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Sydney, Australia

The first half of 2020 was a turbulent time for all businesses, no less so for SRG. During this time the DC network was required to pivot to new challenges on a regular basis. As part of my role I:Drove a transition for the rebel brand from a 3PL DC into our Erskine Park Group DC. During this project, our 3PL partner's systems went offline and the project was accelerated by several weeks. Led a major change towards online fulfilment within our DCs as part of our response to COVID-19Planned a tightening of resource to fit with reduced volumes during the early phases of COVID-19Drove an increase in capacity and immediate onboarding of new casual staff during our recovery phase from COVID-19, which saw the steepest increase in volume throughput at the DCs in the history of the sites

Sydney, Australia

I led a site turnaround that delivered on all metrics for safety, service and cost each quarter from the 2nd quarter of my tenure. Prior to this the site had not achieved those outcomes for some time.I led a team of approx 70 perm + up to 100 casuals, managing a 43,000m2 mixed technology site.I was the Operations representative on the team negotiating a new national Supply Chain Enterprise Agreement, driving changes to the classification structure in order to build a multi skilled team with greater opportunity for team member advancement. The EA outcome met all goals and was ratified ahead of planned timeline.Introduced a greater focus on customer centricity to the DC operation, delivering the sites 2 best peak periods in recent history for our key brands - Supercheap Auto & BCF.

Sydney, Australia

As GM - Distribution and Circulation I am responsible for the supply of over 70 million magazines to 8,500 Australian retailers plus a variety of other channels including overseas distributors, hotels, and events. The magazine industry is one of tight deadlines, high sales volatility and new products being released every week.I lead a passionate team who love their brands and are driven to maximise sales through efficiently putting the right stock in the right place and influencing brand strategy and marketing decisions.The Circulation team at Bauer deliver 4 core functions:Demand Planning & Forecasting - Budget creation, sales analysis, setting print quantities Business Intelligence - Executive reporting, Competitor & Brand analysis, Marketing ROIStrategy Development - Work closely with Marketing and Publishers to maximise sales & profitStrategy Execution - Store level allocations across multiple channels, manage 3PL to deliver outcomesAbout Bauer Media:Bauer Media publishes 60-plus magazines in Australia, selling more than 60 million copies each year. They include some of the longest-running and most successful mastheads, such as the country’s biggest-selling monthly magazine, The Australian Women’s Weekly, Australia’s number-one weekly magazine, Woman’s Day, , NW, TV Week, Cosmopolitan, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Australian House & Garden and Wheels. Integral to the company’s success are vibrant, information-packed websites, mobile apps and social media platforms managed by Bauer Xcel Media, Bauer’s global digital division. BauerWorks leads the way in creating branded cross platform editorial content for major clients including Telstra, Myer and Weight Watchers. For more information visit http://bauer-media.com.au

Sydney, Australia

I led the transition from an in-house distribution business to an outsourced model and drove supply chain strategy for printed magazines. I drove supply chain planning and execution that delivered business goals for our Retail Sales, Brand Marketing and Finance teams.Along with the Retail Sales team I worked with buying and supply chain teams at the major supermarket chains to deliver improvements to trading terms, delivery and analysis of in store promotional executions, and implementation of store planogram reviews.

Sydney, Australia

XchangeIT are a data and document management company. We manage data with the goal of improving efficiencies for customers in product supply, sales and returns, resulting in cost reductions in their supply chain

Sydney, Australia

Network Services is the distribution division of Bauer Media Australia.As National Operations Manager I led a team of >100 FTE, including 5 direct reports, and manage a diverse range of 3PL relationships in warehousing and transport, driving a performance culture within our business.I introduced a performance management culture into our 2 primary DCs through staff education and implementation of KPI management. This resulted in a 17% improvement in order picking productivity over a period of 18 months.Manage P&L of all logistics operations, facilitate inter-department operational planning to deliver key business outcomes.Drove Cost to Serve analysis providing much more accurate profitability analysis of our customers and SKUs.Played a senior leadership role in business transformation including winding up our distribution business and outsourcing to a third party.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for all analytical and project work relating to logistics. Identification and implementation of opportunities to improve costs and service.Drove efficiency improvements through:Project management, operational process design, business champion for systems development, supplier tender management.Major systems development project was the in house expansion of our pick and pack system to incorporate both pick to light and pick to label processes and made available to our 3PL warehouse partners to improve pick efficiency and reduce admin.Major supplier tender was for a national linehaul freight service including general and dedicated vehicle options with a total contract value in excess of $20M

Sydney, Australia

Management of all domestic and international freight operations via 3PL suppliers, encompassing:Import and export sea and air freightInterstate line haulDomestic air and sea freightDedicated retail delivery network servicing 8,500 outlets 3 times per weekOverall freight volumes in excess of 60,000T pa of extremely time sensitive product.Responsible for creation and control of freight budget and delivery of cost efficiencies. As part of this I introduced activity based costing and bottom up budgeting to the freight side of the business.

Sydney, Australia

Drove day to day DC and freight activities ensuring on time, efficient delivery of print media to all newsagents, supermarkets and convenience stores in NSW.Major project was taking over all warehouse operations after a 3PL supplier arrangement was cancelled.Integrating pick to light technology into an operation that had been fundamentally paper based.Design and procurement of conveyor system eliminating 1000 pallet movements per week.Procurement of all warehouse consumables and equipment.

Master Of Business, Supply Chain & Logistics

Graduated with Merit

Bachelor Of Commerce, Finance & Economics

Activities and Societies: President, Mechanical Engineering Undergrads Society2nd and 3rd Year Finance Honours

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