Linas Karpas
Operations Manager at PACK'D- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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PACK'D
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United Kingdom
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Operations Manager
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Sep 2021 - Present
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Petface
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United Kingdom
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Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Supply Chain Analyst
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Dec 2017 - Sep 2021
Managing all inbound process into warehouses as well as direct to customers by using UK and international freight forwarders. Complete over 400+ shipments/year with a 95% in time. Magnificent reduced demurrage and detention charges to a minimum of 2% by using shipments booking and tracking system. Demand planning and forecasting more than 1400 SKU’s across 50+ factories. Placing new POs on SAP to factories, monitoring overseas production and planning shipping volumes according company's monthly budget. Ensuring all deposits and other payments to factories are paid on time as well as all relevant cargo paperwork presented on time, including product artwork, packing list, commercial invoices and health certificates to avoid any delay in a customs clearance and whole supply chain. Prioritising containers shipping, train shipments, airfreight’s or road deliveries in accordance of stock level or customer demand urgency. Liaising daily with account managers, far east office, factories, UK ports, logistics companies and distribution centre team. Reporting supply chain performance and ''KPIs'' to directors weekly.
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Flamingo Horticulture
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United Kingdom
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Consumer Goods
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300 - 400 Employee
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Supply Chain Planner
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Jun 2016 - Dec 2017
Managing day to day produce servicing to company’s biggest UK customers for total of £130m turnover. Communicating with global suppliers, local growers on daily basis to manage their orders. Creating weekly orders to suppliers based on their availability and generating price pro formas weekly in accordance of currency exchange rates. Daily monitor waste and product stock levels to a company’s requirement, generating PO and sales order numbers using ERP/MRP software. Liaising daily with procurement, technical, senior commercial and operation teams.
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Finlays
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United Kingdom
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Food and Beverage Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Senior Planner
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Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
Effectively manage the raw material operations including equipment, packaging and labour. Ensuring that all operation plans made are correct and effective allocation of raw material to customer accounts using best practise methods whilst achieving high standards of accuracy and time efficiency in accordance with business requirement with minimum waste. Review production performance throughout the shift to ensure planned requirements will be effectively achieved and manage the consequence of any unforeseen issues.
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Production Planner
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Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Plan the day-to-day activity of the factory through cost effective planning method MRP, using customer orders, stock level and available forecast information. Assist in resolving production issues. Planning of PPM & cleaning schedules, monitoring the level of stock holding and capacity planning.
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Manufacturing Team Lead
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Feb 2011 - Mar 2015
Monitored and measured in line with company targets and performance standards. Running shift with approx. 90 heads, establish specific work plans and implement them also, ensure that any quality or performance gaps to be quickly identified and resolved. Packhouse team motivation, pre-shift activity preparation, reporting and presentation. Ensuring that work to meet safety requirements.
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Education
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Vyturys secondary school
High School, English, History, Biology, Lithuanian, PE - A levels