Alan Balmer Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

• Henderson Logistics is a leader in warehouse design and operation, transport, supply chain planning and optimisation for FMCG, fresh food, pharmaceutical, building materials, apparel, automotive, rural and mining.
• Assist clients identify business activities that drive supply chain cost
• Distil activity cost and value to the business
• Develop strategies and implementation plans to maximise that value
• Effective use of third party logistic providersTactical logistic operations,
• Activity of non-standard/planned events using LEAN philosophies

Melbourne, Australia

My redundancy from Fonterra created the opportunity to do things not possible while committed to a full time career. With the encouragement of my partner I ticked off a few items on my bucket list including riding Harley Davidson motorcycles around Australia, skiing in Japan and North America, rediscovering surfing on the south west coast of West Australia.

Auckland New Zealand

General Manager – Milk CollectionI led the team responsible for on farm storage and transport of all milk products from farm to plant and transfer between plants. My team consisted of 1500 employees, leveraging $300 million in assets including 480 trucks and 12000 chilled vats and annual operating budget of $350 million. Key achievements included.

Melbourne, Australia

I led the National Group Load Co-ordination function which provides logistics services to a customer base of 150,000 in Australia and New Zealand to optimise $75 million in annual expenditure of $75M and deliver superior customer service outcomes. The function services over 10,000 customer orders per day utilising 500 core vehicles and up to 1000 during.

Melbourne, Australia

I was promoted from Western Australia to the role of Logistics Manager, Victoria and Tasmania, With operating costs of approximately $30 million, 90 employees, 50 contract employees and 12 third party delivery contractors, I successfully transformed both Industrial and cultural issues within the business, as well as reviewing and modifying business.