Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
I have 15 years in Supply Chain, Operations and Commercial Management with the last 5 years leading large organizational changes and driving business performance improvement. I am a customer focused, results oriented leader with the ability to drive collaboration and build strong relationships. I have been part of the senior leadership team in an organization that has transformed from serial under-achiever to an ASX star performer. Being able to combine analytical and strategic thinking, I have a track record of driving significant improvements to business performance. Development of teams and individuals to reach excellence has been the most fulfilling element of my career with many team members being recognized and rewarded for their achievements. I care deeply about the health, welfare, development and success of my teams providing an optimistic, supportive and flexible mentoring style. Change Management – over the last 5 years I have provided strong leadership and successfully implemented large scale business transformations including Supply Chain Consolidation, Post-acquisition Integrations, Route-to-Market changes, transition of Regional Structures to Global Business Services and Outsourcing. Leadership & Developing Others – across a backdrop of relentless change I have built and developed highly motivated and engaged teams delivering against challenging business as usual targets on top of the change agenda. Influencing - as an authentic leader I have developed, fixed and strengthened relationships to achieve shared outcomes. Thinking - a forward thinking leader with the ability to flex between analytical problem solving to strategic thinking with a focus on internal and external customer understanding. Business acumen – customer, consumer and market understanding combined with a holistic understanding of organizational cost drivers. Passionate leader for safer and healthier workplaces. M: +64 22 374 6532 E: [email protected]
To lead the Supply Chain Services functions for TWE US, Canada and LATAM including Health and Safety, Bottling Operations, Logistics, New Product Development, Procurement, Customer Service, Technical Services and Supply Planning. A member of the American Leadership Team and Global Supply Chain Leadership Team achieving an ambitious change and business performance improvement agenda. Key achievements: Integration of Supply Chain Teams and Bottling Operations following the acquisition of Diageo’s Wine Business in the US Supply Leader in significant Route to Market Change in the US resulting in the successful transition of the majority of the US sales to new route to market channels. Leader in the successful move from a regional structure to a Global Shared Services Model including outsourcing of non-core service functions. Significant cost-out of the Supply Chain overhead through redesign of functional teams Built a high performing, collaborative and motivated Leadership Team on the backdrop of enormous change Strong leadership of the Health and Safety program leading to Lost Time Injury rate reductions across all areas.
Accountable for the strategic direction and leadership across all aspects of TWE NZ including Sales and Marketing and Production and Supply Chain Planning. Key achievements: Rebuilt positive and collaborative relationships with key trading partners in the NZ market and returned the business to growth. Successfully led the strategy for both the wine and beer portfolios to be profit oriented versus volume driven resulting in significantly improved EBITs. Consolidation of the New Zealand production footprint reducing both operating costs and supply chain complexity.
Develop and champion the business strategy for the NZ Supply business to ensure profitability, product architecture and production footprint are optimised and sustainable. Build a high performance culture with market leading capability in efficiency, quality and safety. Overall responsibility for NZ Wine production from the vine to delivery to customer.
In this role I was responsible for the winery and packaging operations as well production planning, MRP and procurement functions. Prior to the acquisition of the Matua Marlborough winery the business relied heavily on 3rd party processing and packaging. The role initially involved site management of the Auckland winery, managing third party relationships and planning. During my time in this role I was heavily involved in the acquisition of the Marlborough Winery and the expansion and integration of that facility into the Matua production network.
Responsible for providing overall leadership and direction of the NZ Supply Chain and Customer Service Teams with a focus on developing efficiencies and reducing costs whilst maintaining a high level of customer service.
Responsible for the management of the demand planning and stock purchasing process in New Zealand. To be the first point of contact for managing requests and communications between the supply chain in New Zealand and the New Zealand Sales and marketing teams.
After finishing a Bachelor in Forestry Science at Canterbury University I travelled to England and worked in the IT industry as a technician and then in project management roles. On my return to New Zealand I worked for CHH Forests, initially as a business analyst, before moving into operations as a Production Leader and finally moving to the planning team, giving me exposure to S&OP areas. It was that exposure to S&OP that opened up the opportunity for me to join the wine industry as a Demand Planner in 2006.