure that your workplace is fire-safe, meets the legal requirements, has fire safety equipment such as emergency lighting and extinguishers checked, and follows the standardised process for maintaining Fire Alarms.

What’s Included in A Fire Alarm Maintenance service:

• Maintenance completed in accordance with BS5839
• Minimum of 2 visits per annum, on a 6-monthly basis
• Dedicated 24/7/365 call-out facility, should your system develop a fault
• Fully FIA (Fire Industry Association) trained and BAFE qualified, multi-skilled Fire Alarm Engineers sent to your business, anywhere within the UK.
• Advice on system maintenance or improvements
• Expert knowledge and friendly customer service should there be any queries

Proud to be Third-Party Accredited to BAFE SP203-1

BAFE (British Approvals for Fire Equipment) is an independent registration body for third party certified fire safety and protection companies and a register of quality fire safety service providers across the UK.

Woodward Group is proud to be third party accredited to BAFE SP203-1 for our Fire Detection and Alarm Design, Installation, Commissioning/Handover and Maintenance.

The scheme recognises the importance of compliance for fire detection and alarm systems. We are regularly audited by BAFE to ensure we’re working to required standards, including paperwork inspections and random checks on properties where we have worked.

This scheme offers assurance that we work to the highest standard and pride ourselves in providing a 100% reliable service for our clients with regular audits on our processes.

To book your free consultation or to find out more about our Fire Alarm Maintenance service, please call 01283 819379 or email us at enquiries@woodwardgroup.net.

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