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London Area, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

- Manage team of 10 Demand Planners, managing inventory on all International New Release & Catalogue repertoire- Create inventory policy & governance to aid decision making & accountability within the team.- Set departmental & individual objectives to drive value for the business.Key Achievements:- Reduced expenditure on print in excess of €1m euros year on year.- Reduced obsolescence by €900k year on year & achieved best obsolescence results globally for 2015.- Senior member of European Business Continuity Plan team, creating & executing solutions to implement critical BCP requirements.

London, United Kingdom

- Manage a team of 6 Demand Planners, responsible for inventory on all international New Release repertoire.- Work with Global Supply chains across the business to identify demand for future releases.- Maximise vendor capacity for replication across all formats (CD/Vinyl/DVD) & ensure compliance with deadlines & expectations.Key Achievements:- Relocation of office from Paris HQ into Kensington, London. Process mapping, recruiting & coaching new team in seamless transition.- Redesign of processes to improve results in efficiency of delivering new releases to market.

- Ensure the successful execution of all local UK releases to market maximising optimal stock positions throughout.- Make certain distribution & manufacturing partners are compliant to KPI's & deliver objectives. Hold accountable & drive solutions for any KPI failures.- Support 3rd party team to on-board & provide on-going stock management & order fulfillment solutions to numerous 3rd party labels.- Manage the customer services team for both business to consumer & business to business requirements such as, shortage claims, returns authorisations & credits, & general day-to-day consumer enquiries.Key Achievements:- In sourced the e-commerce customer service into the customer service team in the UK to minimise costs & provide greater product expertise.- Established significant reporting enhancements to day-to-day operations as well supported legal & senior management teams in litigation measures.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

- Managing Universal Pictures operational relationship with Universal Music distribution.- Manage 3 Demand Planners, responsible for inventory management of key releases & catalogue for all Universal Pictures releases.- Provide forecast & exceptional planning highlights to the distribution facility to ensure expectations for all parties can be managed, & deadlines met successfully.Key Achievements:- In 2004 successfully managed largest ever seasonal campaign activity on DVD for Universal Pictures, with some campaigns in excess of 1m units.

Northampton, United Kingdom

- Operational & Inventory support for all franchised & owned & Operated Levi Strauss stores in UK & Eire.- Support central planning team in Brussels with inventory management & quarterly seasonal fashion refreshes.- Manage VMI planning tool to optimise parameters & resolve all daily data integrity issues.Key Achievements:- Was sole local support in UK after 3 months once planning team was centralised to Brussels.- Supported the launch of engineered jeans into the UK franchise market.