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United Kingdom

Colchester, England, United Kingdom

Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

Colchester, United Kingdom

Colchester, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Colchester, United Kingdom

• Developed unique to company site to become a contender against local mainstream competition.
• Successfully evaluated, planned and implemented the integration of retail sales into existing trade only business. Increased profitability and opened business to a wider audience.
• Established and maintained client relationships, quadrupled the existing trade customer base.
• Increased gross profit by over 20% a year in the last 2 years despite 14% market decline.
• Administered banking, floats and allocation of payments. Maintained 100% collection rate over the last 3 years.

• Trained personnel at all levels prior to system rollout, provided effective knowledge transfer with minimal disruption to clients.
• Tested software solutions and submitted change requests if required. Software functioned correctly, business requirements met.
• Successfully mentored multi-site staff and provided onsite support. Ensured minimal disruption to clients, business as usual approach.

• Planned and implemented new warehouse layout, structure and process to maintain better control of inventory. Stock losses significantly reduced.
• Ensured KPI’s met and exceeded agreed target levels on waste, product availability, stock days and stock out.
• Controlled perpetual inventory counts and stock takes.
• Maintained effective reconciliation of stock discrepancies and goods receipts.

• Managed 250 client account base.
• Generated new business through cold calling and business leads.
• Maintained existing customer base by developing close relationships with clients, understanding their needs and delivering appropriate solutions.
• Increased profitability by strategic selling and delivering composite package.
• Built relationships with suppliers to maximise value to customers and profit to business.

• General management of the warehouse.
• Overseeing picking, packing and goods inwards functions.
• Maintained accurate stock control records.
• Responsibility for a staff of five warehouse personnel and two drivers.
• Ensured that all vehicles were loaded correctly and legally.
• Scheduling additions to loads for a fleet of thirteen vehicles carrying multi-drop loads for same day delivery.

• Responsibility for multi-site team of nine stock controllers.
• Conducted site audits to ensure sites complied with company operational procedures, minimising controllable costs and maintaining high standards within depot.
• Co-ordinated group purchases to secure better terms. Cut purchasing costs.
• Management reporting on KPI’s for stock loss, stock valuation and stock availability.