Christopher Duke Email & Phone Number

Netherlands

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Part of the Operational Excellence team for plan & analytics. An “above the market” team, that drives & promotes best practice in supply chain planning. Main purpose of my role was to imbed the Diageo SAP APO solution across the business via deployment projects to various business units across the world. Leading standardisation of processes, fostering of best practice in supply chain planning as SAP APO solution / footprint grew.Lead analyst for Supply Network Planning (SNP) to deploy a variety of SNP solutions to client business units. Responsible for leading analyse & design (codification) workshops, the testing & build stages to deliver Diageo SAP APO solution to the client business units. Successfully completing projects to time & scope.Valued business partner post project completion to clients for continued engagement in maturing their processes / capability, training / development & process improvement initiatives. Equally valued business partner to the International Supply Centre (ISC) that client business units directly interact with. Consulted upon with ISC for process improvement &/or technical developments.Successfully deployed SAP APO in various projects on production planning, distribution requirements planning, subcontracting planning, customer collaboration & vendor management in Europe / Americas / Africa / Asia.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Data lead on deployment projects for SAP APO. Delivered data cleansing in master & transactional data, data translation / mapping, loading prior to integration to SAP APO. Successfully transitioned & delivered data capability training to markets.Successfully delivered variety of projects in subcontract planning, distribution requirements planning (DRP), production planning and reconfiguration of network footprint (transition from old to new warehouses) for various business units in Asia & Europe.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Responsible for the integration of supply chain information from SAP APO into current supply chain reporting processes using Manugistics as the business progresses with its migration from Manugistics to APO planning.Improved reporting capabilities in step with integration program of SAP APO & development of SAP APO related reporting capabilities.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Tactical planner – using monthly S&OP cycle to balance Demand & Supply plans, detect potential future opportunities and risk, drive plan adjustments and mitigation planning (including customer service, production, procurement/dry goods/spirit planning.Team super user for key systems in supply chain planning (Manugistics) & reporting (Cognos Powerplay & Impromptu), identifies areas of improvement & related / impacted processes.Team lead for projects impacting our key systems (Manugistics & Cognos) - e.g. integration of other business units into Manugistic platform (IS / IT synergies of integrating existing BUs, acquisitions, distribution partnerships) & latterly SAP integration. Team lead for reviewing Mangustic replacement (SAP APO), Amsterdam site work stream lead for design stage of SAP APO business processes review & site engagement lead.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Forecasting for 3rd party customer supply. Africa then Asia, Global Travel & Americas.• Improved forecast accuracy, reduced safety & optimised cycle stocks, improved portfolio management / new product introduction & allocation / constraint management.• S&OP - Demand Management of distribution requirements to in market companies.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Managed & minimised risks associated with agreements (e.g. waste, stock obsolescence). Responsible for write-off decisions.• Reviewed quality reports, KPIs and checks for compliance with agreed specifications / targets.• Co-ordinated linkage between brand management & operational activity (brand redesigns, packaging improvements and modification).

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Monitored & reported adherence to manufacturing, distribution warehousing and service agreements (taking corrective action, as appropriate) on basis of optimal cost, supply & agreed quality whilst upholding brand equity.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Analyse & co-ordinate demand management activities. Identify areas for process improvement.Develop & support systems for demand management & tactical planning. Manage risk inherent in forecast error and volatility for tactical planning process (line / labour capacity planning).Support & improve processes and reporting capability of operational planning cycle (demand validation, forecast consumption, etc.).

Master Of Science (Msc), Logistics

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mathematics For Business Analysis