Andrea Gordon

Experience

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  JAI Kudo

  Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

  Administration Manager

  administration and sales for the German speaking European countries.

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  South African Breweries

  Jan 2004 - Feb 2007

  • Managing and mentoring employees, including warehouse staff and drivers• Client liaison and service, with upward scrutiny of feedback to management• Managing additional labour requirements and casuals• Interpreting, managing and controlling distribution budgets• Compiling annual audit and related presentations• Performing client database management according to standard regulations and guidelines• Analysing and interpreting distribution reports• Planning and executing distribution load plans• Administration of all duty free transactions for ship chandlers Show less

  • Distribution Supervisor

    Aug 2006 - Feb 2007

  • Distribution Supervisor

    Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

  • customer service overseer

    Jan 2004 - Aug 2004
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  Cars 4 Africa Car Hire

  Mar 2007 - Jun 2013

  Manager

  • Supervising daily operations, supervising, training and mentoring employees• Developing, introducing and overseeing effective processes, systems and controls• Providing an exceptional level of financial management and administrative expertise• Customer service and liaison, developing cohesive working relationships with key stakeholders• Database management and data entry, keeping accurate records• Fleet management• Compiling presentations, reports, correspondence, analyses and documentation• Monitoring budgets and sales forecasting• Marketing management, including logos, websites, electronic and print advertising, exhibitions and trade shows Show less

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  Anheuser-Busch InBev

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2016

  • Optimising distribution and warehouse functions, overseeing national operations• Managing, training and mentoring more than fifty employees with extensive performance management• Setting and monitoring targets, driving sales• Implementing and overseeing effective controls, systems and processes for smooth operations• Monitoring and managing budgets for fixed and variable warehouse, distribution and other costs• Producing forecasts, tracking actual versus planned for various functions• Supervising procurement processes, aligning department purchase roles to global requirements• Negotiating better rates for contracts and extending terms to increase working capital• Change and project management, including overseeing numerous relocation projects• Peak planning, reducing OOS, improving labour and fleet availability and maximising warehouse space• Inventory control, reducing losses on containers and full product Show less

  • National Operations Manager

    Jun 2013 - Dec 2016

  • manager

    Jun 2013 - Dec 2016
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  Rural Routes

  Jan 2017 - Sept 2017

  Operations Manager
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  GSK

  Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

  *Convert the 0 – 13 week supply plan into an optimised production schedule *Distribute the weekly production schedule based on pre-determined optimal production run sequences, optimal utilisation of available resources and deliver plan to production for execution*Record production results and report to the relevant functions in order to initiate corrective actions and to enhance effective planning*Ensure that local ERP system reflects the optimised production scheduled and/or changes. *Build and maintain Flexible Repeating Schedule process and review quarterly.*Prepare weekly deck on CTP Root Cause Analysis, Material Availability issues and SOLS events *Recommend adjustments to the short term plan to ensure optimal utilisation of resources *Jointly work with Materials Planner to ensure availability of materials to meet the supply plan *Work with Procurement to ensure optimum stock levels for both raw materials and components.*Manage phase-out of materials to ensure minimum stock write-off for NPI’s or artwork changes*Drive continuous improvement initiatives to deliver Supply Chain KPI’s Show less * Generate Supply Plans with production sites to deliver stock to support sales forecast. Ensure on-time order placement aligned with contractual agreement.*Management of Open Order Book, ensuring alignment with manufacturing production plans*Liase within market supply coordinators/Demand Planners to understand the forecasted requirements, NPI and promotional activities, seasonality and manage supply to achieve and maintain high levels of customer service whilst meeting inventory targets*Proactively identify key supply/demand imbalance, assess the risk, run root cause analysis, evaluate options and propose solutions. Ensure corrective/preventive actions in place.*Review weekly supply issues (Open out of stocks, predicted stock outs), and provide necessary input for weekly SCIM*Develop, agree with a supplier/Scheduler and implement flexible repeated schedule (FRS) options /campaigns and use it to optimize production line outcome. Maintain agreed FRS (Global/Internal Sites)*Manage supply planning horizon, outside the manufacturing lead-time, ensuring weekly load levelling of supply plan against available capacity and inventory targets, considering agreed campaigns*Lead weekly review meetings with suppliers as per standard process to ensure effective management of short/medium term supply period*Manage monthly RCCP process in terms of graph generating; provide input to Supply Planning Manager on foreseen risks.*Work with Supply Planning Managers on risk mitigation options and scenario Planning; preparation for SRM*Review existing KPI’S; lead/lag measures to prevent undesirable effects of supply; demand changes. Action agreed performance improvement plans; integrate new improvements into current std ways of working Show less

  • Site production scheduler

    May 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Supply Planner

    Oct 2017 - May 2018
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  Fonterra

  Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  Supply Planner
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  Froneri

  Aug 2019 - Nov 2021

  Logistics Manager
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  Mars

  Nov 2021 - now

  • Supply Chain Manager

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Logistics and Supply planning manager

    Jan 2024 - Aug 2024

  • Logistics Manager

    Nov 2021 - Jan 2024