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Adelaide, Sa, Au

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Demand and supply management of local and international suppliers. Implementation of Netstock Inventory Management software to replace legacy systems. Key benefits:- Transitioned the business from using spreadsheets to a world-class inventory management solution.- Create dynamic forecasts by product, group and branch, enabling top-down and bottom-up forecasting by unit or price.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Using a combination of statistical analysis, expert opinion and speed, I led a small team of forecasters who strove to have the right product, in the right place, at the right time, at the lowest cost.We utilised Demand Works Smoothie, Microsoft Dynamics AX and Power BI in our best attempt to predict future demand. The highlight was keeping the team together in a tough environment, and being able to balance the benefits of developing a consistent process, whilst also being able to turn on a dime when the pandemic hit. We were forecasting during not just the opening months of the pandemic, but also through multiple lockdowns. On some days we would adjust the forecasts of hundreds of items in an afternoon as the building industry swung between boom and lockdown.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

During the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX for Beaumont Tiles, I was the ERP Implementation Test Lead for Procurement and Inventory Management. During this period I also helped to implement EDI with freight forwarders and suppliers, using Data Masons and SPS Commerce.It didn't feel like it at the time, but with the benefit of hindsight, I realise how valuable these tough projects were for the business, and for my professional experience and growth.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Purchasing, Forecasting & Inventory Management for major tile suppliers. Driving change in the department through various business improvement projects. Influencing the planning team through the development and communication of performance metrics, and guiding team members through the process of setting objective and measurable goals to improve individual performance.Additional projects included:• Automating MOQ decisions• Simplifying ordering sessions with an automated pre-ordering report• Semi automating price discount decisions for overstocks• Automated monthly report highlighting opportunities to reduce interstate transport costs• Stock performance reports, nationally, by states and by material planners• Stock turn reports, nationally, by states and by material planners• Warehouse optimisation between two warehouses following an acquisition• Integration of new suppliers following the acquisition• Improved supplier reporting, increasing timeframe expected supplier stock levels can be viewed.• Monthly Management Pack for a fast overview of department and stock levels• Monthly Material Planner Pack for performance review

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Manage demand side of the S&OP process, coordinate forecasting with Sales & Marketing, review at both detail and aggregate level, compare to budget, seek explanations for unusual occurrences, develop tools to prevent reoccurrences, and improve forecast quality.• Review and analyse forecast quality monthly. Review performance to forecast weekly to provide an early warning system on significant variations, and advise Supply Manager on purchasing timing and quantity.• Forecast bias reduced from 24% to 2% in the first two months, week’s stock on hand report, out-of-stock report and overstocked report were all created and automated in the first month for greater inventory transparency.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• New product development: launched a new range of ironing boards, clothes airers, garden beds, garden accessories and sprayers with trade marketing materials, internal presentations and customer pitches.• Set pricing strategy at invoice and RRP levels, managed the sales budget, provided high-quality sales analysis to support the sales team, and supported the supply chain with the development of forecasting models.• Year on year growth in Garden category of 14% and Clothes Airers of 17%. Grew Garden Bed category by 40% ($1.25 million) over 12 months through NPD and without significant above-the-line spending.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Project administration and management across multiple business units in both Australia and overseas, detailed and aggregate national sales and marketing analysis, forecasting and inventory analysis.• Developed automated report using Bunning's scan sales data to identify $5.3 million p.a. in latent sales opportunity, and identify out-of-stocks at the store level to drive the behaviour of the national merchandising team.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Created and managed the cost and price models for multiple global tenders, including McDonalds’ Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and Africa tender, Subways UK & Europe tender and various YUM Brands tenders. Negotiated with buyers whilst the Global Brands GM was on leave.• Sell price, margin and international freight analysis for global brands, and developed strong relationships with internal business units and customers based all over the world.• Implementation of global product range: increased factory efficiencies, reduced global stock holdings & product costs, slashed lead times and vastly increased available product offering to developing markets.• Managed global cost roll, providing cost analysis and support, maintained standard product range costs, provided technical sales support and new product enquiries analysis.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Overhauled supply chain process by developing and implementing MRP tool, increasing stock availability and transparency whilst reducing slow-moving and obsolete stock.• Revised imported product costing system providing improved profitability analysis, developed and implemented standard product range to focus sales team and developed distributor price list & strategy.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Analysed pricing structure; identified and implemented greatest opportunities for price increases whilst maintaining competitiveness, resulting in an increase in gross margin of 3%.• Reviewed and streamlined standard product range, improved and managed imported product costing system, and provided new product enquiry and technical sales support.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

• Supported National Accounts Manager with customer service, tender preparation & sales analysis.• Account management of own internal and external export customers in NZ, PNG & Pacific Islands.

Bachelor Of Health Sciences (Honours Psychology), Health Science

Bachelor Of Commerce, Marketing & Management, Business/Commerce, General