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Hammersmith, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

- Creating Supply Chain Tools inventory management tool and Forecasting tool- Creating global supply chain, inventory management and warehousing processes and procedure.- Creating global training documents in accordance to company’s goods distribution practice.- Visiting country programmes to: -Ensure they are adhering to the goods distribution practice. -Review country programme performance and make recommendations for improvement. -Helped country programme reduce stock wastage by 8% over a six-month period. -Educating and assisting on order management.

United Kingdom

- Developed Inventory processes and monthly reports to drive proficiency and bring transparency for senior management.- Reviewing and forming best practice for collaborative planning with top 5 accounts. - Creating product launch/inventory flow strategies to assist marketing plans with budget ranging from £2m – £19m.- Saving $165K of $1.2M UK annual A/F budget for DOM and FOB products - Creating product distribution policies in line with business needs.- Hasbro UK project lead for GS1 compliancy/ New Barcode convention

United Kingdom

- Managing a team who are responsible for processing customer orders YTD £36.2M.- Responsible for the implementation & review of reduced lead time for top 5 account.- Creation and review of monthly order book fill rate report to drive improvement- Continued to additionally manage Flow Planning function

United Kingdom

- Creating stock declarations for top accounts – achieving an average of 35% increase in order fulfilment and an 8% increase in shipments.- Achieved a reduction of 4% on customised residual stock. - Created and executed strategies to maximise sales for quarter/year end targets.- Assisting other Hasbro business units in Europe to set up and establish Supply Planning process and best practice. - EU Lead for SAP implementation for Flow Planning functions

United Kingdom

- Reviewing the Sales Forecast for all domestic lines in a 3 month rolling window on a weekly basis. - Approving account managers request for additional stock with in a three month window.- Highlighting to the DC priority lines for intakes and potential split of the stock.- Ensuring stock is maximised to help achieve month end and quarter end sales target.- Highlighting lines with potential stock flow problems.- Suggesting lines that need to be allocated.- Creating and presenting allocation sheet for lines with stock flow issues to General Sales Manager.- Ensuring all trackers and allocations sheets up to date. - Making sure stock is put in to the correct reserves as per the approved allocation sheet.- Ensuring and reserving promotional stock whilst maintaining excellent replenishment stock availability for other accounts. - Tracking airfreight request and ensuring the correct accounts get stock. - 2009 Hasbro’s runner up employee of the year - Reduced inventory being held in reserve by 15%- Achieving 99% for Autumn Winter set up and 81% for Spring Summer set up for Grocery accounts highest ever in UK business history

London, United Kingdom

- Planning future intakes for over 400 seasonal domestic and FOB lines.- Analysing present sales figures and using them forecast future sales.- Ensuring all promotional and launch stock have been phased in correctly and in accordance with CPA’s dates. - Review sales and recommend appropriate actions.- Planning future DC requirements and ensuring use of full warehouse capability and capacity.- Reviewing market trends and competitor’s performance and activities to forecast future sales.- Keeping to department seasonal budget. - Ensuring good product availability.- Looking at ways to maximise supplier consolidation. - Managing FOB shipments.- Managing department with annual sales in excess of £14million.- Conducts “slash & burn” exercise in season to highlight strong sellers and potential poor performers.- Reduced inventory holding by 20% on last year on two departments.

London, United Kingdom

- Dealing with domestic and FOB supplier queries.- Minimising cost at dock. - Keeping supplier flow plans up to date.- Making sure we maximise department capacity at DC.- Ensuring distribution for promotional and stock lines is set up correctly.- Carry out management duties in the absence of Inventory manager. - Ensuring products are moving effectively through the supply chain. - Providing SAP retail support for the toys and stationary team.

London, United Kingdom