Experience

Kotahi Logistics LP Ltd

• New Zealand
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Vendor management

  • Jun 2022 - Present

• Procurement and Vendor Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2022

• Vendor manager

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2020



Salters Cartage Ltd

• General Manager

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2017

  Operations and Transport focussed Manage and lead a team of 20+ direct reports. Drive an efficient operation of a fleet of 20+ DG tanker units. Ensure smooth operations of 1,000,000+ litre DG tank farm and plant. Performance delivery – Revenue, cost, profit, utilisation, efficiencies and improvements. Health and Safety – Ensure processes, controls and systems are in place and followed to provide safety to staff, contractors and visitors on site. Stakeholder management – customers, suppliers, regional councils, government agencies, staff.



A.P. Moller - Maersk

• Denmark
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trade Manager (Kotahi)

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Key involvement in creating and executing the “Kotahi deal”. The largest customer contract in global shipping history. • Ownership of direction setting to deliver on Kotahi volumes • Weekly network position taking. • Performance reporting• Product management• Deliver measurable targets/service to Kotahi.

• Asia Trade Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2014

  • Strategic ownership of 150,000+ containers shipped from NZ to Asia per annum. • Direction setting • Strategic planning to ensure targets are met• Trade and P&L ownership• Performance reporting• Product management• Manage market intel and growth

• Optimization Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Vessel and contingency management• Network Utilization performance• Product management• Reporting and presenting• Cross functional pivot for daily execution

• Business Analyst

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

  • Revenue & cost analysis for improvement• Drive cross functional process improvement • Ensure compliance within and around finance• Management and performance reporting

• SAP implementation Lead

  • Jun 2006 - Dec 2007

  • Implementation of SAP R/S and BW in 6 Maersk offices across NZ and AUS. • End user training to 400+ staff• Data management, systems testing, business alignment• Country focal for hyper care period after go live