Adam Larkins Email & Phone Number

Barton-Le-Clay, England, Gb

London, United Kingdom

Peoplevox is a SAAS platform supplying an Ecommerce focused WMS. My role involves using my operation Knowledge to drive retention and growth within our clients operations, identify and resolve client issues and review operational process, support with new business Implementations, represent the voice of the customer and feedback to the product team to ensure we evolve with our clients needs

Bedfordshire

Supported on 2 new XPO start up projects, adidas and LVMH. Continuous Improvement Operations Support at Xpo Marston gate for adidas. Initially part of the User Acceptance testing team during Project phase at adidas, testing Jda DLX WMS. Moved into an operational Shift Manager role focused on the daily running of shift. Key in the implementation of Returns department, writing process documents, supporting training of staff, working with IT to test and resolve WMS functionality and changes. Presenting "Day in the life of" information to Senior team and customer to ensure the solution was robust and fit for purpose. Heavily involved with Team Leader, Admin and warehouse op recruitment. More recently involved in the new LVMH start-up. The project took just 13 weeks. This is a remarkable achievement, given the scale of the project and some of the significant challenges faced by the project team as well as having a hard constraint of a non-movable end date.Personal achievements creating integrated SOPs/SSOW, bespoke pack bench & pick trolley designs, on time procurement of equipment and initial process mapping. Knowledge sharing from the adidas project provided invaluable detail with regard to core specifics e.g. pack bench and pick trolley design, process mapping and QHSE requirements and standards.

Flitwick Bedfordshire

Creating and implementing the community’s vision, strategic direction and values. Facilitating community participation. Attending commitee meetings.Business services committee Corporate Services committee Allotment CommitteeBusiness Club

Dunstable, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Bedford

Manager responsible for all department issues over 3 shifts, Goods in through to despatch and delivery, staffing levels, Rotas, Kpi monitoring and reporting, liaising with Homebase and DHL on all operational issues. I was tasked by my Gm to take responsibility for all onsite issues over all shifts, with authority to make operational changes to decrease cost, increase performance and improve process efficiencies as I saw fit.

Argos 2 Man Marsh Leys Bedford

First Line Manager For Goods In Chairman of CSR committee20+ direct reports including Team leader, Tippers and Mhe drivers.Manage staffing levels within the departments transferring out any unneeded staff hours to other departments and working with all other departments to achieve maximum productivity. Liaise with Bookings team to ensure deliveries are scheduled appropriately and any no shows or other issues are dealt with and rebooked accordingly. Return to work interviews, Absence management, Scheduling any required training, department health and safety, briefings, 1-2-1 meetings, performance reviews, Mentorship development and succession planning.Engagement of colleagues through departmental meetings and process improvement initiatives resulting in increased productivity and willingness to achieve objectives.

Sainsburys Tu Marsh Leys Bedford

First line manager For the various departments at Sainsburys Tu clothing DC . Outbound and forklift truck departments,Manage staffing levels within the departments transferring out any unneeded staff hours to other departments and working with all other departments to achieve maximum productivity .Member of the quality committee and Csr/charity committee.AchievementsManaged departments though large scale wms change with no impact on serviceIncreased and developed team leader and step up team leader resource ensuring consistent focused leadership within the departments.Engagement of colleagues through departmental meetings and process improvement initiatives resulting in increased productivity and willingness to achieve objectives

Borhamwood

After taking voluntary redundancy from Yodel I took a Temporary position with Arrow transport which was our main service partner at Hitchin Yodel . This involved the day to day planning and supervision of a small team of multi drop couriers within Yodel Borhamwood .

Hitchin

As First Line Manager I had responsibility for the site Am shift operation along with several other key depot roles. Responsibilities Lead a team of employed staff and owner drivers to achieve daily KPI's around service and costPlan and manage between 65-120 drivers workloads daily plus warehouse staff Site Health and Safety including reporting internally and to the Hse Co-ordinate all vehicle maintenance and repair work for the depots van and truck fleetManage vehicle accident damage issues and monitor and reduce cost by assessing, retraining and disciplining drivers Co-ordinate and track all depot training needs including all inductions Internal communications rep , communicating any business announcements to staff and writing for the company magazine Manage all commercial collections and develop service level agreements with clientsManage all Collect+ service levels and reports daily AchievementsVastly Improved health and safety standards on site. Formed health and safety committee and introduced monthly meetings. Introduced near miss reporting and vastly improved the accident reporting, investigation and reduction. .Reviewed All generic risk assessments and customised to the depots specific needs.Developed safe systems of work for various activitiesDeveloped and maintained employee training matrix to track all training completed and requiredIntroduced first service partner to the depot (Arrow Transport) and supported and developed them from 2 routes up to their current capability of 14 routes Worked with internal security department to expose serious theft of parcels and fuel from depot resulting in Operations Managers arrest and the dismissal of one employed driver.Introduced frequent Vehicle and personal searches which has resulted in the discovery of theft and recovery of several thousand pounds worth of stolen goods.Successfully introduced the Drop and Collect service (now Collect+) to the depot.

UK Parcel Delivery Company formed through integration of Business Express and Reality As senior driver I was responsible for covering any one of 40 routes in response to route driver absence.ResponsibilitiesPlan and load van with that days parcels and collections.Deliver and collect parcels in line with the last five feet principlesUse HHT to assign the correct scanning occurrence to each parcel/collectionAchievementsGained vast and detailed knowledge of the Herts, Beds, Bucks area Improved my map reading / routing abilities

Progressed from delivery driver to sales and tech support.Initially started as delivery driverPromoted to full time sales role and subsequently technical support advisor.Advised customers public and trade on suitable products for their requirements.Performed paint colour matching service on vehicles and other items and mixed required formulations of paint AchievementsIncreased my knowledge of the body shop Industry and its products Learnt various aspects of vehicle refinishing including spray painting

Conference centre and Police training centre Manage day to day running of licensed bar in the police training centre ResponsibilitiesAll aspects of Bar work , ordering, stock control, staff rotas , Responsible for all operational issues and costAchievementsCompleted British institute of Innkeepers on Licence holders course.Maintained excellent standards of customer service performance introducing theme nights and other promotions to increase salesAchieved promotion from Barman to Supervisor

Largest dedicated health resort in the UK Manage day to day running of Salad section in a busy 12 brigade high standard kitchen

Nvq2, Catering

Nvq Level 2 Chef school Nvq Level 2 Front of house Nvq Level 2 Bar Proffesional

Nvq, Restaurant, Culinary, And Catering

Nvq level 2 chef school Nvq level 2 Bar professional Nvq level 2 Restaurant Service. Schooling

Gcse, Gcse

Gcse