Martin Young Email & Phone Number

Maidstone, England, United Kingdom

I have now retired and am looking to spend my time travelling and looking up old friends

Billericay, England, United Kingdom

Worked on a FTC within a transformation project, focusing on Finance & DC operations until the end of December. 2022. It ranged from PLM (WFX) to an ERP (Oracle NetSuite) through to a WMS (Waerlinx), with additional tools also being implemented such as a middleware (Boomi) & new reporting (Satori) systems.

Since the team I was working with at River Island has been disbanded, I am now available to work in other businesses. Ideally would work within the Supply Chain field or in Change Management.

London, United Kingdom

• Acted as PO & BA for an updated Store Stock Management app which improved store efficiencies in managing store stock movements and improved customer experience with an enhanced product enquiry function
• Acted as PO & BA for a successfully enhanced RFID application build to facilitate weekly in-store stock counting which improved stock accuracy, reducing stock loss and improving replenishment levels
• Worked on delivering processes and required documentation to ensure business was GDPA compliant, including the identification of where all customer personal data was held and what it was used for
• Worked with 3rd party supplier to investigate potential uses of AI within the business (SparkBeyond)

London, United Kingdom

Since the team I was working with at EMC has been disbanded, I am now available to work in other businesses. Ideally would work within the Supply Chain field or in change management

London, United Kingdom

• Worked as a business consultant for this international company providing advice on change management, systems / business processes and impact assessment documents. Clients have included B&Q, BP and Bank of Ireland.
• Worked collaboratively and cross-functionally both internally and externally to deliver an award winning digital mortgage application in the banking sector
• Acted as business proposition with the product owner and key stakeholders to prioritise & capture requirements and manage scope of a retail multi-channel digital platform which was both business & customer facing
• Managed the communication & scheduling of the global mailbox migration for over 124,000 mailboxes & 350,000 public folders from MS Exchange 2003 to MS Exchange 2010

Working as a consultant for a company providing advice on inventory & merchandising systems and mangement processes within the Supply Chain. We provide specific planning, replenishment, process mapping & analytical support as well as offering Supply Chain training packages tailored for the clients requirements.

Worked as an account manager for ERS, a business specialising in providing a fully “out-sourced” category management service for all entertainment formats aimed at High St. retailers. I acted as the customer “face” of the organisation and the point of contact for all entertainment communications to stores & for resolving issues.

Started a 3 month interim contract that was ultimately extended to 1 year heading the Allocations, Replenishment and Availability work stream within the Maximising Profitability strategic change programme. Responsible for the development of a new allocation tool and a complete overhaul of the current pharmacy and warehouse replenishment tools for retail.

Worked on Business Planning Calendar and Event launches across the business from a Central Inventory perspective

Responsible for the successful delivery of key threads within the New Business Model project including the implementation of plans to reduce residual overhang of stockResponsible for the development and delivery of an integrated flow planning tool for stock building products prior to sales peaks for seasonal product

Planning, developing, implementing & managing all seasonal stock flows including Christmas, Easter, Summer & Back to School. Included developing flow planning tools and despatch mechanics for seasonal product.Managed despatches of promotional product

Responsible for the productive and profitable use of store space throughout the business Agreeing seasonal dates and adjacency layouts, developing and presenting space proposals to the main boardManaged the development of the definitions for segmentation and the categorisation of store estate based on competition, geo-demographics and location.Produced.

Included 2 years managing Store Refurbishment team responsible for the Company refurbishment programme throughout the UK. Over 50 stores refurbished and 3 new stores opened, with the team expanding to 10 people at peak.Store Manager of 3 stores – increased turnover by 18% and store contribution by 35% of first store, before managing store with annual.