OVERVIEWA proactive Operations professional with global experience of Supply Chain, Logistics, Customer Service, Quality, Manufacturing, Production Planning, Materials Management, Procurement, Reverse Logistics and Forecasting.Part of Executive teams delivering the business numbers and business strategy, including merging businesses, processes and systems. I have built and managed teams between 12 and 120 strong in companies ranging from SMEs to multibillion dollar corporations. As well as running in-house operations, I have partnered with third parties in Europe, Asia and USA (logistics, manufacturing and service) to leverage business value and provide worldwide fulfilment.I get a buzz from diversity of tasks and accountability for people development and problem solving. I have a proven history of adding value and driving change through organizations using DMAIC, S&OP and ECR methodologies, SAP implementations and techniques including 5S, TPM, SMED, JIT and VMI.ADDING VALUEI promote a culture of continuous improvement, high standards and customer focus, and through strong leadership, coaching and direction deliver tangible and sustainable results through high performing teams. For instance, service levels, costs and cash flows have been radically improved through robust forecasting processes, adoption of S&OP principles, customer collaboration on promotional activity, vendor integration for stockless opportunities, root cause analysis/corrective actions on quality defects due to design or manufacturing issues and simplified returns and waste removal from reverse logistics.Project implementations range from lean manufacturing strategies, logistics management systems and daily production scheduling and capacity planning to multi-lingual support and technical service to e-commerce strategies that drive revenue profitably and brand awareness.On the softer skills I am seen as reliable, enthusiastic, flexible, empathetic and approachable.