Andy Miller Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

Software Development | Mobile Applications | WMS extensibility | Data Analytics | Dashboards | Client Portals | Micro Services | Workflow Building | Continuous Innovation | API Development | AI | Cross Platform Solutions | Integration

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

> Solution Architect and sole configuration of L'Oreal, Malaysia. Building of many customized functions including capturing of Anti-Diversion scanning, reworking the repack solution, GS1-128 scanning in all areas, Batch Decode logic to include multiple types and synergising this logic across all functions within the system & customized Stock Checking functionality. Workshops with Geek+ Robotics company to discuss design and integration of Autonomous guided vehicles into the Kuala Lumpur operation. > Full End to End E-commerce solution, WMS design and configuration build for Amazon in Istanbul, Turkey. The very first Sort & Non-sort DC outsourced to a 3rd party. Design and build of many customized functions within the solution, including consolidation of multi orders, consolidated order picking across orders, all using in house schema and pl/sql.> Migration of 3 sites into a multi-user site in Doncaster for Nike,Tesco & ASDA including full design, configuration and implementation.> Operational improvements for Orange/Mobistar including redesign of picking and repacking (bundling) process to include serialisation capture, integration and writing of various reports.> Design of system split, both GSK & Orange/Mobistar on same instance, developing a migration plan onto separate platforms so as to cause minimal impact of daily operations.> Implementation of 2 contracts into Daventry hub for ION & Astra Zeneca. Complete re-design of process and configuration completed including intergration with UPS & TNT and end to end testing with the user and go live support.> Re-designing parts of a standard rollout platform for Dispatcher to improve costs within the network including writing of various reports.> Dealing with Change requests, advising on alternatives if request could not be achieved in standard, quoting for hours on configuration changes and writing up Product request specifications for product development.

Within this role as a Project Delivery Consultant using Dlx Dispatcher (Red Prairie/JDA) in system design & project work. Highly efficient in configuration & Report writing I bring my experience within Distribution to provide efficient solutions and system design to a range of customers.Working for Socius24 I worked on a range of clients across the EU and USA, having spent the majority of my time in the role working in the USA for the Starbucks implementation in Seattle.> Customer Functional process design.> Delivering training courses on SQL & iReport.> Taking part in Customer meetings to discuss range of topics involving system design and process improvement and system optimisation.> Report Writing (iReport specialist).> SQL query writing (SQL blocks, EDI batch processing etc..).> Unix Shell script writing> Merge / RDT data rule configuration.> Configuring Allocation & Putaway algorithms.> Oracle package design to streamline day to day process which can be configured from RDT rules or scheduled jobs.> Clustering Configuration> Remote out of hours support> Testing / issue resolution> Unix administration.

Northampton

Implementation team for new WMS system JDA (Red Prairie) & Oracle SQL report development for the business. I have spent the last 2 years working on the JDA project team through design to implementation, highly involved in every part of the decision making process.-JDA Red Prairie super user & operational support.-UAT Testing for new configuration & system changes.-Designing ‘As Is’ and ‘To Be’ flow maps for all warehouse processes.-Full End to End testing of warehouse processes.-Full system training for users within all tiers (Colleagues to Management Team)-Full Go Live support for both DC’s.-Logging system issues, replication of design issues on TEST through data capture/logging and testing solutions.-Vo-Collect – Voice console administration & User configuration. -Written all management reports (circa 140 reports) in PL SQL (oracle Developer) and i-Reports for 2 DC operations.-Creation of data / Merge rules for dispatcher to improve daily processes.-On-call operational support for daily issues.

Northampton, United Kingdom

Working for Pets at Home, the UKs largest Pet retailer as a Stock Control & QC Manager for the Southern Distribution Centre. Pets at Home has 303,000 sq ft of storage & Operational Capacity and services 145 stores. The distribution centre has over 4000 SKUs.Recruited to setup the Stock Department & implement a structured routine in a start up DC operation to service the Southern region of the UK. Managing weekly costs to stretch targets for both loss & damage adjustments, reporting to the General Manager daily on risks & areas of concern within the operation & providing solutions to reduce impact on service levels.Managing a team of 8 Stock Controllers in a 24/7 operation to provide complete support & ensuring that Stock availability is maximised though daily Stock routines.Reporting periodically trends and conclusions together with Stock accounting figures & costs to the site & Board of directors.Continous improvement to improve efficiency of the WMS system & the operation and to implement better ways of working through system development.Setting up & reviewing the Warehouse layout to ensure productive & efficient pick routes.Introducing standardised pallet configuration to maximise space utilisation & reduce internal transport movement costs.Liaising with the supply team on a daily basis regarding promotional activity & resolution of QC issues such as product recall, packaging re-work & compliance regulations.Complete Management of 2 outside storage clients to increase revenue & utilise surplus space.Ensuring accurate inventory levels through stock routines & preparation for regular external audit teams & system interface updates.

Managing a team of 12 personnel including 4 Stock Controllers and 8 Stock Clerks, managing risk within the business and to investigate Stock Loss, providing senior Management with a clear understanding of current issues. The role involved reviewing procedures and completing Compliance audits based on these areas of identified or perceived risk. The role was done within an environment of continuous improvement, problems solving and standardisation of process. Multi-functional role in dealing with many departments such as Stock accounts, Regional store audit teams, profit protection, CI, Distribution Director and Regional GMs. Reporting directly to the RDC GM and the National Risk and Compliance Manager for Argos

Stock Manager for a third party warehouse servicing 15 clients, my duties involved maintaining the SLA and reporting in Period Review meetings to discuss performance, period issues, improvement plans and review on implemented procedures. During this time I also produced a portfolio of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and was heavily involved in training and development of these procedures into the operation. My role included system development of the AS400 to improve effeciency within the warehouse and admin functions.