A highly experienced Logistics Director who has enjoyed a successful and loyal career with large Blue Chip/FMCG organisations and latterly a family owned business. Extensive experience in cross-functional supply chain management, strategy development and implementation with a drive for delivering results. Committed to achieving success through sharing the vision, inspiring, leading, coaching, mentoring, and facilitating by impactful engagement and people management. An extremely effective communicator, building influential relationships with stakeholders at all levels.Responsibility of 500 FTE’s across two 24/5 operations and budgetary accountability to £28m per annum, delivering 10,000 parcels and 250 pallets daily to customers.Most recent key achievements:Full responsibility for the build, delivery, implementation and go live of a 21,500sqm extension to the NDC which included significant upgrades to the existing NDC. £30m total spend on time and to budget.• 40k pallet store, 17m high VNA racking and pallet store for awkward products• Full software integration to an existing WMS• New replenishment conveyor system linking the buildings• £1m new MHE including full tender process and implementationFollowing this delivery, further responsibility as Business Lead for a new £14m head office build project.December 2020 Safety and Health Practitioner awarded Arco the Most Influential Team in Health & Safety for the work at the NDC for the pandemic. Go live was one month before the first pandemic lockdown.Business Lead on Logistics and Manufacturing transformation. Identifying and delivering £2.1m annualized savings, including carriage renegotiation, lean process improvements, influencing customer ordering patterns, enhanced performance management and vendor compliance initiatives. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and TransportSignificant process review and improvement track record.Automated Warehouse experience and solutions.Strategy development and executionBusiness Continuity planning.H+S step change.Employee communications and engagement.Team Building at all levelsCultural change programmes.Significant Project Management/delivery.Programme Management.