Ross Kavanagh Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Stamford, Ct

- Hired by CEO to direct global trading businesses, provide new levels of service to retailers and supplier partners and manage global sourcing and quality assurance. Steered progress on critical parts of company’s value propositions that supported customer requirements.- Successfully created a strategic roadmap, which enabled global sourcing to deliver cost reduction of 5 to 10% COG’s savings and increase in number of quality global suppliers by 30%.- Acquired key global customers by redefining target market and formulating comprehensive market positioning, branding and pricing strategy.- Enabled Lean Six Sigma process improvements to strengthen new organisational changes while creating a consistent methodology and ensuring considerable cost reductions.- Led Customer Service Team to support USA and global private brand teams.

Venlo, The Netherlands

Oversaw diverse work aspects such as procurement, supply chain, merchandising, master data management and pricing within 16 European countries. Led crucial supply chain cost reductions through rationalisation of warehouses and delivery mode optimisation and management of high performance teams, both internal and customer facing.- Actively decreased inventory costs from $300M to $190M by adopting intensive analytics and a targeted approach while optimising customer service.- Designed, developed and directed S.E.A.L.S – high calibre talent management programme – that accomplished delivery of all projects within set time and budget and concurrently enhanced skills and motivation of involved staff.- Established and handled a European Merchandising Team and Pricing Team leading to boosted revenue and private brand penetration.

Leicester, United Kingdom

- Oversaw distribution centres, transport and logistics operations for UK and Ireland.- Effectively managed supply chain aspect to secure major customers for the company during negotiations for multimillion-pound contracts with a turnover value of $1.2B in UK and Ireland in 2008.- Provided high quality service levels while minimising logistic costs through delivery mode optimisation.- Administered inventory of $80M and decreased it by 30% while radically building customer service levels.

The Company is part of the GPV group – third largest envelope manufacturer in Europe.- Served as Main Board Director for Chapman Envelopes, Heritage Envelopes, Classic Envelopes and Talk Business.- Played a major role in acquisition of Talk Business – inbound, outbound telemarketing for major companies.- Executed Lean Six Sigma and systems technology leading to reduction in operating costs by 5 to 7% annually.- Implemented effective marketing, increased sales and unique cost reduction programmes, thus enabling continual profitability.- Instrumental in redeveloping standards and quality of envelope production through ‘best-in-class’ benchmarking.- Accomplished re-generation of factory and site with a value of £7M.