West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Free of the shackles of paid employment, I am balancing my time between several voluntary activities, caring for an elderly parent, taking up new interests, being more physically active and generally pleasing myself. Beats going to work every day. Highly recommended.
Led UK Supply Chain team of 65 across Demand Planning, Customer Service, Production Planning, Warehousing and Logistics. Manage planning and supply of temperature-sensitive clinical diagnostic products from UK Global DC to stock holding subsidiaries in US, Europe, China & Australia. Lead monthly S&OP process and responsible for development of supply chain strategy. Finished goods inventory value £35m, 500 skus.
Led team responsible for managing replenishment of stock in UK distribution network, 95% of supply sourced from outside UK. Managed distribution of stock from NDC around network of 17 regional warehouses, achieving product availability to meet same/next day customer service expectations. Inventory value £20m, 4000 skus.
• Member of site leadership team, responsible for raw materials control, capacity planning, production planning and scheduling, customer service, inventory planning, management of 3PL warehousing and transport, on site RM warehouse • Team of 40, £5m operating budget, 1000 finished goods skus, 3000 RM skus, £12m inventory value • KPIs: OTIF, inventory value and 3PL cost reduction targets
• Lead team managing supply of 4300 own label and branded skus to 700 Holland & Barrett and GNC branches throughout UK & Ireland; inventory value £75m • Accountable for 99% on-shelf availability, 95% service level from distribution centre to stores and achieving inventory reduction targets • Control systems and processes that drive store and warehouse replenishment