Andrew Christopher

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Commercial Manager at D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing @ D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing
colchester, essex, united kingdom
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Greater Colchester Area, United Kingdom
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About Andrew Christopher

Highly motivated and driven manager with 30 years construction industry experience in a variety of roles, distribution, logistics, technical, surfacing and operations. Experience of leading teams through structural change, in demanding market conditions. A proven track record of delivering business improvements and cost savings. Focused on delivering exceptional customer service whilst maintaining lowest possible cost base.Skills & competencies• Expert knowledge of customer’s needs in field: Bought changes to roles and structure to achieve better customer awareness within the distribution team.• Good Problem solving.• Strong communication skills: Successfully lead first BBA airfield contract in UK.• Negotiating skills: Mixer hire savings £144,000 per annum. Replenishment lane savings of £410,000 per annum.• Proactive: Instigating cross functional meetings and pre-contract meetings including - Southend and Gatwick airports.• SAP competent.

Andrew Christopher's Current Company Details
D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing

D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing

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Commercial Manager at D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing
colchester, essex, united kingdom
Website:
dacant.co.uk
Employees:
3
Andrew Christopher Work Experience Details
  • D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing
    Commercial Manager
    D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing Apr 2021 - Present
    Colchester, England, United Kingdom
  • Tarmac
    Asphalt Account Manager
    Tarmac May 1997 - Apr 2021
    Anglia/London
    managing strategic asphalt accounts in the London, South East and Anglia.Quoting both major and small contracts, producing UPS engaging with the architects.Receiving and handling of complaints.Working collaboratively and cross functionally to delivery efficiencies to both contractor and supplier.
  • Lafarge Tarmac
    Despatch Planning Manager
    Lafarge Tarmac Aug 2013 - Feb 2015
    South Of England
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Head of despatch planning team delivering daily volumes of asphalt and aggregates, covering a network of 27 coating plants, 9 wharves, 22 quarries and 31 aggegate handling units over the entire south of England.• Managing a team of employees, transport planners, production planners, live planners, bulk planners and haulage help desk team, 22 members of staff.• Responsible for recruitment, performance management and disciplinary procedures.• Accountable for delivering customer service across south east for aggregates and asphalt.• Taking lead in major contract planning.• Complaint investigation and negotiation.
  • Tarmac
    Distribution Manager
    Tarmac Aug 2011 - Aug 2013
    Stanway, Colchester
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Head of distribution team delivering daily volumes of asphalt and aggregates of over 7000 tonnes. Covering a network of 12 coating plants, 7 wharves, 10 quarries and 5 rail heads.• Managing a team of employees, transport planners, production planners, co-ordinators and administrators totalling 15+.• Responsible for recruitment, performance management and disciplinary procedures.• Accountable for delivering customer service across south east for aggregates and asphalt.• Taking lead in major contract planning.• Complaint investigation and negotiation.• Head of logistics required me to change role from S&OP manager as he saw I was the only person to improve department performance levels.• Restructured departmental roles to introduce late load trackers, production and transport planners. This gave better understanding of roles and responsibilities.• Achieved reduction of distribution errors, 57% from previous year cash saving of £84,000. Achieved by 1-1 coaching sessions, call assessments and performance reviews.• Reduced call abandoned rate from 19% to 3%. Call responsiveness improved to 81% from 43% (calls answered within 10 seconds). Average wait also reduced significantly from 88 seconds to just 12 seconds. Delivered by investing in the development of the team with structured training programs.• Investigation of contracting non conformance report (NCRs) claims, caused them to look into their own working practices. Cost saving of £92,500 per annum based on previous two years.• Implemented contracting liaison role, to improve communication between operations and surfacing department. This has meant less 42% NCRs than previous years.• Customers now informed of late loads 97% of time an improvement from 46% prior to implementation of late load monitors in restructure. Leading to reduced number of complaints due to communication.
  • Tarmac
    Sales & Operational Planning Manager
    Tarmac Jan 2010 - Aug 2011
    Colchester
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Running of rail network within South East region, moving average of 38,000 tonnes per week of aggregates. • Regional forecast gathering and communicating.• Cross regional replenishment forecasting.• Owner and negotiator of mixer hire matrix. Negotiated with external hire truck companies, gaining a saving of £144,000 yearly comparison. Some even gained confidence to work “on the ticket”.• Significant contract planning.• Replenishment of asphalt and concrete plant raw aggregate needs and haulage rate setting. Resulting in a £410,000+ saving over the year on year comparison and inflationary savings.• Replenishment Lane haulage rate negotiation.• Involved in development and implementation of S&OP tool• Bought Rail planning role in house creating a saving of £21,000 on salary cost. Also improved communications on rail failures to ensure fixed outlets maintained continuous supply.• Implemented significant contract planning, previously these fell short on Major contract planning but still needed lower level planning.• Led Colas Southend Airport runway project, a high profile contract with significant time restrictions and first time BBA runway materials were supplied and laid in the UK. This needed planning of plant aggregate requirement, shipping forecast from Ireland for raw feed, tipper fleet profile, plant mixing programmes and customer liaison throughout the contract.• Instigated cross functional meetings to encompass S&OP forecast review.
  • Tarmac
    Distribution Supervisor
    Tarmac 1999 - 2010
    Stanway, Colchester
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Managing a team of 5 responsible for delivering aggregates and asphalt within the Anglia region.• Responsible for recruitment, performance management and disciplinary procedures.• Accountable for transport utilisation.• Receiving and inputting of customers orders• Planning orders onto plants ensuring customer service is achieved whilst maintaining lowest possible cost.• Ensuring correct haulage fleet to deliver customers orders within the requested delivery pattern.• Late load notification. Making sure customers are informed of any issues with their orders.
  • Tarmac
    Weighbridge Clerk
    Tarmac 1998 - 1999
    Stanway And Rochford
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Load scheduling. Ensuring deliveries are dispatched to the customers needs.• Ticketing of loads.• Cash sale processing.• Asphalt plant mixing programming.• Inputting imports into SAP.
  • Lafarge Aggregates
    Laboratory Technician + Plant Relief
    Lafarge Aggregates 1996 - 1998
    Wivenhoe
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Quality control of materials imported and manufactured.• Quality assurance assessor. Auditing laboratory procedures to ensure they are working within the quality plan.• Risk assessment officer. Assessing technical units to make sure risks of staff and public injury or harm are reduced.• Nuclear radiation protection supervisor.• Site technician.• Asphalt plant relief operative, mixing and loading shovel driver
  • Self Employed
    Site Technician
    Self Employed 1994 - 1996
    Southern England
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Rolling straight edge.• Nuclear density gauge testing.• Texture depth testing.• Routine sampling of bituminous materials manufactured and delivered to site.• Setting up of mix designs of on site mixing plant.
  • Lafarge Contracting
    Surfacing Operative
    Lafarge Contracting 1992 - 1994
    East Anglia
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Paver driver.• Dumper driver.• Roller driver.• Banksman.
  • Redland Aggregates
    Laboratory Technician
    Redland Aggregates Aug 1988 - 1992
    East Anglia
    Responsibilities and achievements:• Regional relief technician covering all of the South East.• Asphalt plant relief operative, mixing and loading shovel driver.• Plant emissions testing.• Quality control of materials imported and manufactured materials.• Site technician, rolling straight edge, texture depth, chipping spread rate and nuclear density testing.

Andrew Christopher Skills

Operations Management Building Materials Continuous Improvement Aggregates Asphalt Logistics Materials Sap Contract Management Contract Negotiation Concrete Cement Forecasting Logistics Management

Andrew Christopher Education Details

  • Brightlingsea
    Brightlingsea

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Andrew Christopher works for D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing

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Andrew Christopher's current role is Commercial Manager at D A Cant Ltd Civil Engineering & Surfacing.

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Andrew Christopher attended Brightlingsea.

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Andrew Christopher has skills like Operations Management, Building Materials, Continuous Improvement, Aggregates, Asphalt, Logistics, Materials, Sap, Contract Management, Contract Negotiation, Concrete, Cement.

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Andrew Christopher's colleagues are Craig Peterson, Robert Bregan, Elliot Harrison, Luke Popplewell, Steve Ditcham, John Kent, Jamie Lagden.

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