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VP Global Logistics

Ref: 544821

Wiltshire, United Kingdom

£130,000 | £600 per day

A strategic, action-orientated, and commercially astute senior business leader with extensive experience across several business verticals including life sciences, 3PL, retail food/general merchandise and healthcare. This candidate is passionate about people, process improvement, and change management.
With a strong track record in leading teams and complex change programmes, they are immediately available and looking for an opportunity to combine their core strengths of operations management, strategic thinking, and people leadership.
Throughout their career, they have demonstrated exceptional abilities in managing large teams and budgets, negotiating contracts, leading operations in warehousing and transport, and implementing cutting-edge technology for automation and efficiency improvement. They have led global change programmes for operations and culture, significantly influenced the supply chain to create savings and greater availability for customers, and developed strategies that led to substantial growth and sustainability improvements.

Proven track record of successful leadership across various global locations
Strong financial management skills with experience handling budgets up to £250m
Achieved remarkable supply chain efficiencies, creating savings and greater availability for customers
Led significant UK global change programmes for operations and culture, contributing to business growth and development
Highly skilled in commercial negotiation with over 20 successful contract negotiations
Proven ability to develop high performing teams and foster individual career growth
Hands-on experience in large-scale operations leadership covering transport and warehousing
Achieved a reduction of £48m in supply chain costs through strategic initiatives

Leadership of large teams across multiple operational locations including the UK, EMEA, Americas, APAC
Expertise across the supply chain resulting in significant savings and improved customer availability
Successful negotiation of contracts totalling £700m
Development of high performing teams with numerous individual success stories
Implementation of large-scale operations leadership in transport and warehousing
Selection and implementation of cutting-edge automation technology
Design and execution of network redesigns for capacity increase with eco-friendly values

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