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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Skelmersdale, England, United Kingdom

Newcastle-Under-Lyme, England, United Kingdom

All aspects of sizing and capacity for new business strategy and layout of the site. Strategic operational flow and designing productive solutions.• Responsible for the solution design function of the DC fulfilment centre and feeding back recommendations.• To support the business to identify development and innovation opportunities.• Identify or design assets or equipment which may be required to facilitate the solution and validate these through prototyping, trialling… Show more All aspects of sizing and capacity for new business strategy and layout of the site. Strategic operational flow and designing productive solutions.• Responsible for the solution design function of the DC fulfilment centre and feeding back recommendations.• To support the business to identify development and innovation opportunities.• Identify or design assets or equipment which may be required to facilitate the solution and validate these through prototyping, trialling, working with other teams as required to gain approval and initiate.• Support in new business and project implementations, engaging with key stakeholders at all levels.• Participate in group requirements to deliver sustainable DC wide solutions.• Keep up to date with current and future technologies and make recommendations on potential applications and benefits.• End responsibility for documentation for solution design function regarding floorplans and drawings.• Develop IT solutions in conjunction with our own internal Newlook IT teams to enhance data preparation, interpretation, and utilisation.• Monitor material Flows and model any impact & changes.• Brand Ambassador. Show less

Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

• Manage & develop daily and weekly reporting across all logistics planning streams (Retail Stores and e-Commerce)• Analyse Logistics and trading trends to support future short, mid and long term planning.• Manage and maintain stock forecasts and analysis making recommendations to mitigate any stock issues• Managing all aspects of DC labour and resource planning and KPI’s.• Peak planning and growth plans through reporting and analysis with recommendations made to the… Show more • Manage & develop daily and weekly reporting across all logistics planning streams (Retail Stores and e-Commerce)• Analyse Logistics and trading trends to support future short, mid and long term planning.• Manage and maintain stock forecasts and analysis making recommendations to mitigate any stock issues• Managing all aspects of DC labour and resource planning and KPI’s.• Peak planning and growth plans through reporting and analysis with recommendations made to the business.• Managing and forecasting SKU growth in the DC’s. (ecom & retail)• Over seeing the logistics for all store openings/closures and refits.• Delivery planning to all stores across the UK, ROI & Channel Islands• Contract management of third party transport providers.• 3 & 5 year business planning for distribution across e-commerce platforms and retail outlets.• Liaison with Finance, BMD, IT, Trade teams & Customer Care teams.• Multiple Continuous Improvement Projects.• Multiple Change management Projects. Show less

Burton-Upon-Trent

 HobbyCraft is an arts and crafts superstore retail chain, in 2012 the company made EBITDA of £15.6m, a 9% increase on previous year. In 2012 a new 220,000 sq.ft warehouse in Burton-upon-trent was obtained and in 2013 the implementation of the online e-commerce to the site. 2016 saw the first break out into the international market by shipping out through the e-commerce network across the world. Full P&L responsibility.Achievements:• Successful implementation of the… Show more  HobbyCraft is an arts and crafts superstore retail chain, in 2012 the company made EBITDA of £15.6m, a 9% increase on previous year. In 2012 a new 220,000 sq.ft warehouse in Burton-upon-trent was obtained and in 2013 the implementation of the online e-commerce to the site. 2016 saw the first break out into the international market by shipping out through the e-commerce network across the world. Full P&L responsibility.Achievements:• Successful implementation of the international operation for the e-commerce.• Re-layout of the e-commerce to allow for picking improvements and an increase in picking KPI.• Re-layout of packing stations and re-implementation of better packing solutions to allow better packing rates and better packing quality to customer. Show less

Rugby

As the world's largest logistics specialist, DHL Supply Chain offer a comprehensive suite of services drawing on our global scale and local insight to deliver value across the customers supply chain.From the initial consultancy and design, to final mile delivery and reverse logistics, DHL provide customised supply chain solutions across all industry sectors. For our customer, the NHS, we have in excess of 2,400 employees, transacting over 325,000 product lines with a procurement… Show more As the world's largest logistics specialist, DHL Supply Chain offer a comprehensive suite of services drawing on our global scale and local insight to deliver value across the customers supply chain.From the initial consultancy and design, to final mile delivery and reverse logistics, DHL provide customised supply chain solutions across all industry sectors. For our customer, the NHS, we have in excess of 2,400 employees, transacting over 325,000 product lines with a procurement of a further 386,000 for the NHS to access directly from our suppliers, ranging from bandages to baked beans.Delivering high-quality, cost effective products to more than 1000 NHS trusts and healthcare organisations.We operate out of 10 sites across the country.On average delivering 36,000,000 lines per year with a fleet of 220 vehicles and an operating space of 910,000 Sq ft.Achievements:• Successful implementation of a NDC serving 7 other RDC's across the country.• Implementation of a central planning department.• Successful implementation of a new WMS to replace the old out dated WMS.SystemsRed Prairie, DiscreteRESUSKardex storage solution Show less

London, United Kingdom

Wincanton are a leading supply chain solutions provider, focused on delivering best in class service and finding new and better ways of doing business, They work collaboratively with their customers to drive efficiency, improve their supply chains, and ultimately make them more successful.Initially brought in to help manage the implementation of Red Prairie the new warehouse management system selected by the customer.SystemsRed Prairie (Despatcher)DISCO

Daventry

Wincanton are a leading supply chain solutions provider, focused on delivering best in class service and finding new and better ways of doing business, They work collaboratively with their customers to drive efficiency, improve their supply chains, and ultimately make them more successful.Our customer Best Buy own 23% of the US electronics retail market, they also own 50% of Carphone Warehouse in the UK.Responsibilities:• Maintaining Stock integrity over a 220k sq ft multi… Show more Wincanton are a leading supply chain solutions provider, focused on delivering best in class service and finding new and better ways of doing business, They work collaboratively with their customers to drive efficiency, improve their supply chains, and ultimately make them more successful.Our customer Best Buy own 23% of the US electronics retail market, they also own 50% of Carphone Warehouse in the UK.Responsibilities:• Maintaining Stock integrity over a 220k sq ft multi user site• Overall responsibility for SAP WM in the UK.• Integrity of Home delivery of two man, parcel and post goods• Integrity Store retail picking, parcel picking and packing operation• Account Management of key individuals within Best BuyAchievements:• Developing and maintaining a strong customer and service excellence focused culture after inheriting a department that struggled to achieve in these areas previously• Generated and implemented an action plan to re-lay the warehouse by product grouping at pick slot level to improve productivity and pick efficiency levels• Developement of team members to support the complex needs of Best Buy in an ever changing environment• Achieving a significant improvement on stock take results from the previous management teams resulting in positive recognition from the customerSystemsSAP WM Show less

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Euro Packaging is a uniquely integrated sales, distribution and manufacturing operation with significant expertise in a range of paper and plastic based packaging products.With state-of-the-art warehousing and customer-driven transport strategy enabled us to distribute up to 1,300 pallets of products every day to customers in over 20 different countries genertating revenues exceeding £170 million.Systems-SAP WM/IM/MM/TRMResponsibilities:• Operational… Show more Euro Packaging is a uniquely integrated sales, distribution and manufacturing operation with significant expertise in a range of paper and plastic based packaging products.With state-of-the-art warehousing and customer-driven transport strategy enabled us to distribute up to 1,300 pallets of products every day to customers in over 20 different countries genertating revenues exceeding £170 million.Systems-SAP WM/IM/MM/TRMResponsibilities:• Operational Management of the 9 Acre site Including site Security. (£20 million stock holding)• System testing for SAP and complete deployment of training in all areas.• Change implementation of employees in the different areas of the stock & administration departments.• Integrity customer retail picking.• Full accountability for the management and operational day to day operational function of the warehouses.Achievements:• Implementation of a site stocks team dealing with on site stocks as well as off shores 3PL sites.• Successful deployment of the warehouse management system SAP WM & IM.• Improvement to productivity and pick efficiency levels.• Development of team members at all levels.• Achieving a significant improvement on stock take results in all warehouses. Show less

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Systems-Pegasus

Tamworth

Take over from PETER'S FOODSSystems-SAP FI/COSAP WMSAP IM

Tamworth

Take over from GLANBIASystems-SAP FI/COEXceed (Dallas)

Tamworth

Systems-SAP FI/COEXceed (Dallas)

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