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Brisbane, Qld, Au

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Key Responsibilities:• Overseeing the company’s customer demand across a wide-ranging SKU portfolio and maintaining an accurate forecast covering a 3-year time horizon. • Leading collaborative demand review processes with the financial, commercial and operational teams, to ensure supply capacity is aligned with demand trends and budgetary targets. • Planning detailed forecasting models for peak demand periods. This requires the development of complex daily and weekly scenarios… Show more Key Responsibilities:• Overseeing the company’s customer demand across a wide-ranging SKU portfolio and maintaining an accurate forecast covering a 3-year time horizon. • Leading collaborative demand review processes with the financial, commercial and operational teams, to ensure supply capacity is aligned with demand trends and budgetary targets. • Planning detailed forecasting models for peak demand periods. This requires the development of complex daily and weekly scenarios, which examine numerous variables such as: historical sales, consumer behavior, product shelf life, transportation, and marketing assumptions across a variety of market categories nationwide. • Developing standard operating procedures and continuous improvement projects, which increase forecast accuracy and reduce manual intervention. A key achievement was partaking in a cross-functional project, which upgraded our capabilities from a linear time series model to a statistical multi-regression model, this required a sound understanding of internal IT architecture and ERP master data configuration. • Acting as a single point of contact for ad-hoc data analytics and master data integrity. Show less

Queensland, Australia

Key Responsibilities:• Ensuring that multiple manufacturing sites are provided with optimal production plans and reliable raw material delivery schedules. This involves overseeing a portfolio of ingredients, which are sourced from suppliers across Australia and are delivered daily to execute time sensitive plans.• Maintaining and owning the short-term scheduling process to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are aligned to deliver high customer service levels. This task requires… Show more Key Responsibilities:• Ensuring that multiple manufacturing sites are provided with optimal production plans and reliable raw material delivery schedules. This involves overseeing a portfolio of ingredients, which are sourced from suppliers across Australia and are delivered daily to execute time sensitive plans.• Maintaining and owning the short-term scheduling process to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are aligned to deliver high customer service levels. This task requires liaising with multiple stakeholders including: Suppliers, Field staff, Account managers, Demand planning, Operations, Quality assurance, and Logistics. • Validating the daily production procedure to ensure that all data uploads, MRPs and SOPs are correctly executed. This requires a sound understanding of ERP programs (QAD) and the ability to manage exceptions by designing and implementing creative solutions. • Perth Planning Manager on secondment (September – November 2018)o Managing the West Coast Planning/Buying Department, which includes overseeing all the responsibilities of a team of three planner/buyers.o Supervising the factory’s capacity plans and engaging with senior management. o Leading and developing S&OP meetings with the One Harvest Perth leadership team. o Preparing the site for peak capacity periods during public holidays and driving the national cross-functional Christmas execution plan. Show less

Tasmania

Key Responsibilities:• Leading a team of 15 employees to manage production for two of Harvest Moon’s key products – green beans and broccoli. During peak season, this accounts for up to $ 2 million in sales, per month.• Overseeing all aspects of the supply-chain from the ‘seed to the store’ under demanding deadlines, while maintaining strict quality assurance requirements and achieving benchmark costs.• Managing daily production plans to maximise gross margins under variable… Show more Key Responsibilities:• Leading a team of 15 employees to manage production for two of Harvest Moon’s key products – green beans and broccoli. During peak season, this accounts for up to $ 2 million in sales, per month.• Overseeing all aspects of the supply-chain from the ‘seed to the store’ under demanding deadlines, while maintaining strict quality assurance requirements and achieving benchmark costs.• Managing daily production plans to maximise gross margins under variable situations and tight timeframes. This includes planning logistics from field to factory, organising factory shift rosters and estimating daily production output.• Close work with growers to maximise their return by optimising manufacturing procedures to achieve full potential of their crop, while enhancing compliance with good manufacturing practices, occupational health and safety standards.• Participating in continuous business improvement. This involves analysing and assessing the viability for new business opportunities, conducting tutorials on advances in farm management software, and implementing new designs to factory production lines that improve efficiency and product quality. Show less

Key Responsibilities:• Conducted tutorials for the Investment Project Appraisal course.• Planned, implemented and monitored academic study programs.• Motivated students to achieve their academic goals.

Master'S Degree, Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations

Postgraduate Degree, Information Technology

Bachelor'S Degree, Land Use Planning And Management/Development