Tony Youd

Experience

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  Dairy Crest

  Sept 1999 - Dec 2002

  Stock Control Manager
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  Arla Foods

  Dec 2002 - May 2005

  CPFR Manager
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  Wolseley

  May 2005 - Apr 2006

  Category Supply Manager
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  Buckandhickman

  Apr 2006 - Dec 2007

  Regional Inventory Manager
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  Red Kite UK

  Dec 2007 - Jan 2009

  Consultant Supply Chain Manager

  • Tasked to turn around a Supply Chain department within a business which had a diverse range of staff.• Reduced spend within the team by 40% in 3 months, still maintaining excellent service levels.• Built up strategic supplier partnerships to protect cash flow.• Delivered efficiencies by reducing the headcount within the department.

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  Intavent Orthofix

  Feb 2009 - Oct 2010

  Supply Chain and Inventory Planning Manager

  • Responsible for planning, forecasting and ordering of inventory for the group with a stock valuation of circa £1.5M.• Implemented the Centralised Inventory Control program to reduce stock levels, maintain and improve service using existing software.• Member of an implementation team responsible for upgrading the company's finance/stock control software.• Delivered improvements to the whole supply chain, re-sourcing stock where required, working with current suppliers and manufacturers to build on relationships and develop smoother ways of working, ultimately delivering increased efficiencies. Show less

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  Bidvest Foodservice

  Aug 2010 - May 2013

  National Supply Chain Manager - Frozen Division

  • Management of the frozen and chilled food supply chain including fresh milk and dairy products across 22 depots, with an annual turnover of £0.5 billion.• Responsible for business reporting and analysis.• Accountable for supplier performance, commercial income and depot inventory management, reporting to the Supply Chain Director.• Management of the supply chain of over 200 suppliers with a focus on inbound supplier management, stock availability and product data accuracy, including management of 3rd party storage scheme of £5m turnover.• Co-ordination of stock holding policy for 22 frozen and chilled food depots to minimise inventory cost in the supply chain, adopting a pull approach focused on reducing lead times, improving forecasting, increasing deliveries and minimising safety stock, including the targeted removal of slow selling and de-listed stock. Show less

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  Creed Foodservice Ltd

  May 2013 - Oct 2020

  • Responsible for the inventory and supply chain across multiple warehouse locations.• Budgetary responsibility for £65m PA, leading a team of 5 planners purchasing stock across a extensive supplier network. At any one time responsible for a stock holding in excess of £4m, across circa 5,000 SKU’s accountable for sales of £80m PA.• Forecasting stock levels to ensure future customer demands can be met, and supplier service levels are maintained to a high standard.• Driving efficiencies in stock to ensure best buying opportunities in both volumes and cash margin.• Led the onboarding of new customers and business. Also responsible for offboarding of dormant customers.• Led all mobilisation projects when launching new business and customers. • Board reporting. Show less

  • Head of Supply Chain

    Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Inventory & Supply Chain Controller

    May 2013 - Jan 2020
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  TRWC Consultancy

  Dec 2020 - Aug 2021

  Supply Chain Consultant

  Helping companies implement S&OP strategies, advising on best practice within a supply chain and delivering significant cashflow improvements whilst maintaining excellent levels of service.

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  Abbott

  Aug 2021 - now

  Global Component Planning Manager

  • Responsible for managing and enhancing global supply planning systems and reports.• Ensuring systems and reports are suitably scalable for future growth potential.• Spec, test, implement and train key business partners on supply chain planning reports, system architecture and integration of software systems.• Drive on-going continuous improvement activities within supply chain operations.• Play a key role in the achievement of ADCs high levels of customer satisfaction while supporting cost reduction activities Show less