Carl Bentley Email & Phone Number

Willenhall, GB

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Fulfilled an ambition of buying a property cheaply and modernising it for resale.Dealt with contractors, budgeted spend, prioritised jobs and rolled my sleeves up and got stuck in.

Burton Upon Trent, England, United Kingdom

• Managing a Reverse Logistics contract dealing with all heavy bulky / oversized returns for Amazons UK market.Responsibilities:Managing the day to day operations of the site. Covering the Site Manager in his absence..
• Set up a brand-new warehouse from scratch for a new Amazon contract.
• Taken lead of the site for 12 months whilst Site Manager was seconded to sister site.
• Achieved back-to-back monthly site bonus’s totalling £158k in the first full year through my deliverance of site metrics.
• Made CI savings of over £160k in the first full year, achieving £80k for site through gain share.
• Introduced new processes including white goods refurb and functional electrical testing.

Wolverhampton

• ACS&T provides quality BRC accredited food logistics solutions for all temperatures. We provide distribution, consolidation, blast freezing, temperature-controlled storage, co-packing and production support. Our.
• Introduced H&S meetings.
• Introduced monthly newsletter.
• Assessed and restructured working shift patterns to provide better cover, working conditions and increased productivity whist reducing wage bill.
• Successfully administered several customers special needs over the peak period.
• Successfully passed BRC AA accreditation for the site.

Lymedale Clothing Depot, Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom

Managing 7 Department Managers and 300+ colleagues over rotating shifts.The 1.2 million sq ft Lymedale facility provides store replenishment regionally and services the ecommerce business nationally. The facility handles the replenishment of stock for 174 stores as well as the pick, pack and despatch for UK and International online orders.Responsible for.

Burton

• Duties: Taken on at the start of the operational phase of a new start up project, providing a cross dock operation for Amazon. This was Palletforce’s first 3PL venture. I was responsible for sourcing all permanent.
• Liaising daily with the customer and staffing agency.
• Training and development for all staff.
• Ensuring stringent Health & Safety is adhered to.
• Addressing cases raised by the customer, Amazon, within SLA time frame.
• Ensuring MHE is maintained and kept in good working order.

Tipton

• Duties: To effectively manage the UK Distribution Centre incorporating inbound, pick / pack and out bound processes. Responsible for all operational activities within the UK DC and Repair Workshop. Achievements:
• Introduced perpetual inventory checks, this improved stock accuracy and decreased nil picks from an average of 7 a week to an average of less than 1 a week.
• Introduced Risk Assessments, Health and Safety checks, fire alarm tests and stringent Health and Safety processes and procedures bringing the site in line with legal requirements and creating a safer working environment.
• Designed and implemented induction programs for offices, workshop and warehouse.
• Using a, purpose built, spread sheet identified log jams in the internal repair process and reduced the turnaround of a UK repair from an average of 7 days to 2 days, whilst also improving the reporting of updates for.
• Developed a set of service level agreements for our 3PL provider and vendors improving delivery receipt and cutting down on delays in booking in stock.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

TUPE'd across from Claire's to DHL being instrumental in the smooth transfer of all staff to DHL. Working along side the project team in the ongoing development of the Distribution Centre and all related projects such as implementation of Red Prairie WMS, re-design of rack and working practices and introduction of E-Com pick and pack operation to the site.

Birmingham

To effectively manage the in bound and out bound processes of the DC to ensure the efficient distribution of merchandise to all of our stores across Europe, covering 14 countries and totalling over 1100 stores. To realise planned due dates on shelf, to provide support to the Head of Distribution and to manage new projects from initial planning stages.

Birmingham

Birmingham

Dudley

Willenhall

Canock

Brownhills