Kaizen Supply Chain Solutions Email and Phone Number
As a proactive, energetic and enthusiastic General Manager of Kaizen Supply Chain Solutions, I offer professional and personalised consulting services, supporting Retail and FMCG businesses, with a unique approach to customer connection and engagement. We approach all business opportunities with an abundant mindset, where nothing is impossible! We aim to deliver maximum efficiency, profitability and a competitive advantage, partnered with some of Australia’s new up and coming family-owned organisations.Key Career Accomplishments include:♦ In 2021, I played a key role in delivering Big W’s most profitable year in the previous 10 years, by supporting and driving an improved return on investment within the supply chain, through a very volatile phase in the global market.♦ Delivering more than $1.2 million in validated savings for Big W Supply Chain within a 10-month time frame, first time this goal has been achieved, by way of continuous improvement pipeline for the business.♦ Playing a pivotal role in both the decommissioning and expansion of the new Big W supply chain network in FY21, assisting in the management process, exit strategy, contingency planning, through to “go live”.Kaizen Supply Chain Solutions ✔ Extensive operational and warehousing experience – including unique knowledge of both physical and digital supply chain operations, and associated ICT systems, including data enablement, tracking and reporting mechanisms.✔ Strong supply chain management capabilities – supporting the management of large-scale supply chains and distribution centres, with the ability to identify needs within a supply chain and formulate innovative solutions to deliver tangible results.✔ Access to an exclusive national supply chain support network – providing contingency solutions and business support,encompassing national transportation, national off-site/overflow storage access, labour hire/container unloading, third-party logistics expertise and continuous improvement.For more information, please contact Kaizen via LinkedIn or email to: ystanborough@kaizensolutions.com.auSpecialties include:♦ Supply Chain Operations♦ Supply Chain Management Support♦ Business Development ♦ Business Vision and Strategy♦ Business Contingency Planning (BCP)♦ Cultural Transformation
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Managing Director ♦ Supply Chain Consulting And Management ♦ Client FocusedKaizen Supply Chain Solutions Feb 2022 - PresentSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaKaizen combines a unique consultancy approach to supply chain growth and improvement, coupled with a transparent and customer centred engagement experience. We pride ourselves on our unique and individual approach with our customers. Come vibe with us!● Vision - Kaizen Supply Chain Solutions is future-focused and ambitious – both for itself and its clients. A brand with vision is one that strives to grow – expanding its customer base, knowledge, staff, and processes to become a leader within its industry, and a go-to service provider.● Integrity - committed to their own brand vision and values, so much so that they endeavour to work only with clients who have shared principles. By strategically aligning themselves with like-minded clients, they are able to position themselves to be seen as authentic and develop strong business loyalty and trust.● Boundless Potential - Going hand-in-hand with the brand’s ambitious ethos, Kaizen Supply Chain Solutions approaches all business ventures with an abundance mindset, seeing boundless potential for success and limitless opportunities for growth, expansion, and transformation.● Engagement - Brand engagement facilitates attachments between consumers and brands, and Kaizen is focused on providing services that create positive customer experiences that foster long-standing relationships with their clients. The brand endeavours to create brand loyalty that drives business growth. This customer centric approach allows the brand to understand their individual clients’ needs and wants, allowing them to provide an exceptional, personalised customer experience.For more information, please contact Kaizen via LinkedIn or email to: ystanborough@kaizensolutions.com.au
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Big W Supply Chain ♦ Continuous Improvement And Business Development SpecialistBig W Mar 2020 - Feb 2022Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaMy primary focus was on identifying ways to optimise performance of the supply chain from end-to-end, to reduce costs and lead times to stores, while improving overall availability of products for customers. ● Proactively facilitating group sessions to identify, prioritise and plan initiatives for improvements in collaboration with stakeholders across all areas of the business. This included identifying and validating the benefits of new initiatives, and allocation across the Big W supply chain.● Delivery of initiatives for improvement in line with the business benefit forecast nationally, by engaging varied resources across the business ecosystem.● Tracking the progress of prioritised supply chain initiatives. I also shared and presented all initiatives and outcomes between Big W and Woolworths businesses, to ensure cross pollination and replication.● Business contingency planning and support of the national expansion of the supply chain network.Achievements:● Successfully improved the accuracy of store volume forecasting for the entire Big W supply chain network by 50%, with a forecasted annual saving of $10 million for the 2023 financial year. I challenged existing processes and behaviours, and engaged numerous stakeholders across the business.● Successfully completing lean/six sigma greenbelt training to become an improvement specialist and facilitator. Enabled tracking and building of the first ever Big W supply chain pipeline for initiatives, saving $1.2 million in validated benefits in its first year.● Led and managed the successful national integration of the vendor quality and compliance (VQC) system into Big W supply chain. This created a cultural shift with improved cohesion between internal teams.● Co-ordinating over $6 million in donations during FY21 for Big W via goods 360 charity. Liaising with numerous stakeholders to support recent charity/donation appeals (floods, bushfire, Beirut disaster, Covid family support drive & back to school). -
Vendor Compliance Supply Chain Specialist ♦ Supply Chain Management ♦ Client LiaisonWoolworths Group Jan 2018 - Mar 2020Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAfter being promoted to this role with Woolworths Group, I managed and coordinated all liquor suppliers nationally, to ensure business requirements for quality, coverage and delivery were maintained. Key responsibilities included:● Liaising with key internal stakeholders, vendors and suppliers and developing and maintaining strong, effective and consultative working relationships. This included both management across the business, and respective internal support teams.● Established internal relationships to drive compliance across varied business divisions, from commercial purchasing through to replenishment, international supply chain and our stores teams.● Liaising with key suppliers and stakeholders to ensure seamless communication around compliance requirements on a regular basis.● Managing issues arising with suppliers and distribution warehouses on a daily basis, and report ongoing issues to management.● Maintaining vendor non-compliance files through various systems unique to Woolworths.Achievements:● Assisted in the successful roll-out and support of the new and innovative SCORE system for Woolworths, enabling direct and more effective communication between the customers base and Woolworths teams including commercial and supply chain teams. ● Self-Managed the Endeavour Drinks Group Vendor Compliance Portfolio, engaging and communicating with approximately 123 x suppliers and supply partners, regularly providing operational insight and support.● Provided detailed and accurate data insights to support the demerger of Endeavour drinks with the Woolworths supply chain, data set creation and monitoring forming the basis for the establishment of new Service Level Agreements between Woolworths Supply Chain and Endeavour Drinks Group as part of the company demerger. -
Replenishment Network Capacity Planning & Optimisation ♦ Supply Chain ManagementWoolworths Group Mar 2017 - Jan 2018Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaMy primary focus in this role was maintaining an optimal flow of inbound stock volumes into the Distribution Centre (DC) network on a daily basis. Other key responsibilities included:● Forecasting inbound volume requirements for individual vendors, while utilising multiple data sets. For high impact vendors I also allocated the required capacity availability within the DC capacity templates.● Determining the most efficient and cost-effective ways to distribute stock volumes into the network, by analysing inbound receipt data.● Proactively managing changes in capacity demand and prioritising the resources required, according to seasonal events and promotional activity.● Planning for contingencies, such as when a distribution centre is at capacity, or reserve capacity is breached, and negotiating with all supply chain stakeholders to deliver optimal outcomes.Achievements:● Acknowledgement from senior replenishment management team, for planning the capacity across the country, with limited resources, mitigating potential risks caused by natural disasters and ensuring minimal beaches to supply chain network capacity.
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Sldc Receiving Manager ♦ Supply Chain Operations ♦ Team ManagementWoolworths Group Apr 2016 - Mar 2017Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAs part of this role I mentored and managed the performance of a large team to meet production targets and ensure adherence to standard operating procedures. Other key responsibilities included:● Building and promoting a positive team environment by leading, motivating and engaging team members and applying effective staff management processes and practices.● Proactively ensuring continuous improvements to systems and processes.● Maintaining a comprehensive knowledge of Supply Chain operations and Distribution Centre operations, along with warehouse management systems including WMS and TMS.● Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with management, key stakeholders and team members.● Ensuring safe work practices were adhered to at all times.Achievements:● Successfully decreased capacity breaches by 25% across the entire supply chain network, through the creation of an inbound reporting capability enabling the blending of data from multiple system applications. ● Significantly reduced the cost of the operational receiving process by 27%, reporting and recording on contributing factors exceeding daily and weekly operational budgets and site inbound capacity. Planning mitigation strategies to combat forecasted impacts.
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Kaizen Supply Chain Solutions's current role is Managing Director Kaizen ♦ National Supply Chain Consulting ♦ Focused on Client Relationships and Delivering on Supply Chain Objectives.
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