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Frome, Gb

Frome, England, United Kingdom

- Regional responsibilities for the South of England- Optimising the supply of aggregate products to customers by creating production, inventory & logistics plans to reach the highest levels of business performance- Managing the balance of supply versus demand, encapsulating strategic production, inventory and logistics planning (multi-modal)- Allocating demand to each production plant and identifying the optimum route to market- Leading supply & capacity meetings with key stakeholders to identify imbalances between supply & demand, and developing mitigation and opportunity plans- Driving & improving the demand forecasting process in the region to support supply chain planning and optimisation initiatives

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Accountable for the supply planning of a multi-million dollar global portfolio of herbicides (~500 SKUs) across 9 production sites in Europe, South Africa & Russia• Balancing of the overall supply/demand requirements (3-27 months horizon) to ensure correct manufacture and timely delivery of products to the countries• Lead weekly meetings with Demand Planners & Asset Planners to address key issues, upside requests, and changes to the production plan• Problem solving of complex supply situations during raw material / active ingredient shortages and overloaded capacities at sites • Proactively identifies demand uncertainties and future supply constraints, developing options/scenarios to ensure that requested delivery dates are met• Development of strong global relationships with Supply Chain Managers, Asset planners, Commercial Teams & Logistics to ensure plans are aligned with both the business and Supply Chain Strategies• User of ERP systems for Planning and Execution (SAP, APO and Bex analyser reports), and accountable for master data accuracy • Regular presentation of supply chain reports to various stakeholders to review historic performance as well as medium to longer term supply plan

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Plant:• Accountable for the planning of all rice, coated rice, wheats and foodservice products at one of the largest cereal manufacturing plants in the world• Utilisation of SAP/PPDS/APO to interpret demand and effectively plan production schedules• Collaborated in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with Operations, Supply Chain and external suppliers to ensure the 24-hour continual supply of all finished products and the timely changeover of promotions to meet market requirements• Led daily scheduling meetings with key stakeholders such as Production & Material Planners • Optimisation of packaging ordering and scraps to maximise efficiency• Adapted to production supply issues, applying methodical problem solving approach to maintain planned supplyNon-Kellogg Co-manufacturer:• Management of a weekly schedule with our primary co-manufacturer (Sante, Poland) to produce our granola brands for supply across Europe • Scheduled 65 SKUs shipping to multiple markets, 2 production lines and a total capacity of 502 Tonnes per week• Delivery of successful supply plan to ensure execution of promotion adherence, materials availability and appropriate transport arrangements• Built strong relationships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders including the co-man production managers, distribution teams, transport planning, and local market contacts to deliver products to market on time and in full • Analysed stock discrepancies and resolved financial variances (GRIR) to balance our accounts and reduce financial risk to the business

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the introduction of new products to market in line with required governance to agreed timelines • Monitored the progress of new SKU activations for the Northern Europe cluster (circa 50 on average) and kept the necessary stakeholders informed of any changes or issues that might affect the timing of product availability • Project management of data governance programme to introduce a new naming convention for our product descriptions in SAP, improving alignment and clarity across all markets, departments, and categories• Owner of the delist process, applying governance to ensure the correct procedure is followed for the delisting of products from our systems following end of lifecycle• Presentation of monthly KPI report to inform the business of the latest SKU activations and product availability statistics

Manchester, United Kingdom

Analysis of the sales performance of individual Field Sales Reps and 7 UK regions, identifying trends and providing insight to create direction for the Field Sales team

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Maintained European intercompany pricing in SAP and Hyperion, whilst analysing queries and fixing system error messages to ensure that delivery schedules were met• Executed Month End reporting for Non-manufacturing Entities

Bachelor'S Degree, French And German, 2:1

• Topics studied include: Business and Professional Purposes, Oral and Written Communication, Translation, Cultural Differences.

2:1

• Studied, communicated and completed assignments in French lectures, achieving a 2:1 equivalent • Overcame problems within a different.

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