Stuart Dempster Email & Phone Number

County Dublin, Ireland

Responsible for Planning and scheduling the purchase of c.90,000 SKU’s for the global estate of Airport Travel Retail outlets within the ARI group globallyProjects & Achievements• Designed and created Inventory Demand Planning tool • Working with the Category Planning team to implement multifaceted Global financial stock forecasting • Created a team specific, Weekly stock management reports • Project collaboration with local and international stakeholders to develop the dynamic and seamless fluidity of generic cyclical events • Using Lean methodology, to create and implement Business Improvements• Supported the Brexit Project Team representing supply chain data• Global Buying Team Project – Tasked with setting up and implementing the Master Data, Inventory Management and Sharepoint systems to improve Aer Rianta Global data communication systems• Sustainability Projects - working with global suppliers to identify sustainable aspects of their business’s that will align with Aer Rianta

Responsible for establishing material requirements of over 700 raw materials and packaging to support the Production plan for 2 sites that manufacture up to 2 million finished goods per week applying Lean methodologyKey Achievements• Managed entire frozen, fresh and ambient supply • Collaborated with key Stake Holders and actively involved in Product Improvement Processes to reduce costs• Lean A3 Project to reduce the need to use materials under derogation• Implemented improvements to the MRP system and the quality of the reporting and data analytics• Worked closely with suppliers to understand their business constraints, identifying and implementing best practice

Ireland

Managed over 40 international SKU’s; co-ordinating the movement and transportation of industrial food containers from supplier to multiple international production sites – based on variable supply and demand fluctuations• Key support for Ireland, UK, and European production sites, including first point of contact for third party grower clientsKey Achievements • Improved the stock tracking system to continually improve flow and process of company data, resulting in one file for multiple Stakeholders to have visibility of ongoing progress• Managed the Group procurement process through the overseeing of Good-in and Goods-received • Mitigated hire costs by working with supplier KPI joint-interests• Reduced material losses by integration with production process and supplier availability

Responsible for supply and demand for a Category controlling £100m of stock movement annually from UK Distribution Centres to the 450 stores across the national estate Key Achievements• Integrating a major new acquisition, including business integration and phased roll-out of new store openings • Mitigated significant logistical costs by working closely with parallel departments and wider teams• Supported the wider trading team to help maximise departmental business results by designing a shared planning system

Education record

Gdl, Law

Bsc (Hons), Sound & Audio

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