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Brian Conway

Tauranga,Mount Maunganui

Summary

Permanent Residency NZ – Skilled Migrant Visa I am a proactive, intelligent and innovative manager, with extensive time management, and prioritisation ability. An excellent multi-tasker and people manager with strong leadership skills. A skilled problem solver who takes a proactive and objective overview to generate viable and efficient solutions. I am energetic and dynamic, self-motivated and disciplined and I relish challenges. Seasoned Operations Manager and talented leader with [Number] years of experience applying exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities toward enhancing business plans and day-to-day activities. Results-driven and resilient in developing teams while improving processes and increasing productivity. Bringing solid understanding of industry trends, excellent communication skills, talent for spotting areas in need of improvement and implementing changes with strategic approach.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

General Manager of Operations / National H&S manager / National Change management

Evergreen Garden Care NZ (Tui Products)
03.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for the Manufacturing, Operations, Logistics and H&S for 3 sites
  • Employed to drive significant change and development throughout the organisation
  • Introduces SOPS – best practice operational procedures for all areas of operation
  • Increased productivity and efficiencies that have led to significant cost reduction and increased service to customer
  • Created and implemented a new logistics strategy that has delivered significant cost reduction
  • Improved culture and engagement
  • Introduced lean manufacturing principles and processes
  • Responsible for Budgets, forecasting and operational Projects and Initiatives with full P&L management
  • Continuously Maximise and manage Plant utilisation
  • Implemented Operational initiatives that support company strategy and goals
  • Increase production output by 18%
  • Review, develop and implement systems to integrate with ERP / WMS Change management
  • Create and implement change management strategy in alignment to Evergreen Garden NZ strategic objectives
  • Improved culture, implementation of LEAD, develop team /employee engagement Talent Management - training and development Multi skilled workforce – cross training Key Relationships
  • Maintain and build strong relationships with external suppliers Health & Safety
  • Responsible for the review of and the updating and implementation of Health and Safety policies and processes meeting all legislative requirements
  • Chair the Tui Products Health and Safety Committee
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Supply chain, Manufacturing, Operations manager

HRV – (Vector Group)
07.2020 - Current
  • Responsible for daily operations of the EDC and Supply Chain including procurement, manufacturing, fabrication, warehouse operations, logistics and Transport
  • Lead, coach and support the team through setting performance expectations, managing team performance and development
  • Translate strategies into business plans with concrete, SMART, objectives for the department/ team and drive a leadership/ partnership environment through living the company values
  • Setting the benchmark for the proactive management of health, safety and wellbeing which is critical for our customers and our business
  • Responsible is to ensure the ongoing education of people as it relates to all health, safety and wellbeing standards, policies and procedures, ensuring safe work systems are followed and continuously reviewed with any actioning identified improvements
  • Managing a zero harm programme
  • Leading all stock and product assembly operations to meet forecast demand, Oversee daily operations of the EDC and Supply, Champion the development and monitoring of systems and processes that enable seamless business delivery across functional lines to achieve a DIFOTIS of at least 98%
  • Delivering financial reports against annual budget and contribute to the preparation of forecasts, Management of expenses, including resourcing, in line with budget
  • Managing resources with the demands from the business to optimise results
  • Reporting on key financial metrics including resourcing, inventory, cost, quality and service metrics
  • Including corrective actions for any identified issues
  • Ensure adequate controls are in place to deliver high inventory accuracy
  • Overseeing the forward cashflow requirements for purchasing and inventory.

National Operations Manager

Feed Logistics – 4PL for Agrifeeds (Fonterra)
07.2020 - 10.2020
  • Responsible for the development and management of 4 site operations across the North Island
  • Improve and develop every aspect of Operations, production process, quality, efficiency, Logistics and distribution
  • Responsible for all MPI Bio Security management for 4 sites including importing
  • SLA building and management
  • Improving service levels and customer experience
  • Ensure key external relationships are constructed and managed with Customer, stakeholders and board of directors
  • Introduced Culture and engagement programme, introducing Values and key principles to develop mindsets and behaviours and to drive improvements in employee engagement, to encourage ownership and accountability across all teams
  • Introduced KPI’s around production and quality to ensure operations exceed set business targets
  • Full responsibility for the business’s financial performance and report on the full P&L to board
  • Introduced a H&S and Wellbeing programme for the management and planning of OSH safe working practices in line with current company and statutory requirements
  • Built a companywide training matrix to educate and develop staff and ensure multi-skilled teams
  • Introducing a continuous improvement programme across all aspects of the operation.

Senior Distribution Centre Manager

Foodstuffs NI
07.2015 - 01.2020
  • Responsibly for the management of a very busy Distribution Centre supplying ambient products across the Upper North Island to all Foodstuffs Banners
  • Manage and deliver all key financial targets for the DC within the agreed budgets successfully for 4 years
  • Operational project lead on WMS selection and implementation
  • Responsible for management and planning of OSH safe working practices in line with current company and statutory requirements
  • Consistently achieved 99.2% DIFOT
  • Responsibility to ensure all Customer requirements, Company procedures and policies are maintained and managed
  • Separate project work for CEO, relating to supply chain optimisation and development
  • Responsible for HASNO & DG compliance
  • Accountable for the Finances, Costs and P&L for the site
  • Responsible for building and executing the Business plan for the Upper North Island ambient service strategies
  • Built, managed and implemented a continuous improvement programme that has been adopted and rolled out across all Foodstuffs North Island DC’s
  • Responsible for driving the Change management concerning Culture, Team development and DC process & Procedures
  • Systems & process improvement, recruitment, health and safety
  • Built and implemented a site wide training and development program
  • Built and implemented an injury prevention management program and a Health & Wellbeing program
  • By the end of my first year here, I took the Site from the poorest performing to the most cost effective, efficient, and productive site in the North Island.

Head of National Operations UK

Tower Supplies
03.2013 - 04.2015
  • Manufacturers and Distributors of Health & Safety equipment and solutions
  • Responsible for the effective management and planning of all Operational, manufacturing, Inventory, Transport and H&S functions across four National DC’s
  • Built and managed continuous improvement programs, including reviewing processes to remove wastage, and introducing new processes based on “TOC”, to ensure all functions operate at maximum efficiency
  • Responsible to ensure compliance and delivery performance to meet agreed SLAs for multiple national customers and Required DIFOT KPI’s
  • Increased DIFOT from 76% to 95.6%
  • KPI and SOP implementation, management and control for all departments creating a culture of “Best Practice
  • Headed up logistics project network
  • Created Individual and team development programmes to grow and develop staff
  • Created and implemented an engagement and cultural improvement programme
  • Built Operational SLA’s for new customers to ensure expectations managed and exceeded and all supply chain requirements in place at the right time to meet manufacturing KPI’s and delivery targets
  • Responsible for fleet management
  • Responsible for all recruitment, discipline, appraisals and reviews
  • Financial Budget control and P&L management for four Branches
  • Continuously improved operations with standard operating procedures and KPI implementation
  • Introduced Inventory management processes to optimise Material route planning for manufacturing plant to ensure raw material availability and accuracy for efficient end to end Supply chain management
  • Developed a “Home Safe” site safety programme for operations and transport, and embedded a “Safety first” culture across the network.

Branch Manager

Bathgate Flooring
11.2009 - 08.2012
  • Responsible for the effective management of the all operations functions within a very fast moving time critical manufacturing environment
  • Responsible for materials management to control MRP through the production process
  • Managed product availability by creating material route plans in line with manufacturing production plans
  • Built relationships with customers to understand requirements and expectations, from that I built SLA’s to ensure our internal processes continuously met the needs of the customer within the agreed timescales
  • Increased DIFOT to 91.8%
  • Responsible for Goods inwards, picking, despatch, Health & Safety and housekeeping
  • KPI implementation, management and control for all departments
  • Introduced a Health & Safety programme, Injury prevention management and Well-being
  • Responsible for all recruitment, discipline, appraisals and reviews
  • Budget control and management for all Warehouse departments
  • Created and implemented Standard operating procedures and best practice work instructions for related departments
  • Responsible for the daily perpetual inventory and stock reconciliation, stock allocation and stock rotation.

Logistics Consultant – Project Management

Dometic UK LTD
01.2012 - 01.2012
  • To provide leadership and management for relocation project plan to manage all stock and stock movements for Dometic UK Ltd (DUK) for the warehouse relocation to Emsdetten, Germany
  • Managed logistics budget and Reduced projected Project spend by 13%
  • Created and implemented Standard operating procedures and best practice to create an effective relocation plan
  • Managed all supply chain functions of imported stock and created an Inventory strategy plan for stock management based on stock turn days, FIFO, just in time and tailored specific client stock holdings.

General Manager

Micro Plumbing & Heating LTD
11.2006 - 02.2009
  • Overall responsibility for the running of the business except Marketing
  • Recruited to build a sustainable growth programme to take the business from a Regional to a National
  • Employed to develop the business across every department operational and admin
  • Produced, implemented and managed logistics and distribution strategies
  • Introduced communication avenues with suppliers and customers creating customer specific service level agreements, planning on behalf of the customer to ensure supply chain efficiency
  • Created an Inventory department with stock control procedures and best practice to control and manage stock integrity, cyclical stock checking process’s and stock allocation programme
  • Created, Introduced and managed KPI’s across the business
  • Created work instruction manuals for all tasks and Introduced best practice procedures for all departments.

Warehouse Manager (Phones 4 U)

Caudwell Group
05.2001 - 06.2006
  • Responsible for the effective management of the all Warehouse functions within a very fast moving time critical environment
  • Responsible for Goods inwards, picking, despatch, Health & Safety and housekeeping
  • KPI implementation, management and control for all departments
  • Responsible for all recruitment, discipline, appraisals and reviews
  • Budget control and management for all Warehouse departments
  • Created and implemented Standard operating procedures and best practice work instructions for related departments.

Stock Control Manager (Woolworth’s contract)

Wincanton Logistics
10.1993 - 07.2001
  • Effective management of Inventory dedicated to the Woolworth’s contract based at the national distribution centre
  • Responsible for the daily perpetual inventory and stock reconciliation, stock allocation and stock rotation
  • Managing daily stock reports for optimal stock integrity and effective occupancy control within a fast paced time critical operation
  • Responsible for stock control of all feeder depots and “outside storage solutions”
  • Responsible for creating and managing efficient picking run layouts including promotional and seasonal stock for distribution to 286 stores nationally on a daily basis
  • Responsible for stock replenishment programmes and stock allocation to optimise stock availability and maintain KPI success
  • Implemented and managed a successful returns programme
  • Created and reported daily occupancy, stock integrity and KPI reports daily.

Skills

  • Operations Management
  • Staff Development
  • Business Analysis
  • Logistics Management

Accomplishments

increased manufacturing productivity by 18% becoming the most productive manufacturing site in the Evergreen Garden Care global business.

increased logistics and operational productivity by 12%

Increased storage capacity - warehousing by 21% and bulk storage by 24%

reduced budgeted costs year 1 by $156,000 - year 2 by $467,000 and year 3 by $136,000.

built and developed a H&S foundation and framework

Certification

  • Certified [Job Title], [Company Name] - [Timeframe]

Timeline

General Manager of Operations / National H&S manager / National Change management

Evergreen Garden Care NZ (Tui Products)
03.2021 - Current

Supply chain, Manufacturing, Operations manager

HRV – (Vector Group)
07.2020 - Current

National Operations Manager

Feed Logistics – 4PL for Agrifeeds (Fonterra)
07.2020 - 10.2020

Senior Distribution Centre Manager

Foodstuffs NI
07.2015 - 01.2020

Head of National Operations UK

Tower Supplies
03.2013 - 04.2015

Logistics Consultant – Project Management

Dometic UK LTD
01.2012 - 01.2012

Branch Manager

Bathgate Flooring
11.2009 - 08.2012

General Manager

Micro Plumbing & Heating LTD
11.2006 - 02.2009

Warehouse Manager (Phones 4 U)

Caudwell Group
05.2001 - 06.2006

Stock Control Manager (Woolworth’s contract)

Wincanton Logistics
10.1993 - 07.2001
  • Certified [Job Title], [Company Name] - [Timeframe]

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