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London, United Kingdom

-Partnering with directors and executive leadership team to; define, develop and drive key businesspriorities to support growth, establishing strategic objectives then delivered via executive levelpresentation materials to extend communication of goals to senior management teams.-Managing a team of up to 35 staff across 7 store locations and varied operational departments in both theUK & republic of Ireland.-Managing the teams responsible for overseeing implementations, purchasing, movement, distribution,correct intake and storage of over 24,000 active product lines and £10Million + in working assets acrossthe entire group.-Unrivaled hands-on exposure allows well-established understanding of complex operational needs, toprovide ground-breaking innovative solutions.-Constantly looking for opportunities to reduce supply chain cost, enhance Procurement Optimization, LeanInventory management and Shop Floor optimization.-Experience of high impact Operational Performance Improvement. With Strong knowledge of processanalysis which allows development of best supply chain practices and processes for implementation withinthe business.-Identify key risk areas, guide and execute analysis, develop conclusions and present findings to cross-functional leaders.-Set and develop a long-term logistics strategy for supply chain development through the business.

London, United Kingdom

-Directly responsible for a team of up to 17 staff in the stock control department, and a further 9 froma technical perspective throughout the dispatches and the goods in operation.-Established control by reviewing user’s accessibility to permissions and restricted those specificallyrelated to stock creating Clearly defined segregation of duties.-Introduced a uniform system of work, documented processes and producers, allowing us to review theresults of performance and identify from that areas of failing to allocate additional resource or focus.-Initiated cross department communication to address highlighted flaws in internal controls, fromidentified concerns, following recommendation, the company introduced the role of a product manager, and subsequently a commercial department.-Used intimate knowledge of the operations combined with analyses of collected data to help supportbusiness decisions; following the “Brexit” vote in 2016 we made a deliberate decisions to limit exposure by reducing the company’s stock days.-Introduced cycle counts, cross company reconciliation, increased buying, selling and transfer controls,monitored through specifically targeted KPIs, delivered and monitored once quarterly by myself.-Developed strong relationship with the finical department to support effort, in June 2016 began workon the foundation stages of more joined up thinking through a process of monthly valuation reports,this has sense progressed to include more stock related performance such as stock turn, day & aged stock, I n turn affecting cash flow.-Delivered exit strategy for slow moving and obsolete stock, with robust solutions to managing agedstock.-Provided review of the company’s stock provision in accounts as part of persenation for end of year finical audit.-Responsible for arranging and coordinating end of year inventory in all 7 stores, UK& Ireland , complied documented processes.

London, United Kingdom

-Established a single manned department; managing the company’s stock control with an average stockholding of £2.6million and over 1200 active stock lines at any one point, across two major locations.-Improved the stock difference by an average of 78.43% and a reduction in the stock adjustment valueto within less than 0.01% of the total holding, maintaining an accuracy of 97-98%.-Achieved the role of an assistant buyer, handling over 20 product lines across 10 supplier accounts,representing a total average annual purchase turnover of plus £3.5million.-Worked with purchasing & Sales to establish agreed holdings: Checked stocks daily keeping stockholdings to a minimum within the constraints of the individual items and suppliers but withoutendangering stock levels.-Implemented and oversaw monthly stock checks, supervised allocated staff throughout duration,worked with the staff to ensure they understood the importance of data accuracy, completed spotchecks and observations to assure quality.-Sole responsibility for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of stock holding; introduced producers &practices to better stream line holding, intake and dispatches of stock. Initiated

London, United Kingdom

-Employed as an Assistant Transport Manager on the full load European import/exportdepartment, turning over approximately £5million a year.-Responsible for arranging, controlling, and over-seeing the import/export or nationwide distributionof customers’ bonded or duty paid stock, up to 900 movements per month, with goods valuing up to£350,000.-Supervised a small (3 staff) but profitable pro-active team in completing our transport related tasks.-Key customer account manager, for some of our businesses largest clients; tracked every stage ofPurchase Orders, coordinated with colleagues (ranging in seniority, across multiple departments) onresolution of problems, Invoicing & claims, creation of Letters of Credit and shipments, enquiriescomplaints or targets.-Selected and vetted potential new transport supplier, sub contracted incoming instruction toappropriate equipment.-Worked closely with HMR&C, prepared and checked details of relevant shipping documents. Managedour company’s calendar for dispatch.-Part of a selected team involved developing and evolving the company’s in house bespoke operatingsystem from a user per perspective.-Held update debriefing with senior staff on current running of the department and items forconsideration.