Stuart. Durrant Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

 Plan all Cask/Keg & Take-home Products on a weekly basis. Forecast for all products across the Brains portfolio. Manage the ordering of products required to brew Brains portfolio. Organise contract tanking both incoming and outgoing. Document filing delivery notes, despatch notes and goods inward. Responsible for HMRC documentation relating to UK, EU, Europe and Worldwide Export. Ensure all dates are correctly picked for loading. Liaise with all… Show more  Plan all Cask/Keg & Take-home Products on a weekly basis. Forecast for all products across the Brains portfolio. Manage the ordering of products required to brew Brains portfolio. Organise contract tanking both incoming and outgoing. Document filing delivery notes, despatch notes and goods inward. Responsible for HMRC documentation relating to UK, EU, Europe and Worldwide Export. Ensure all dates are correctly picked for loading. Liaise with all departments to ensure products are planned accordingly. Point of contact for internal – external customers. Invoice matching, discrepancy investigating and authorisation of payments. Create a variety of reports for all sectors of the business. Order and maintain consumables for all packaging lines including Take-home. Process Supermarket orders from major suppliers and track until delivered. Production of monthly management reports for departmental head. Attendee and integral contributor at weekly/monthly Take-home and Production meetings. Adaptation and maintenance of extensive spreadsheets allowing tracking and reporting to be streamlined. Show less

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

 Successfully maintained/managed a combined diary of over 300 outbound calls. Liaised daily with customers and suppliers to manage deliveries of stock, building excellent rapport with all. Created various Excel reports for all sectors of the business. Responsible for all incoming and outgoing queries via phone and email. Managed price files for all Take-home products. Attended various meetings both internal and external. Playing a contributory role. Lead organiser… Show more  Successfully maintained/managed a combined diary of over 300 outbound calls. Liaised daily with customers and suppliers to manage deliveries of stock, building excellent rapport with all. Created various Excel reports for all sectors of the business. Responsible for all incoming and outgoing queries via phone and email. Managed price files for all Take-home products. Attended various meetings both internal and external. Playing a contributory role. Lead organiser for all National Sales ullage to ensure relevant paperwork present, correct and fully auditable. Acted as direct point of contact for all Reps of National Sales & Take-home. Show less

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

 Managed and controlled an estimated stock budget of £44,000,000 per annum. With an average monthly stock holding of £2,000,000. Managed and controlled over 1,000 SKU`s involving wet and dry goods. Monitored and administered EDI orders. Purchasing of a wide variety of goods from circa 40 suppliers for delivery into 5 depots. Receipt in all deliveries, transfer investigating and resolving any discrepancies. Managed the transfer process between 4 internal… Show more  Managed and controlled an estimated stock budget of £44,000,000 per annum. With an average monthly stock holding of £2,000,000. Managed and controlled over 1,000 SKU`s involving wet and dry goods. Monitored and administered EDI orders. Purchasing of a wide variety of goods from circa 40 suppliers for delivery into 5 depots. Receipt in all deliveries, transfer investigating and resolving any discrepancies. Managed the transfer process between 4 internal depots. Ensured minimal number of deliveries to reduce strain on goods in through use of economical order quantities. Communicated new product information, product rationalisation and other appropriate information to Customer Services maximising sales opportunities.  Supported operations in recording containers, ullage and arranging uplifts. Identified slow moving items for possible rationalisation. Resolved all invoice queries. Spot Buying from the grey wholesale market: Responsible for achieving a saving of £150k for financial year (07-08). Co-ordinated extensive monthly Guest Ale program and seasonal festivals. Involving up to 120 ales from 60 different suppliers, which produced a profit of £165,000 for the financial year (07-08)  Managed a portfolio of short-dated Ales which changed on a monthly basis, ensuring minimal wastage and maximum profit. Controlled all aspects of monthly product rotation across 5 depots, including forecasting, point of sale (pump clips), stock management, clearance of short-dated stock, uplifts of empties and ullage plus chasing credits. Communicated all stock availability and delivery information to various departments. Liaised with load planning to ensure specific orders (i.e. festivals) could be accommodated. Show less

Managing all inbound stock movements and ensuring stock levels were correct at all times

English Language, O Level Grade 2

O Level, Maths, 4