• Plan production to ensure inventory is maintained at targets balancing service level, inventory carrying costs and risk of distress.• Deploy and manage inventory at multiple locations servicing the entire Canadian market.• Create 52 week production plans incorporating seasonal builds to forecast inventory and highlight potential capacity concerns. • Participate in cross-functional product launch teams, advising on capacity issues, production lead times and pipeline build strategy.• Carry out root cause analysis and implement corrective action for customer shorts and product obsolescence to drive continuous improvement.• Create monthly S&OP reports for plant, including reporting on sales opportunities and capacity issues.• Selected as key user for SAP planning module implementation.• Consistently achieved record service levels in both ham and further processed poultry categories, while simultaneously holding inventory below target.

Using advanced Microsoft Excel skills in conjunction with JDE and Sage BusinessVision to investigate Accounts Receivable discrepancies and implement improved invoice control systems.Setting up and updating budget control spreadsheets.

Joined Ohashi at start-up. Developed procedures and set up logistics, inventory control, supply chain management and quality functions. Worked alongside sales to develop Ohashi's first class reputation among clients for always on-time delivery and excellence in quality of parts and service.Company achieved ISO9001 certification in first year (no non-conformities), extending to ISO14001 shortly after, not long after which I took over as quality/environmental manager.Played a central role in the growth of the company from zero sales to $20 million in eight years, as the company grew from 1 office to two, and from 4 staff to more than 30, with myself as General Manager, responsible for operations, inventory control, warehouse, supply chain management and quality functions.Left in October 2008 to emigrate to Canada with my wife.

Started in sales administration, placing orders to plants, controlling deliveries and managing inventory. Collated business plans and forecasts for senior management. Developed Europe-wide head-office logistics function, creating logistics concepts, presenting them to OEMs (in English and in French), and implementing the finalized logistics solutions, including sequenced delivery operations, inventory control etc. Also worked to set up centralised purchasing of European freight, saving over $200,000. Worked as a member of BPCS ERP implementation team, testing and feeding back on order processing functions. Left to pursue company start-up opportunity at Ohashi Technica.