Steve Kavanagh Email & Phone Number

Schaumburg, Il, Us

Schaumburg, Il, Us

Staplehurst, Kent, Gb

Career History First Role - DCM at an 85000 sq ft facility in Leighton Buzzard.Management of staff across 3 shift patterns primarily supplying B2B operations.Client ManagementTransferred to Amethyst Fradley Park in January 2006 with the objective of cultural overhaul in order to deliver profit.The principle client was a wholesale apparel client, delivering in excess of 12 million units per annum to multiple retailers National Distribution Centres. Introduced robust operating procedures. Planned and developed the infrastructure required to support client growth in e-commerce.in excess of 3 million business to consumer orders despatched in 2012Introduced procedures across the operation and administration functions leading to NQA accreditation ISO 9001:2008Several successful migration of clients onto new WMS' to improve operational efficiencies and reduce pick error rates.Responsibility for in excess of 500 permanent employees and temps at peakIncreased the strength of the management team both through succession planning and external appointments to cover 24/7 operating hoursPlanned and implemented the expansion from a 110,000 sq ft facility to 2 sites totaling 234,000 sq ftImproved efficiency and reduced labour costs leading to improved profit margin for the DCManaged implementations of High St Retailers e-commerce operations.Created work instructions and procedures leading to NQA accreditationImplemented any 5 from 7 working pattern for e-commerce activity.Developed operational process for Click and Collect solutionProcessing stockholding of 1.5m units 50,000 sku’s in 2012

Starting my career with Dudley UK as a 17 year old, I was keen to please and inquisitive. I had the benefit of a trusting executive team who encouraged me to work in every department in the operation before letting me loose in a stock control/buying role where I ensured the stock levels were maintained and out of stocks were kept to a minimum. I developed my management skills further by moving back into operations as a supervisor, training manager, goods in manager and leaving the business after nearly 14 years as the Operations Manager.