Jack Elvin

Experience

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  Creativevents

  Jul 2010 - Jan 2020

  • Placing orders with suppliers to ensure all events are fully stocked and have required technical support in line with business needs.• Ensuring all stock is purchased at the most competitive rate and in line with company contracts. • Liaising with company warehouse personnel on stock quantity and transport requirements.• Working with Stock Control Managers to ensure they have all the necessary stock logistics information.• Creating event specific stock control stationary. • Proactive and effective supplier liaison, ensuring communication is professional and courteous at all times.• Ensuring all event beverage purchase and cost assignment is recorded accurately using Trade Simple, Saffron or any other nominated business system.• Assisting in the review of monthly accounts relating to cost of sale of food, beverage and disposables, investigating discrepancies as directed.• Supporting monthly stock taking activities through the management and direction of logistics personnel and ensuring figures are accurate and reported in a timely manner. Show less • Managing stock levels for large events such as Royal Ascot and Hampton Court Flower Show.• Producing a daily cash to stock report spread sheet using sales figures against stock figures. • Briefing bar managers at the beginning of every show on the stock procedures for the event. • Organising the logistics team, and managing a team of up to 15 people. • Ensuring all bars are fully stocked with every product ready for the day’s trading. • Ensuring all the deliveries arrive on schedule from suppliers and the central warehouse. • Ordering any more stock or equipment from suppliers or the central warehouse if necessary. • Supporting the on-site operations managers with any other tasks throughout the day. • Having to book and organise a team of up to 40 for four events over one weekend.• Organising and booking a team of logistics personnel for every event, often having to book in 40 people over one weekend and four events. Show less • Organising all logistics in and out of the warehouse in regards to incoming and outgoing deliveries.• Producing a haulage plan to align with the venue requirements for deliveries.• Booking in all haulage requirements with transport companies.• Generating a detailed plan for all on-site operations managers in regards to the logistics of their each individual events. • Ensuring all stock and equipment were packed and ready for deliveries to outdoor events. • Loading and unloading all deliveries using a forklift. • Giving support to all other company event & logistics managers.• Managing a team of up to 8 within the warehouse including completing their monthly planners.• Managing the hours of the team within the warehouse, making sure they are recorded correctly. • Making sure the wastage is recorded accordingly and passed onto the Procurement Manager.• Communications with the staffing manager to make sure the upcoming shows are appropriately staffed for stock assisting. Show less

  • Events Purchasing Manager

    Apr 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Events Stock Manager

    Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Warehouse & Logistics Manager

    May 2014 - Apr 2016

  • Warehouse Assistant

    Jul 2010 - May 2014
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  Broadsword Event House

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Warehouse & Workshop Manager

  • Overseeing the general management of the warehouse and workshop• Managing a team of warehouse technicians and scheduling their time to ensure the warehouse is staffed appropriately• Managing equipment stock levels• Ensuring that the preparation of equipment for events is completed in a timely manner with a focus on quality and accuracy• Making sure that all check-ins of equipment are completed in a structured and timely manner, taking note of missing equipment, broken equipment and reporting this to the relevant managers• Working with the operations department to book crew to help load and unload trucks and assist warehouse technicians in busy periods• Overseeing the loading of vehicles ensuring the warehouse department and additional crew correctly load all items in a timely manner• Ensuring all sub-hired equipment is allocated to the correct event and once returned it is ready for collection in the required time-frame• Ensuring that the maintenance of equipment in the Warehouse and Workshop is carried out so that all items are in good working order• Completing yearly stock checks and PAT testing in the warehouse, office, workshop and Central London office• Keeping track of consumables needed for events and order additional items when required• Being responsible for stocking new equipment into our rental system• Ensuring that all employees are working safely in the warehouse and workshop environment, complying with Risk Assessments and Method Statements, COSHH and fire safety Show less

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  Wincanton

  Sept 2020 - Apr 2021

  Warehouse Team Manager

  Overseeing the day-to-day warehouse operations in a Sainsbury's depot that provides stock deliveries to over 200 local stores daily.Regularly managing a team of eight colleagues, ensuring their conduct, performance and standards are met on a regular weekly basis.

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  Compass Group

  Apr 2021 - Jan 2024

  Cellar Manager

  Accountable for the stock holding of all beverages and disposables on site.Ensuring all in-house retail and hospitality bars are stocked, cleaned and ready for operation before every match day. Managing the core cellar team to ensure the operation runs effectively and efficiently throughout the year.Raising purchase orders for cellar stock for all retail and hospitality bars on site.Liaising with suppliers to create a forecast of high-volume products for the cricket season.Working with the finance department to ensure all monthly stock-takes are accurate and on time for reporting. To accept and check all deliveries arriving on site, to ensure Show less

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  The Kia Oval - Surrey County Cricket Club

  Jan 2024 - now

  • Head of Beverage Operations

    Mar 2025 - now

  • Beverage Operations Manager

    Jan 2024 - Mar 2025