EXPERIENCE
Language / Scuba / Wildlife June 2012 – Present
Joined The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to partake in various activities such as: habitat protection for dormice/butterflies/other wildlife, wetland management, fence building building public access steps, creating French drains, woodland path construction, coppicing
Took relevant PADI courses in the UK to get me qualified up to Rescue Diver in order for me to pursue my interests in marine conservation
Undertook a four month Eco Divemaster course in Thailand to gain my first professional diving qualification and obtain experience in conservation, coral health / reef checks, ecological monitoring and marine resource management. Developed leadership abilities, mentored other divers and became a teacher
Moved to France to improve my French and to start looking for my next Supply Chain role
HiPP UK Ltd March 2011 – May 2012
Operations Manager Head Office
HiPP are an organic baby food business with customers including Tesco, Sainsbury, Waitrose, Asda, Co-op. The company has circa 15 employees within the UK with a turnover of £50m.
Managed the Operations department, reported to the MD and managed a team of two
Lead (from the UK side) the implementation of SAP project
Developed the department by: automating many departmental tasks, designing new systems, formalising processes & procedures, etc.
Managed the renewal of our warehouse & distribution contract – reducing costs and improving service
Managed stocks of c5000 pallets with a value of £6m
Delivered 99.25% service level (on time / in full) to customers against a target of 98%
Took control of VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) – improved service level and HiPP became a ‘Hero’ supplier for the first time
Stock write-off reduction & pallet management
Qualified as a Prince2 Practitioner before role was made redundant in May 2012
Oddbins Ltd Sept 2008 – April 2010
Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Head Office
Managed the Supply Chain, DC & Logistics departments – product from source to customer
Forecast planning, supplier to DC replenishment, distribution from DC to branches and deliveries from branches to customers (via courier and van)
Analysed departments, implementing efficiencies and reducing costs
Reporting to the Chairman I managed 3 direct reports and an overall team of 40
Brought control to distribution – costs dropped below budget; pallet rate dropped from £68.29 to £44.85 (reached £88.31 before measures started to have an impact)
Increased freight-forwarders from one to five to limit our exposure and reduced freight costs from £1.4m to £800k. Increased credit terms from 15 days net to 30 days EOM
Decreased stock-holding by £10.4m – 1.8m units – 38% increasing stock-turn from 5.2 to 8.6
Gained member status at the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (MILT)
Oddbins Ltd Jan 2007 to Aug 2008
Supply Chain Development & Planning Manager Head Office
Managed the Supply Chain department
Supplier to DC replenishment and top-level store replenishment for 1,400 skus / 260 stores
Managed the Supply Chain Coordinators; and the redundancy of one
Restructured and developed the department to cope with less staff and existing back-log
Automated the department – originally paper-based. Developed and implemented a spreadsheet based forecasting & replenishment reducing the order cycle from 8wks to 1wk
Increased availability from 62% to 99% whilst reduction stock by £10.2m – 1.7m units – 27%
Created and managed an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for our freight-forwarding contract
Designed and co-ordinated a stock returns to DC exercise for all 260 stores
Designed and managed a depot capacity plan to monitor stock movements / capacities
Recognised as one of the company’s top performers and awarded a retention bonus
Oddbins Ltd Jul 2006 to Dec 2006
Demand Manager Head Office
Responsible for managing the stock link between DC and stores
Primary task was to reduce store over-stocks. Reduced by £6m – 1m units – 20%
Co-ordinated and developed a ‘Capping’ system to reduce store over-stocks
Cancelled the failing central stock replenishment and introduced greater store autonomy
Success Appointments May 2005 to Apr 2006
Supply Chain & Retail Systems Consultant Holborn Office
Provided recruitment services to many of the UK’s leading retailers
Brought on board four new clients as part of business development responsibilities
Thresher Group Apr 2003 to May 2005
Senior Supply Chain Planner Head Office
Managed an average stock budget in excess of £25m
Availability increased from 80% to 96%; levels that consistently beat target
Played an integral part in the implementation of AWR (Advanced Warehouse Replenishment), a multi-million pound forecasting system, and became company super-user
Managed various regions of supply with varying lead-times – from 1 to 13 weeks, inc: Europe, Australasia, South Africa and The Americas
Managed the supply process using traditional 3PL methods & 4PL consolidation warehouses
Part of an award winning supply chain for its consolidation centre initiatives
Passed (with merit) the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) intermediate examination
Woolworths Group PLC Apr 2002 to Apr 2003
Assistant Supply Manager – Confectionery Head Office
Achieved availability levels in excess of 98%
Managed a stock budget in excess of £50 million. Suppliers included: Mars and Nestle
U.A.T. (User Acceptance Testing) of IPR (Integrated Planning & Replenishment) a new multi-million pound replenishment system from Manugistics (software provider)
Woolworths Group PLC Jul 2001 to Apr 2002
Merchandise Assistant – Confectionery Head Office
Collated various information, carried out data input and product set-up. Worked within strict parameters in regards to data integrity and accuracy
Managed the supply chain for a UK supplier (Haribo) – increased availability
Held buying responsibilities for a portfolio of Scottish suppliers – increased sales & margin
Various Positions 1992 to 1998
Included: retail (shop floor), dental nurse, barman and waiter positions. It was the retail experiences that prompted me to start my degree and pursue a career in retail at Head Office.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes applications
System experience includes:
1. Planning, Forecasting and Stock Replenishment – Manugistics: IPR (Integrated Planning & Replenishment), JDA: E3 & AWR (Advanced Warehouse Replenishment), Microsoft: Navision. Becoming proficient with SAP.
2. Reporting – DSS Agent (ARFA, SERF), DSP, ROBOT, Retail Ideas
3. Buying and Ranging – Makoro
4. Databases – Navigator, MMS (Merchandise Management System), JDA
5. Track & Trace (Freight-forwarding) – AXIS
Intermediate French – written and spoken
First Aider / Emergency First Responder
Education
‘98-‘01 – BA (Hon) Business Administration with Marketing – First Class
‘88-‘92 – A-level: Economics, GCSE: French, English Language, English Literature,
Maths, Business Studies, Accounts, Combined Science (Chemistry, Physics,
Biology), History, Design & Realisation
