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Baulkham Hills

 Project manage, implement, train and provide support for the range of software products that DMS market: Logility, Demand Solutions SaaS Cloud Platform, Slim4, Avercast and Qlik. Manage software implementations and process development projects, owning the critical path milestones from audit through to go-live and training. Successful implementations include: Woolworths, CR Mining, Pharmacare, Godfreys, Bondi Sands, iNova Pharma, Actron Air, Lagardere Travel, Freedom Furniture, Antipodes Cosmetics, GWA Group, Gerard Lighting. Manage budget and approvals of commercial agreements/signoff. Manage timeline via methods such as traditional Waterfall and Agile. (Client dependent). Chair Steering Committee, guide the action plan and communicate requirements with key project stakeholders.  Product installation /implementation whilst providing Customer face-to-face product training.  Carry out Supply Chain and Demand Planning process audits and report back to clients with recommended improvements. Document both Project Charter (Statement of Works) and Process Design in line with agreed client expectations. Carry out master data testing and ensure that the formatting is in line with specified requirements. Facilitate customer visits as necessary to fully support and identify customer problems and their subsequent solutions. Document both Project Charter (Statement of Works) and Process Design in line with agreed client expectations. Maintain excellent customer service and support for current customers to build long term client relationships. Development of user base to ensure the successful application of software solutions within their businesses. Support current clients to achieve their business objectives. Educate new clients who can appreciate the benefits of decision support solutions. Develop relationships with organisations in the market place who can understand the benefits and applications of Demand Solutions systems.

Pennant Hills

 Facilitate the store network’s promotional off-location program from a Replenishment perspective.  Manage store queries on replenishment issues and undertake root-cause analysis. Resolve the issues and report back to store. Apply calculated stock builds by bringing forecasted periods of coverage forward, to cater for seasonal peaks such as Spring and Christmas. Plan and track key seasonal events, ensuring that key milestones are met by relevant stakeholders. Allocate stock to stores in urgent need of orders, preemptive of the systematic replenishment cycle. Compile and share reporting pack for Store and Area Management team, highlighting plans on off locations, stock builds, query trends and general replenishment issues. Manage targeted volume increases for catalogue lines.

Pennant Hills

 Work with merchandising team to determine initial stock range and quantities required for new stores to launch with. Coordinate the project plan for product mix and stock flow for each store opening. Ensuring that it aligns with the Store Fit-Out plan. Manage Supply Planning Specialists (Mass Fill Team) and facilitate their daily tasks in line with Mass Fill project plan. Work closely with Store Ops to collaboratively achieve goals and meet deadlines. Work with the Replenishment team, Vendors and DCs to schedule deliveries in line with the store fill plan. Monitor stock flow in line with project requirements. Identify variations to the plan and manage contingencies. Ensure that order requirements are scheduled in a timely manner to optimise stock levels concurrent with the Fit Out Critical Path. Regularly update new store range via Planogram extracts. Ensure that key stakeholders have visibility of Mass Fill progress extending from initial fill phase to risk management and PIR. Communicate capacity constraints with all stakeholders in line with promotional demand. Respond to issues and make decisions as the main supply chain interface to store. Providing onsite support when necessary. Develop, manage and report on metrics to measure store fill completeness and accuracy, including facilitating status update sessions. Complete other ad-hoc responsibilities within the Network Service and Planning team. Demonstrate commitment to the delivery of projects within a Supply Chain Planning framework. Prioritise and make decisions on conflicting factors, ensuring project deadlines are met. Guide the Supply Planning team to ensure accurate planning requirements and orders are optimised accordingly. Place ancillary orders and track flow though when necessary. Carry out various reports using Microsoft Access, Excel and Oracle RMS. Understand and present the replenishment function to new store teams.

Minchinbury, Nsw

 Coordinate production to ensure accurate daily planning requirements are met. Provide operational information for weekly S&OP meetings. Carry out daily warehouse stock takes and investigate variances. Populate order quantities into planning template to determine allocation of supply to demand. Liaise with multiple Grading Floors (Production Plants), and provide them with daily plans for production output, categorised by size, grade and finished product SKU. Ensure that packaging requirements are procured in a timely manner and to optimum stock levels concurrent with production demand. Prioritising high value orders in accordance with delivery constraints such as lead time. For example, timing the supply for export orders to Papua New Guinea and Thailand. Ensure capacity constraints are communicated with all stakeholders in line with promotional demand. Place orders with external egg suppliers/farms and incorporate their additional volume into the production plan. Forecast long term production dependent on volume of birds coming into lay. Liaise with Transport provider to allocate sufficient transportation of finished goods from Grading Floor to Distribution Centre. Create load plans for outbound stock Determine ideal location for stock to be supplied, in order to to fulfill demand in various regions. Then coordinate stock transfers in accordance.

 Liaise with Olympus’ 3PL warehouse to ensure the efficiency of the inwards and outwards flow of products  Liaise with overseas suppliers, customs brokers & freight forwarders to monitor delivery schedule follow up, summaries & communication. Report to key stakeholders with accurate details for goods in transit, ETD & ETA dates, stock levels & backordered item status. Run Stock Status Report, outlining stock on hand, sales backorders, and incoming stock schedules & distribute to appropriate areas of the business Attend PSI (inventory planning) meetings, providing Logistics input on purchasing decisions. Raise purchase orders, in line with PSI requirements. Monitor stock, purchase order status & supplier adherence to shipment delivery schedules,  Ensure promotional activities involving kitting & reconfiguration by the outsourced logistics operations are appropriately controlled, coordinated & costed. Coordinate export and/or return of Olympus Imaging goods, in accordance with Marketing and Sales needs. Reconcile suppliers & shipping invoices for payment in consultation with finance. Monitor and review freight costs, reporting to Management. Conduct annual reviews of freight forwarder efficiency, service levels and cost.  Maintain all material and price masters for Spare Parts in SAP. Liaise with Third Party Repairers on stock issues and backorders. Pro-actively resolve day-to-day shipment issues with Product Managers and 3PL. Run and reconcile stock-takes & cycle counts.  Analyse slow moving and obsolete stock levels and organise scrapping.

 Consolidating shipments of orders and tendering loads to transport companies.  Performing daily transport planning activities on the Transport Management System (TMS). Generating reports using TMS, Business Objects and Excel. Following up manual exceptions to Primary Freight, and resolving.  Monitoring delivery of orders and expediting overdue/ urgent deliveries. Analysing business performance for individual transport legs and reporting to management weekly. Attending customer queries via telephone and resolving potential issues. Liaising with vendors to obtain proof of delivery on questionable deliveries. Contacting freight companies to track outstanding orders. Taking urgent book-in requests from vendors and allocating/re-allocating delivery timeslots.

 Expediting delivery of orders, from vendor confirmation through to receipt. Specialising in Entertainment group; responsible for approx. 2500 SKUs. Liaising with over 100 vendors, of which maintain regular contact with 80. Monitoring delivery of both local and indent orders and expediting overdue/ urgent deliveries. Aiming to keep overdue orders fewer than 3.5% of total stock on order (significant improvement from 7% for 2005). Ensuring local vendor deliveries are carried out in full and brochure lines are in stock in the DC. Running stock allocations from central DC (Chullora) to store. Liaising with buying group to guarantee timely and accurate feedback in regards to order tracking and stock position. Liaising with stores to resolve receipting issues. Liaising with vendors to obtain proof of delivery on questionable deliveries. Contacting freight companies to track outstanding orders. Taking urgent book-in requests from vendors and allocating delivery timeslots.  Running daily Microsoft Excel reports, sub-reports and pivot tables. Prioritising importance of orders into the business, taking into consideration promotions, top 400 GP% lines and Christmas lines.

Bachelor Of Business & Commerce, Global Supply Chain Management Major, Marketing Sub-Major

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