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Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Effectively managing the procurement of goods and comprehensive supply chain processes across the entire organisation and delivering short and long term strategy through the development and ongoing review of business plans, annual budgets and forecasts, sales and marketing initiatives and performance KPIs, at the same time as leading and supervising a large team, to deliver to a high standard and taking sole responsibility for the management of the organisational website; ensuring its continued relevance to customers in line with competitor websites and the online marketplace as a wholeKey Achievements: implementing a large number of new processes leading to much greater operational efficacy, managing a complete restructure of the supplies department including developing staff in their roles and introducing a number of operational improvements which led to a significant increase in profit, negotiating with major suppliers and manufacturers for significant increases in discount percentages, which resulted in much improved profit margins ranging from 25% to over 100%, developing the online website, leading to a 100% increase in sales in 2012 and more than 100% in 2013, implementing a direct delivery model which greatly improved the supply chain, while also reducing costs and managing the purchasing and logistics of the charity’s new operational uniform for its members

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Key Achievements: performed extensive benchmarking exercises to effectively understand the entire supply operation and confidently negotiate for the most cost effective products and services to maximise profitability and developed strong relationships with customers and achieved high levels of retention and repeat business through the provision of timely and competitive quotes based on ongoing market and competitor analysis

Jersey, United Kingdom

Monitored stock and updated key product information to effectively balance stock levels in line with demand and storage capacity, effectively scheduled deliveries from shippers and provided clear information to relevant department on deliveries and product availability from within a rapidly changing environment as well as conducting extensive research to source new products for the business from both local and international suppliers and continually looked to establish relationships with new suppliersKey Achievements: conducted a complete overhaul of procedures and successfully implemented new systems which delivered greater accuracy in buying and stock control, more in line with organisational budgets and forged strong relationships with existing suppliers to ensure clear lines of communication for product delivery in line with customer requirements, to enhance negotiation effectiveness and to secure the best rates

Aat Level 2 Certificate In Bookkeeping, Merit

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