Managing a team of 5 people whose responsibilities include: inventory control, production planning, MRP, third party supply, and product range management~4million litres of inventory worth €15-20 millionFactory planning (~21 million litres per annum)Re-structured team within 1.5 years and initiated a cross training program in order to balance workload and increase the flexibility of the teamSaved ~€500K by highlighting high value/low volume raw materials, which lead to increased payment terms negotiations with the supplierDeveloped and implemented a production scheduling package within Excel to replace existing process. The new schedule interfaced with the ERP system (MFG Pro) and delivered a series of additional improvements, including full MRP integration. The package is now being rolled out to a facility in Sweden.Developed a series of automated and semi-automated reports using Excel and VBA including; Daily Out Of Stock Report, Daily Production Report, Daily Inventory Report, Slow And Obsolete Stock Report, Forecast Review Tool, and Factory Balanced Scorecard. Co-created a capacity model with a colleague.Increased focus on Operating Working Capital and played key role in reducing inventory OWC by €6.7 million between 2009 and 2011Improved service level by ~2% (to 96%) between 2010 and 2011Instrumental in initiation of a “Sell Off List” process designed to overcome slow and obsolete stock within the region. Worked with business accountants to understand legal/financial issues involved in moving stock across borders within the region.Driving COGNOS Data Warehouse (Business Intelligence) developments within the Supply/Operations area. Initial developments focused on transactional and master data

Direct involvement in the Global SAP Harmonisation project to migrate all sites onto a single SAP systemSAP end user support regarding Supply Chain issues including; Production Planning, Purchasing, Master Data, Warehousing, and Stock TakeSetting up MRP and the necessary master data for new SAP implementations and roll outs

Standardisation of processes in manufacturing and distribution sites to improve utilisation of capacity, resources, and procurement (economies of scale)Introduced standardised European Demand Forecast, Sales and Operations Planning, and KPI reporting in each manufacturing siteSAP Sales and Distribution key user for new facility in PolandSAP Harmonisation Project. Standardising the key supply chain issues across each of the 5 European manufacturing sites

Responsible for the Supply Chain Team comprising: Raw Materials Controller, Purchasing Controller, Inventory Controller, Inter-company Sales Coordinator, Inter-company Purchasing Coordinator, Production Scheduler.Maintenance of MRP parameters including: forecasting (within SAP and offline forecasting in Excel), safety stock, lot sizing, manufacturing and purchasing lead times, and ABC categorisationSales and Operations Planning including; range management/rationalisation, slow moving stock analysis, inventory reviewKey user for the UK SAP implementation (Production Planning module)

Scheduling of +225 ton p/week factory comprising of +15 different machinesProduct range ~4000, including ~600 manufactured made to stock productsPrioritisation based on customer/market demand and colour/chemistry sequencing for factory optimisationResponsibility for the manufactured inventory (~1.3 million KG of product worth ~£1.6 million).Maintaining 98% product availability to ensure high service levels

Maintenance of product formulation database, product testing database, inter-company formulation transfersDevelopment and maintenance of the QHSE IntranetMaintaining records for ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSASProcessing new raw material code requests using Material Safety Data Sheets and Technical Data Sheets