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Tamworth

Accountable for a key strategic retail account with J. Sainsburys.NDC for Beers, wines, spirits and high value products.

Accountable for over 550k sqft of operations spanning dual sites which service customers such as RSPB, Clas Ohlson from Weedon and the key strategic retail account with J. Sainsburys at Tamworth.The above accounts incorporate an overall peak headcount of circa 700 colleagues including agency.Responsible for building relationships and liaising with multiple contractors at all sites.Awarded the Unipart Group ‘Best in group’ for Health and safety which was an award which had international scope across multiple operations.Ensure each site delivers contracted KPI’s and maintains health, safety and environmental standards.Whilst responsible for the Weedon Depot operation I have led the team through various audits, gaining BSI 9001 and BSI 14001 accreditation. Also achieved British Safety council 5 star accreditation – receiving the Sword of honour.A key member of the senior team who developed the Unipart ‘Gate to great’ development programme for the progression of Senior manager individuals.Working cross functionally with the Commercial and New business teams to build and develop compelling bids to retain and approach new accounts. Providing my extensive operational and retail experience.Collaboration with the Sainsburys Argos strategy team on various storage and gain share projects. Supporting the wider business by creating additional storage capacity at Tamworth to help them unlock capacity in their distribution network to facilitate large business change initiatives.At Tamworth, as a team we achieved the British Safety council 5 star audit – achieving 98.24% which is the highest score across the Unipart group.

Sainsbury'S Dc - Tamworth

Accountable for 375k sqft NDC servicing over 1,400 stores with slow moving ambient, Beers wines and spirits and also World foods (Xmas unique SKU’s) to Sainsbury’s main estate and convenience locations.Re-purposing Tamworth from an 8,000 SKU general merchandise depot to become a 4,500 SKU slow moving ambient depot. Implementing Red Prairie and new systems of work on site both on time and within budgetHigh volume site delivering 850,000 cases per week – increasing to 1.4m cases at Peak.Continually developing account profile, working with Directorship on both Unipart and Sainsbury’s businesses.Lead and motivate team to drive site KPI’s; OWR, Cost per case, Stock, Pick accuracy and Schedule adherence. Also coordinating all major site improvements and projects.Working closely with the client and using lean practices to continually reduce operating costs and improve service, continually evaluating site profile and structure.Led the site Employee Forum, which feeds into the Unipart logistics division driving employee engagement across the site. Achieved Gold award in Investors in People 2015.Leading the annual budget review process with the Finance team and account Directors to sign off site headcount, spend and performance. Delivering significant year on year budget savings for the client.Delivered operational savings above the annual budget since 2013.

Sainsbury'S Dc - Tamworth

Reported to site General Manager. Responsible for all aspects of the operation.Managed Inbound, Outbound and Planning departments. Leading teams responsible for delivering site KPI’s for Non-Food division (general merchandise range to all stores).Maintained health and safety standards and promoting a safe working environment.Working closely with site GM and account leadership team to provide excellent service to client in day to day operations and seasonal trade.Cross functional planning to work alongside the client’s new store opening team to ensure zero gaps in-store on shelves on store openings and re-fits.

Sainsbury'S Dc - Tamworth

Following Unipart headhunting me from Sainsburys - Responsible for Pick/Outbound areas: 3 shifts, 7 days a week. Led 5 Shift Managers and 36 Team Leaders. Working with Sainsbury’s Transport on planning volumesMonitoring performance of colleagues on shift and managing any performance issues.Managed MHE contract for the site, with regular performance and account meetings.

Sainsbury'S Dc - Hams Hall

Accountable for shift across 750,000 sqft site, covering all fast moving lines and multi-temperature chambers. Using both conventional and automated pick solutions.Ensuring the Time and Attendance system is up to date via the Team Captains to enable a robust daily and weekly plan to be created, capturing over 900 Warehouse colleagues across the 24 hour, seven days a week 364 days a year operation.Conduct a daily shift brief with managers to set out expectations for the shift to ensure team capabilities met and exceeded by setting shift targets. Monitoring the performance of the shift and receiving hourly updates from each chamber. Checking Team captains completed their safety checks and ‘Personal awareness tours’.Arranged Disciplinary interviews with colleagues, liaising with HR. Conducting the higher level meetings for more severe circumstances of conduct and attendance.Monitoring the system for the next days chilled purchase orders delivered on Advanced Shipping Notifications by suppliers – arriving every 20 minutes into the chill buffer.Responsible for coordinating the site safely through any equipment breakdown or incident and evacuating site during alarms. Completing incident reports for Senior teamKeep the Transport Managers up to date with predicted pick volumes for despatch to stores and any activity that needs particular attention from a transport perspective.

Sainsbury'S Dc - Tamworth - Secondment

Seconded to implement a site relief operation and lead the change programme.Reporting to the General Manager, leading 8 Shift leaders; 25 Team Captains across both day and night teams.Devised the start to end operational processes for the weekly volume of 650,000 cases of fast moving Ambient range during the removal of site automation from Hams Hall depot.Formulated a site ‘ramp up’ plan in conjunction with the Planning team to phase in the volume transition and operational capacity required to ensure a smooth transition between sites to protect store service.Maintaining a good working relationship with the union ‘Unite’. Regarding matters such as overtime processes, Xmas working patterns and disciplinary proceedings.Evaluated MHE requirements for site and coordinated ordering and equipment allocation.Managed entire migration plan for colleagues onto appropriate shift patterns to suit future business needs, during a complete amendment to all colleague Terms and Conditions of pay.Highlighted in the top 10% of managers in the business. Mentored on the company Leadership programme. Talking to aspiring managers in both retail and supply chain.Built training processes and matrix for onward roll out to the site, directing Training department and liaising with the Health and Safety team in doing so.