Craig Smith Email & Phone Number

Adelaide, Sa, Au

Australia

Adelaide, Sa.

Tonsley, Adelaide, Sa.

Responsible for Supply Planning activities and systems for Hills sourcing from an extensive range of products and solutions from local and international manufacturers across the following areas: Security and IT Solutions, Audio Visual Solutions, Communications and Satellite solutions and Health solutions.• Responsible for planning and procurement activities across Australia and NZ, • Responsible for product data management within the ERP system.• Responsible for collaborative forecasting, demand planning, branch and DC inventory levels.• Manage a team of 12 purchasing personnel across 5 locations (Qld, NSW, Vic, SA and NZ).• Ensure forecasting systems and activities are co-ordinated and carried out in line with corporate goals• Participate in various corporate projects to optimised use of capital and company facilities.• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of Hills staffAchievements• Implementation of DSX Collaborative forecasting and planning system.• Participant in the transition and consolidation of national branch network from ~35 to 18 branches• Participant in major corporate project to transition 3 x DC warehouses to 3PL

Adelaide, Australia

As part of our internal Project Primus I headed up one of four streams in our JDE implementation project, being Manufacturing. This includes such areas of speciality as:- Product Data Management- Product Costing- Production Planning- Shop Floor Control- Product Quality Management- Plant and Equipment Maintenance

Burbridge Business Park, Adelaide Airport, Sa

- Manage all aspects of Home Hardware Product Supply Chain and aluminium ladder manufacturing facilities.- Manage and control safety across 5 main warehouses across Australia, and the Bailey ladder manufacturing facility in Brisbane, Qld.- Manage and control all forecasting, procurement and purchasing functions.- Monthly reporting to the executive team on Supply Chain performance against targets.- Participate in strategic planning and budgeting sessions as required.- Liaise with and manage strategic freight partnerships for local, interstate and international freight for HHP.- Successful renegotiation of EBA agreement for the Bailey Ladder factory, effective for four years

Burbridge Business Park, Adelaide Airport, Sa

- Responsible for inventory levels, purchases and distribution of stock from DC’s to branches across Australia- Responsible for reducing cancelled orders, back orders and increasing delivery performance.- Responsible for forecasting, procurement and purchasing activities and staff.- Responsible for monthly inventory performance reporting

Edwardstown, Sa

Home Hardware Products was part of a larger division with Hills called Hills Home Living – HHL. I was employed at Hills as Business Improvement Manager with responsibility for Business Improvement Projects across the HHL division which included HHP, Team Poly Water Tanks, KCare and Kerry Healthcare, LW Gemmell, Woodroffe Specialty Products and Hills Doors.- Identify potential areas for improvement and set up project teams to create and execute improvement plans.- Use suitable project management tools and techniques to bring about tangible savings to the business.- Identify and categorise savings for short and long term business goals.- Where appropriate use Lean Six Sigma methodologies and execute plans to systematically improvement performance and reduce variability in processes.

Wingfield, Sa.

Identify key process improvements for the business.Work with the executive team to implement improvement plans and systemsAssisted in virtualisation of all IT systemsImplemented SQL reporting system and knowledge centre.

Kilburn, Adelaide, Sa.

Responsible for DC operations and branch replenishment.Responsible for major project deliveries from Adelaide DC to siteRedesign main warehouse to increase storage capacity by 50%Oversee the use of DMS Forecasting module.Liaise daily with onsite manufacturing and galvanising operations to expedite materials as needed.

Wingfield, Sa

Responsible for all supply and despatch activities, branch operations and inventory.Manage and co-ordinate replenishment of branches located in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Mackay from the DC located in Adelaide.Manage a total of (circa) 40 personnel across the branch networkSuccessfully lead the installation of several Pronto ERP software modules - General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Advanced Warehousing, Sales Order Management, Advanced Forecasting, Distribution Requirements Planning, Material Requirements Planning.Implemented custom SQL solution for branch distribution.

Advanced Diploma, Business Management

Certificate, Black Belt Six Sigma

Asq - Green Belt Six Sigma

Certificate Iv In Frontline Management