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United Kingdom

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Design, lead and implement a supply planning strategy for RM Resources division focusing on buying patterns and safety stock levels that leads to the most cost-effective purchase plan, manages inventory within warehousing capacity and stock holding budget and optimizes availability (SKU count- approx. 15,000; budget Responsibility circa £40m)Implement SO99+ Supply Chain Planning solution, ensuring effective change management and achievement of business aimsLeading, coaching, and developing a team of supply planners to deliver against functional objectivesCo-leading the S&OP process to balance supply & demandEvolve reporting capabilities required to give better transparency to the business around stock management and S&OP practices

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Support key business areas (Supply Chain, Logistics, Marketing, Sales, Finance) with reporting/analytics as requiredDevelop reporting solutions utilising a combination of Tableau, Qlikview, MS SQL Server Mgmt. Studio, MS Access, MS ExcelProvide support to strategic IS programme replacing multiple legacy ERP systems with Microsoft Dynamics 365Lead RFP process to find a replacement Supply Chain Planning solution.

Trowbridge, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for developing and then delivering the Supply Chain 5 year plan, ensuring end to end set up is fit for the future.Heavily involved in 3PL management, achieving maximum value from transportation contracts.Development and implementation of custom Ms Access/Excel solutions to complement the main Demand Planning tool (ToolsGroup SO99+) used for replenishment of 10k Sku'sVolumetric modelling to inform future warehouse requirements. Cost to serve modelling to help the business evaluate new business opportunities.Various MI/BI utilising Qlikview, Ms Access, Ms Excel and Windows server task scheduler.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Responsible for management and development of Sales Based Replenishment (SBR - distribution of c.40m copies of magazines in lifecycle, based on sales forecast and replenishment parameters).Constant engagement with major high street and grocery retail groups to ensure SBR continues to deliver sales, availability and efficiency benefits.Provide various MI/BI solutions to the business utilising Ms Excel, Visual Basic and Business Objects.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Configuration or Red Prairie Workforce Management system to enableaffective labour deployment across 1600 bar and restaurant business's.Responsibilities· Build, maintain, document and evolve the company workload & rostering rules model to enable effective delivery of brand service models and financial/budgetary needs· Gather front line insight across the company through regular site visits, feedback from best practice lead sites, observations and through liaising with operators, winning 'hearts and minds'· Provide a service to model the impact of workload changes or productivity initiatives to deliver improved guest satisfaction and ensure delivery of financial targets· Provision of 3rd line support in line with agreed SLA's for queries referred from the company IT help desk.· Development of management information reports using Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Playing an active roll in business change projects with emphasis onstock management and forecasting systems.Responsibilities· Gathering requirements through engagement with operations personnel and others in the business· Continuous analysis of system performance to ensure a balance between stock availability and reduced wastage is maintained· Production of accurate and timely management information using Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic· Day to day systems configuration and second line support· Production (and delivery of) concise briefing papers for steering group meetings· Working with external contractors to aid them in delivering software solutions

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom