Global Operations Director

Ref: BBBH: 350666

Surrey

£110,000

• Permanent
• Immediately available

About the candidate

This candidate is a highly proficient logistics professional with over 20 years of experience within the retail and e-commerce industry including international experience. The candidate has a proven track record of launching new operations, establishing supply chains and implementing and improving processes. The candidate is now seeking their next career opportunity and can bring a host of experience within 3PL Management, Freight Forwarding knowledge and commercial strategy. 

What makes them great?

•    Has oversee improved Fulfilment performances reducing processing times from over 3 days to 2 days and Inventory accuracy rates of >99.995% 
•    Ran a 3PL for US and EU markets yielding OPEX savings of c.40% over 3 years and an 18% margin on outbound shipping revenue from a negative profit margin
•    Improving underperforming Supply Chains – Turned around Operation and made stable after 8 weeks and 10 of 10 SLAs exceeded by Week 16
•    Reduced mispicks by 31%, saving over £0.25million annually
 

Areas of expertise

•    Rebuilt the global supply chain, reducing the number of cross border shipments from vendors and consolidating volumes across a smaller number of distribution centres
•    Ran a 3PL tender for the US market to bring D2C operations in-country with projected savings of > $10m in warehousing and logistics costs over 5 years
•    Negotiating commercial terms, SLAs and the wider contract with the new 3PL partner
•    Oversaw the redesign of the WMS and processes for in-house global D2C operations improving customer service, increasing outbound capacity and reducing labour costs