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Logistics/Distribution/Project Manager

Work Experience

January 2001 – Date BCA. London
Mail Order Book Club

Inventory Manager

· 7800 SKUs
· £16m Stock value
· 6.6 million units of stock.
. Books,DVDs.Videos,CDRoms.

Key activities
Management of Company stock file to meet KPIs for optimum stock value and number of live SKUs.
Project management of move of Time Life Books stockholding to Swindon Warehouse. (Value £7m). Time, cost and operational targets met.
Identification and sale (remainder) of £2.6m cost value of overstocks p.a. Remainder target values met.
Instigated on-line auction website for remainder of all company overstocks- commenced March 2003.
Project management of reduction of damaged product- cost savings of £290k p.a. identified.
Management of bi –annual full stock counts. Time and cost targets met; count procedures to auditors’ satisfaction.


July 1999- April 2000 BCA. Swindon Wilts

Mail Order Book Club

Operations Manager.

· Distribution Centre = 120,000 Sq. ft.
· 7800 SKU’s
· 10 Million Parcels p.a. Home Delivery
· 17000 Pallet Racking locations
· Staff of 105 FTEs
· GPMU environment
· Books, DVDs, Videos, CDRoms

Key Activities
Day to day management of High- bay warehouse and returns department.
14 High-racker order pickers.
8 Counterbalance FLTs.


February 1998 –July 1999 Bertelsmann Buch AG. Munich, Germany.

Multinational Media Group.

Senior Project Manager (Logistics)

· International Logistics Projects
· Specialising in Mail Order Distribution Systems
· E – Commerce Project

Key Activities – Project managed new centralised distribution operation in Switzerland for CD and Video distribution, combining operations from Germany, Holland and Austria.

Project managed logistics for start- up of new E-commerce Company- ‘BOL.com’ -. Book, Music and Video. Included setting up of national and international carrier deals, and integration of logistics with major book, music and software and games wholesalers.

Negotiated pan – European deal for premium service parcel deliveries.


1984 – 1998 The Leisure Circle. Northants

Mail Order Music, Video, Software

Distribution Manager

· Bertelsmann Company
· Distribution Centre = 36000 Sq. ft.
· Annual Budget of £1.2 million (exclusive of postage costs)
· High security operation
· Staff of 45 FTEs
· 2.3 Million Parcels p.a.
· 5000 SKU’s – Music, Video, CD Rom

Key Activities- Full responsibility for site
Day to day operational management.
Improvements in productivity
Improvements in service levels
Cost management
Logistics improvements
Keyholder


1979 – 1884 BDC. London

Electrical Wholesale & Distribution
Warehouse and Transport Manager

·Distribution Centre = 110,000 Sq. ft.
·6000 SKUs White Goods, Brown Goods, Contract Electrical
·Stock value = £8 million
·Staff of 65 including 22 delivery drivers
·250 multi drops per day - Own Fleet
·High security operation

Key Activities Project managed start up of new warehouse Development of storage and picking systems.
Managed transition from bulk storage warehouse to main distribution centre.
Day to day operations management.
Keyholder.


1973 – 1979 The Nestle Co Ltd. Middx
Food Process Industry

Warehouse Manager

· Responsible for 6 factory warehouses
· Raw Materials,Pkg Materials,Finished Product
· Overall site operations = 90,000 Sq. ft
· Staff of 75

Education

1961 ‘O’ Level GCE pass in English Language, English Literature, French, Biology, and Geography.

Skills

C.P.C. National Road Haulage Operations
High level of I.T. Skills
SAP
Good Man Management & Interpersonal skills
Specialist in National& International Mail Order/Home Delivery.
Specialises in Logistics of Books,CDs,Videos,CDRoms, White Goods,Brown Goods.

Languages

Basic German
Basic French

Other

PERSONAL PROFILE
Highly experienced man manager, with an excellent track record in logistics, together with good communications/interpersonal skills. A person who is extremely enthusiastic, enjoys working in all areas of logistics and project management, and is absolutely determined to succeed with every challenge he is given.

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