Andrew McMichael

Experience

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  PRM

  Sept 1996 - Apr 1998

  Stock and Purchasing Controller

  • Responsible for all ordering and management of chill and frozen stock in the warehouse with the use of forecast orders. • Organised cross channel haulage in conjunction with a third party haulier

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  Musgrave

  Apr 1998 - May 2005

  Responsible for the development, management and delivery of several key projects for MSVC Central Logistics department, including warehouse layouts, transportation scheduling, manpower planning, data analysis, systems implementation and supply chain integration. •Played a crucial role in the implementation of the 1st pick by line operation in MSVC business•Represented the company at supplier briefings and co-ordination with third party logistics provider (Wincanton)•Management of the supply chain department during rollout;•Ongoing management of the chilled supply chain function • Product forecasting and ordering during rapid growth phase of MSVC NI business.• Generating stock profit in excess of targets within agreed stock holding levels.• Inventory management in a high promotional volume market.• Supplier and portfolio management to achieve service levels in excess of 97% before implementation of WMS.• Dealing with independent retail customers.

  • Logistics Project Co-Ordinator

    Apr 2000 - May 2005

  • Supply Chain Co-ordinator

    Jun 1999 - Apr 2000

  • Reorder Buyer

    Apr 1998 - Jun 1999
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  Gordons Chemists

  May 2005 - Jan 2010

  Warehouse Manager

  • Managed warehouse operations for 50+ stores across Northern Ireland and Scotland. Utilised strong skills in management and the ability to develop new warehouse strategies, which led to the achievement of strong customer service levels of 99.9% and the introduction of ten new stores into the group. • Improved inventory control procedures (circa 6,500 skus) that increased picking accuracy and decreased lost sales. • Developed a new warehouse layout based on an ABC analysis that increased floor capacity by over 60%. • Devised the KPIs for warehouse operations and delivered these through the effective mentoring and coaching of team of supervisors, maintaining full time employees at 2005 levels whist increasing throughput over 10%. • Implemented a pick performance monitoring system to reduce admin, errors and highlight poor performance. Led to a productivity increase of over 8% and highlighted key staff for promotional opportunities.• Effected the introduction of fleet key performance indicators (KPIs) allowing recording, analysis and reduction of delivery vehicle costs by 5% Show less

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  Brakes

  Feb 2010 - Aug 2016

  Operations Manager

  • Overall responsibility for Distribution Centre and satellite depot in Northern Ireland circa 100 staff• On site responsibility for Supply Chain, Telesales and maintenance functions.• Direct budgetary control and responsibility for all warehouse and distribution costs (annual budget approx £6m including payroll)• Development of manpower planning tools, productivity measures, warehouse layouts• Control of Health & Safety on site including Safe Systems of Work (SSOW), risk assessments, training and accident investigation• Development of staff including coaching, staff appraisals and one to ones.• Acting up for Operations Director in his absence• Analysing commercial aspects of the operation including operational KPIs and sales Show less

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  Alliance Healthcare

  Sept 2016 - now

  Service Centre Manager