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15+ years management experience in warehousing operations and logistics within the FMCG, fuel & beverage space
Steven Kay
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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A skilled, motivated and balanced manager, comfortable managing large diverse teams, buying staff buy-in and engagement with a hands-on approach focused on training & development, removing barriers to delivery and ensuring output/targets are consistently delivered
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English
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2009 - ?
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Warehouse Manager
Spar Group.
• Managing full warehouse operations (22 000m²) for a large robust distribution centre, adopted a very hands-on approach to management and team engagement
◦ Receiving of up to 50 000 cases into the warehouse per day, accommodating up to 37 interlink vehicles across 7 loading bays
◦ Ensuring the daily fulfilment of consignments to 30 stores, scheduling and planning all outbound traffic across 21 despatch gates/doors
◦ Optimising the usage of the full fleet comprising 23 interlinks and 4 additional vehicles
◦ Arranging 3PL utilisation as needed
• Team Management Workforce Planning
◦ Responsible for 13 FTE direct reports & 87 indirect reports across receiving, inventory, warehousing, storage, picking, packing, damage and returns
◦ 360 management - setting KPI and targets, performance management, training & development with a focus on staff retention and reducing churn
◦ Arranging additional staff from agencies depending on seasonal peaks and sales orders
◦ Daily meetings with direct reports, planning, scheduling, identifying and removing barriers to delivery
• Operations
◦ Ensuring the smooth running of the end to end process from picking to despatch with minimal disturbance, with recorded targets to 100 000 cases picked per day using ride-on palettes and voice units to point staff to appropriate bin locations
◦ Initially lead times from order to despatch was 12 hours with high levels of accuracy
◦ Continued review of warehouse operational procedures and workflows, improving layouts as new products were introduced, changing product profiles to accommodate volume and reduce handling, creating added efficiencies
◦ Inventory control, stock take and investigations of any variances
◦ Reviewing and arranging all warehouse service/equipment was maintained, repaired and in full working order, managing outsourced maintenance contracts and monitoring service level agreements (SLA) for a fleet of 50+ forklifts, reach and palette trucks
• Budget Management
◦ Full budget management responsibility including P&L
◦ Management, review and reporting on productivity, volume, budget and actual expenditure, staff and agency costs
◦ Receiving of up to 50 000 cases into the warehouse per day, accommodating up to 37 interlink vehicles across 7 loading bays
◦ Ensuring the daily fulfilment of consignments to 30 stores, scheduling and planning all outbound traffic across 21 despatch gates/doors
◦ Optimising the usage of the full fleet comprising 23 interlinks and 4 additional vehicles
◦ Arranging 3PL utilisation as needed
• Team Management Workforce Planning
◦ Responsible for 13 FTE direct reports & 87 indirect reports across receiving, inventory, warehousing, storage, picking, packing, damage and returns
◦ 360 management - setting KPI and targets, performance management, training & development with a focus on staff retention and reducing churn
◦ Arranging additional staff from agencies depending on seasonal peaks and sales orders
◦ Daily meetings with direct reports, planning, scheduling, identifying and removing barriers to delivery
• Operations
◦ Ensuring the smooth running of the end to end process from picking to despatch with minimal disturbance, with recorded targets to 100 000 cases picked per day using ride-on palettes and voice units to point staff to appropriate bin locations
◦ Initially lead times from order to despatch was 12 hours with high levels of accuracy
◦ Continued review of warehouse operational procedures and workflows, improving layouts as new products were introduced, changing product profiles to accommodate volume and reduce handling, creating added efficiencies
◦ Inventory control, stock take and investigations of any variances
◦ Reviewing and arranging all warehouse service/equipment was maintained, repaired and in full working order, managing outsourced maintenance contracts and monitoring service level agreements (SLA) for a fleet of 50+ forklifts, reach and palette trucks
• Budget Management
◦ Full budget management responsibility including P&L
◦ Management, review and reporting on productivity, volume, budget and actual expenditure, staff and agency costs
Monitoring, Manager, UP, Contracts, Storage, Team management, Retention, Development, KPI, Operations, Service, Sales, Management, Performance Management, Training, Contracts, Budget
2006 - 2009
unknown
Logistics Manager - Dawn Group
DAL Food Industries.
Apr 2006 to Mar 2009
Responsible for the management of a Coca Cola bottling plant in Sudan
• Team Management
◦ Responsible for a team of 22 FTE direct reports comprising a management team across material imports, warehousing, inventory and depot management
◦ Restructured teams, embedded processes and procedures, generated a culture of achievement
• Operation Management
◦ Extensive investigation of losses and variances across manufacturing, setting procedures in place to eradicate these
◦ Reviewed preferred supplier lists and re-negotiated improving pricing structures and improved SLA agreements with international suppliers in Saudi, Lebanon, UAE, India and China
◦ Introduced handheld scanners and trained all staff which increased production levels, ensuring production lines were fully utilised
◦ Full management of sales & operation planning/demand & operation planning
Prior to 2006
• Logistics Manager - Dawn Group
◦ FMCG pipeline management from procurement to handing, storage and distribution, managing 2 direct reports
• Warehouse Manager - Coca Cola
◦ Managed a full SAP integration (SAP super user status) for the warehouse and depot
◦ Management a 5000m² warehouse and 37 FTE direct reports
• Operations Manager - JM Garages
◦ Operational management of 27 fuel stations, coordinating delivery of fuel to each
◦ Management of forecourt staff - training and development, scheduling shifts and rota's
◦ Health and safety, PPE - audits and H&S overview
Responsible for the management of a Coca Cola bottling plant in Sudan
• Team Management
◦ Responsible for a team of 22 FTE direct reports comprising a management team across material imports, warehousing, inventory and depot management
◦ Restructured teams, embedded processes and procedures, generated a culture of achievement
• Operation Management
◦ Extensive investigation of losses and variances across manufacturing, setting procedures in place to eradicate these
◦ Reviewed preferred supplier lists and re-negotiated improving pricing structures and improved SLA agreements with international suppliers in Saudi, Lebanon, UAE, India and China
◦ Introduced handheld scanners and trained all staff which increased production levels, ensuring production lines were fully utilised
◦ Full management of sales & operation planning/demand & operation planning
Prior to 2006
• Logistics Manager - Dawn Group
◦ FMCG pipeline management from procurement to handing, storage and distribution, managing 2 direct reports
• Warehouse Manager - Coca Cola
◦ Managed a full SAP integration (SAP super user status) for the warehouse and depot
◦ Management a 5000m² warehouse and 37 FTE direct reports
• Operations Manager - JM Garages
◦ Operational management of 27 fuel stations, coordinating delivery of fuel to each
◦ Management of forecourt staff - training and development, scheduling shifts and rota's
◦ Health and safety, PPE - audits and H&S overview
Safety, Manager, Processes, Production, China, International, Storage, Health, Team management, Development, Operations, FMCG, Embedded, Sales, Management, Integration, Operations manager, Procurement, Training, SAP
My education
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2005
n/a
Unspecified, Logistics Management
Unspecified, Logistics Management
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