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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Helping businesses create value and profitable growth through innovation.Tompkins Ventures matches your enterprise’s challenges with our network of 100s of Commercial Partners, Capital Partners and Consulting Partners. Our toolbox is unlimited, as every Tompkins Ventures Partner has decades of experience helping companies address the five major factors for.

London, England, United Kingdom

Uptrend Labs specializes in developing strategic business road-maps, creating innovative solutions to I.T. and Operational challenges, then delivering high yielding optimization savings. We are a value-creation advisory firm that provides Strategy and Execution to PE firms, Technology, Software, and Manufacturing companies to achieve growth and.

West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

PERFECTION Limited is a specialised supply chain consultancy, dedicated to improving company’s S&OP/IBP processes so that they enhance customer service performance, reduce inventory, improve cashflow management, and preserve or increase profitability.Keith is a Partner in the company and provides the principal thought leadership of the Supply Chain.

West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

AWP Associates are a partnership of experienced business practitioners, supporting global businesses bring their strategy to life. Our real-world leadership and transformation skills help our clients to develop and implement business and value chain performance improvements, which deliver real and sustainable value. From business development and.

Field Based

• Leading the global Centre of Excellence for the S&OP process, supporting +200 Indirect reports from country, regional and global teams in all aspects of demand and supply planning.
• Integrated acquired business (60 commercial entities, 14 manufacturing plants) into regional S&OP processes and developed further improvement projects on both demand forecasting and supply planning processes.
• Accountability for the supply chain governance of all planning processes through a major ERP integration project. (completing all entities to a single ERP within 12 months).

Field Based

• Managing the global active ingredient planning and logistics team of 6 direct reports (China, India, France, USA), and orchestrating the S&OP processes at country, regional, and global levels with +100 Indirect reports.
• Implemented S&OP maturity assessments to drive continuous improvement in all elements of the process. Developed and implemented forecast accuracy metrics, reporting, and user-training packages which drove forecasting.
• Created a supply chain functional competency assessment toolkit, in Demand Forecasting, Supply Planning, Customer Services, Warehousing and Logistics functions - which supported the generation of development plans for.
• Managed all global freight benchmarking and tendering, and provided support to all regional 3PL, freight forwarder, and warehousing tenders. Directed network optimisation studies at all geographical levels, leading to.
• Developed a global risk mitigation strategy to support multiple sourcing, and a global network mapping to aid business continuity planning. The identification and addition of geographically diverse strategic and.

Field Based

• Accountable for all Demand Planning, Supply Planning and Customer Services functions within the Liquids division (Fresh & Flavoured milk, Cream, Juices, Powdered) and reporting to the Supply Chain Operations Director.
• Instigated a new S&OP process from scratch and developed the progression of the same into an ERP planning technology platform, allowing better “best use of milk” assessments, improved service capability, and improved.
• Led the hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly capacity planning of 6 dairies (2 direct reports, +25 indirect reports) and the national Customer Service order-to-cash and in-store merchandising support operations (10.
• Developed a full BCP and pandemic plan response for the entire division, ensuring clear contingency planning was available in times of reduced capacity. (whether raw material, labour, fuel, or accidental impacts etc.).

• Reporting to the UK & Ireland General Manager, fully accountable for all elements of supply chain management including Customer Services, Logistics, Demand Planning, External Manufacturing, and Supply Planning.
• Introduced S&OP into RB's UK business and developed the use of a dedicated planning solution to support it. Included within this was the development of causal factor forecasting to improve accuracy of retail sales.
• Development of CPFR program for major retailers, and disaster recovery planning projects to support in critical periods, improving availability on-shelf in all affected accounts.
• 3rd party logistics contract responsibility, including a major warehouse relocation project, and all international freight tendering project support.
• Logistics cost-to-serve analysis of the customer base, with continual improvement projects to substantially reduce complexity and cost.

Joined having been accepted for the Bass Business Development Scheme (graduate program) and placed within Britvic Soft Drink's Operations function.Completed many roles within Supply Chain including Demand Forecasting, Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Distribution management functions. Moved into Customer Marketing, and then implemented a major sales.

Masters, Business Administration, Honours

Diploma, Management Studies, Honours

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mathematical Engineering, First

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Diploma, Industrial Studies, Honours

Activities and Societies: Field Hockey - 4th XI Captain