Experience

Demand Solutions (Europe) Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Operations

  • 2021 - Present

  Board Level Director providing strategic leadership to both our Information Services & Supply Chain Services functions.Responsible for strategy in developing, delivering and management our information systems and services.Leadership of Supply Chain Services, responsible for development of mission, strategy and execution plan for all implementation, adoption, and consulting services at Demand Solutions-Europe

• Director of Supply Chain Services

  • 2020 - 2021

  Since 1985, Demand Solutions has been providing software for the full spectrum of supply chain management – inventory planning, sales & operations planning (S&OP), demand planning and forecasting, collaboration, inventory optimization and replenishment, advanced planning & scheduling and retail planning. Responsible for development of mission, strategy and execution plan for all implementation, adoption, and professional services at Demand Solutions-EuropeProviding strategic leadership & performance coaching to the European Services function. Establishing client partnership and managing the executive message to customer base.Executive Steering Group oversight and project governance .Auditing of the key project factors such as budget, scope, resources, and timeline. Show less

• Consultant ; Supply Chain Planning

  • 2019 - 2020

  Responsible for delivering supply chain solutions to our European customer base through the understanding of our customers' most pressing business challenges and addressing those needs.



Infor

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior SCM Application Consultant

  • 2012 - 2019

  As well as providing Supply Chain Management software & services , Infor offer industry-specific applications across customer relationship management, enterprise asset management, enterprise resource planning, financial management, human capital management, performance management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Role; Senior Supply Chain Management Consultant - Europe. Delivering expert knowledge of Supply Chain business processes, my role is responsible for developing & leading supply chain business change, through analysis, re-engineering, testing, training, planning and execution. Show less



The HEINEKEN Company

• Netherlands
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Integrated Business Planning Manager

  • 2006 - 2011

  Part of Heineken UK , WaverleyTBS were the UK's leading Ontrade Drinks Supplier , with revenues in excess of £600m. Operating from a National Depot Network, WTBS delivered Wines , Spirits, Beers & quailty Cask Ales to over 9,000 National & Independent Customers of their own, as well as a joint Heineken composte service offering. WTBS were acquired by Manfield Partners in the summer of 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Role ; S&OP lead for the WTBS business. Responsible for implementing new S&OP systems , processes and developing people engagement. Responsible for leading other key supply chain projects, assessing overall impact in Demand & Supply , as well as providing the linkage between project and business leaders. Leading teams and managing projects from source to implementation, responsible for delivering business change & process transformation programmes , as well developing and implementing process change in Demand Forecasting, Supply Scheduling, Management Reporting and Master Data functions, including implementing SAP MRP , SAP APO and Demand Solutions software solutions. Show less



Scottish and Newcastle

• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Integration Lead

  • 2004 - 2006

  Following Scottish & Newcastle PLC's acquisition of Bulmers & The Beer Seller , a business integration project was commissioned to merge S&N's “Waverley Group” & newly acquired “Beer Seller” to create the UK's leading Ontrade Drinks Supplier.....WaverleyTBS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My role; Business Implementation Lead providing the business integration with a new SAP R3 solution. Leading the development of new business processes and training programmes (c1400 employees across 20 sites) to support Materials & Inventory Management (SAP MM) including all aspects of Warehouse Management , Forecasting , Materials Requirements Planning, Production Planning (SAP PP) , Procurement , Goods Receipt, Invoice Verification and Customs and Excise Duty Management. Show less



Waverley Group LTD

• EDINBURGH

• Demand Planning Manager - International & Off-Trade

  • 2003 - 2004

  My role; Responsible for customer demand forecasts for the International & Off-Trade sectors, including the major supermarket retailers in the UK, as well as Scottish & Newcastle strategic partners, such as Kronenbourg (France), Hartwal (Finland) & Stassen(Belgium). Managed forecast interface with both the customer & our own Sales, Commercial & Marketing functions. Developed customer collaboration initiatives, such as CMI & EPOS direct data , establishing planning controls throughout the supply chain to improve forecast accuracy & customer (product) availability. Implementation of a bulk packaging contract with one of the UK’s leading supermarket retailers, installing a collaborative planning process (CMI) to manage the inbound supply chain for 11% of their wine supply category Overseen portfolio analysis, range rationalisation and new product development/introduction for both customer & own business. Show less



Scottish and Newcastle

• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SAP R/3 Core Implementation Team - MM

  • 2001 - 2003

  Project commissioned by Scottish & Newcastle PLC to create the UK's leading "composite drinks supplier", supplying S&N's core brands, together with Waverley's No.1 Wine portfolio, soft drinks and speciality beers and ales. My role; Stream Lead responsible for Materials Management SAP R3 implementation. Responsible for the functional development of new system & business processes across the demand forecasting & supply planning functions, through to User Acceptance Testing & final end-user training. Show less



Waverley Group LTD

• PERTH

• Supply Planning Controller

  • 2000 - 2001

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Waverley Vintners LTD

• PERTH

• Logistics Controller (Warehousing & Distribution - Scotland)

  • 1992 - 2000

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