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United Kingdom

Professional change management with over 30 years experience of customer facing, project management and business re-engineering. Clients include :-Completed assignments with Kramp Groep on Dec 31 2021 - a distributor of agricultural parts in 26 countries. Delivered a new build warehouse in the UK, through the pandemic lockdown. Delivered a new build in Italy, supported a fit out in Madrid and defined an extension and conveyor installation in Poitiers, France.CEVA Logistics & Rolls Royce Aerospace (Mar 18 to Feb 19) - an operational improvement project followed by re-shaping the Optimisation Project in the Aftermarket business.Morrisons (Jul 17-Feb 18) - Successful implementation of JDA into Fresh, Bread & Produce supply chain.Dalepak (Jan-Feb 17) – Re-design of processes & physical layout for web pick operation.

Professional change management with over 30 years experience of customer facing, project management and business re-engineering. Clients include :-Dunelm (Jan-Jun 16) - Designed solution for Furniture ranges post establishment of main-stream warehouse, & handed over to in-house team to deliver.Howdens Joinery (Sep-Oct 15) - identify process and flow blockages in their Northampton NDC.Marks & Spencer (Mar-Jul 15) - part of a team to repair and simplify operations at a highly automated hanging & boxed goods warehouse, with specific responsibility for ensuring successful delivery of seasonal products.Ministry of Defence (Sep 12-Jun 14) - leading an internal review of logistics to benchmark against an external tendering process. Data capture, analysis and validation across fragmented systems, creation of assumptions for all bidders to fill data gaps, warehouse and transport solution design, internal bid development.Bird Food & Garden products (Mar 12-Jul 12) - programme management of a significant change programme across manufacturing, logistics & supply chain within this VC backed company.Apetito Ltd (Feb 11-Mar 12) - Programme Management of a restructure in the management and network structures for a meals-on-wheels provider, introduced systemised network planning, reduced complexity in the supply chain and operating costs by 10%.Premier Foods (Mar-Nov 10) - supply chain review for Grocery Ambient division which delivered warehouse & transport operational solutions & change plan to deliver 10% reduction in operating costs.

Professional change management with over 30 years experience of customer facing, project management and business re-engineering. Clients include :-National Express East Coast (Jan-Sep 09) - Business Process Improvement for UK Rail operator.Fosters EMEA (Sep-Dec 08) - BCP solution with RFQ & selection for wine importer & distributor.Centresoft for Electronic Arts & Activision Blizzard (May 08-Sep 08 & Dec 08) - Supply set-upAlpha Retail (part of Autogrill) (Nov 07-May 08) - Centralisation of logistics for UK airport retailer.iForce (Nov 05-Nov 07) - UK - e-fulfilment set-up for Boots, Waitrose Wine Direct, John Lewis Direct, House of FraserDanka Europe (Feb 04–Aug 04) - Pan EMEA supply chain rationalisationON Semiconductor Europe (Mar–Oct 03) & Motorola SPS Europe (Oct 03–Jan 04) – Netherlands

Development and delivery of core business processes, responsible for program management of continuous improvement projects in Europe and mentoring, supporting and training of Project Managers, and project initiators, across the European theatre.

Many roles in this multinational logistics provider, with one common theme - design for delivering change or new business.

Bsc Hons, Geology

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