David Anton Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Australia

• Joined BEKO after the company received and took over the distribution of the Hitachi Brand.• Assisted with the Integration of the Brand into the existing company portfolio.• Liaison with overseas factories in Japan and Thailand and management of supplier relationships.• Liaison with new overseas factories and planning for new product launch.• Management of the 3PL partner.• Management of Freight Forwarder.• Management of the transition from current 3PL to new 3PL.• Demand Planning for the Hitachi Brand.• PSI management and reporting.• Issuing and maintenance of purchase orders to suppliers.• Aged stock management.• Reverse logistics management, including product grading and turning over graded stock.• Monitoring of daily bookings and delivery order creation status.

Sydney, Australia

• Joined the company at a time when Hitachi had recently re-entered the Home Appliance business in Australia.• Development of the company operations by introducing structure and accountability, as well as providing effective support to the Sales team.• Liaison with overseas factories in Japan and Thailand and management of supplier relationships.• Management of the relationship with 3PL Partner.• Management of relationship with freight forwarder.• Coordination with the local warehouse and logistics partner.• Management of operations cost and expenditure. • PSI management and the preparation of reports.• Issuing and maintaining purchase orders to suppliers.• Aged stock management; coordination of regular stock takes and cycle counts.• Liaison with factories daily to ensure receipt of stock based on sales targets and forecasts.• Analysis and preparation of reports for senior management and team review on market trends, competitor activity, GfK data, sell through data and other business requirements.• Reverse logistics management, including product grading and turning over graded stock.• Monitoring of daily bookings and delivery order creation status.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Management of demand, inventory, supply chain and order / distribution.• Leadership of weekly SCM meetings with key stakeholder groups.• Provision of timely and effective support to Supply Chain Operations.• Management of aged stock; monitoring of inventory levels and demand.• Working with customers through the CPFR forecasting process to ensure excellence in inventory management.• Daily liaison with factories daily to ensure receipt of stock based on sales targets and forecasts.• Monitoring of all Ready to Supply (RTS) dates of newly launched products.• Close collaboration with the Marketing team to analyse product launch plans and promotion plans, and to develop 3-month forecasts.• Oversight of the daily allocation of all white goods products to customers.• Allocation of all white goods products to customers daily.• Monitoring of daily bookings and delivery order creation status.• Tracking and analysis of performance and behaviour KPIs.• Facilitation of training and mentoring to the Sales team on forecasting, demand management as well as the company’s GSCM and SAP System.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia