Norman Lee Email & Phone Number

Proven Supply Chain Professional with extensive experience in Supply Chain and Purchasing / Procurement functions including Coles and Bunnings. Experience in local & global, encompasses inventory & warehouse management, system optimisation, purchasing, international & local logistics, procurement & sourcing functions ranging from $10M to $730MStrong leadership skills and experience in achieving results, recognized for driving change in continues improvement. Significant experience in Wholesale, manufacturing, FMCG and Retail sectors. AchievementsRetail / FMCG• Responsible for demand & supply plans to supply 770 stores nationally with over 3,000,000+ unit sales per week in generating over $730M sales revenue per year• Achieved availability of 99% with DIFOT of 95% and fill rate of 98%• Recognized in front of 3000 peers for care passionate award in the first 7 months of employment for implementation of water plan• Successful in implementation of heat wave plan• Runners up in the community hero program• Lead optimisation project - potential $500,000 efficiency gain• Lead the Supply Chain Operation – Team member circle for recognition, implement improvement initiatives, charity and social eventsManufacturing & Wholesales• Implemented JIT & Kanban strategy – reduction in production WIP from 20 days to 2 hours and inventory from 35 days to 6 days• Transitioned contract manufacturing to Fiji Company – tooling & inventory • Successful managed the implementation of MRP system in Fiji manufacturing plant• Created purchasing plan to achieve $1M in saving through supplier elevation and better negotiations• Improved production efficiency by 27% by quantifier reporting and minimal stock out• Improved fill rate by 30% through inventory system• Initiated, developed and implemented Purchasing & Inventory management system to increase stock turn from 4 to 7, improved fill rate by 27%, lifted DIFOT by 12%, reduction of overstock by 20%

Listed skills include Specialist In Lean Inventory Management And Process Optimisation, Fmcg, Inventory Management, Logistics, and 16 others.

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  Monash University

  Management