Scott Fitzallen
Tongala,Australia
Summary
Supply chain professional prepared for impactful contributions through strategic planning and execution. Extensive experience in managing supply chain operations, aligning inventory with production needs, and optimizing logistics. Known for excellent team collaboration and results-oriented approach. Expertise in process improvement and vendor management.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Planning, Warehouse and Logistics Manager
The Arnotts Group
05.2022 - Current
- Responsible for the full Supply Chain Planning and Warehouse functions for the Meals and Beverage unit
- This includes Supply Planning, MPS, Production Planning and MRP Planning
- Also entails managing the onsite Warehouse and Logistics team
- Ensuring business KPI’s are met and maintained
- Ensure communication to all areas of the business to ensure informed decisions are done in a timely manner
- Collaborate with BT, Production, Procurement, R&D and Customer Service teams
- Determine key supply chain KPI’s
- Ensure NPD projects are supplied to timelines as requested by the business
- Identify solutions for process improvement
- High level of critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Engage with various areas of the business to ensure supply disruptions are dealt with whilst maintaining a high level of customer service
- Ensure inventory targets along with factory operating costs are kept to a minimum
- Monitor 3P manufacturer’s ability to maintain supply for critical products
- Member of the local Leadership team responsible to routinely report on department KPI’s
- Voice of the site in the weekly ITP meetings to ensure the Demand Planning team, Customer team are kept to account for forecast accuracy
- Supply chain representative for the monthly Supply Review meetings
- Ensure the planning team focus is constantly at a high level and mentor team to ensure exceptional levels of service are maintained
- Waste reduction initiatives including airfreight management, alternative materials etc
- Inventory reduction opportunities are explored to reducing working capital
- Advanced ERP system skills utilising SAP/Blue Yonder
- Understand supply constraints and bottlenecks of the production site and 3P manufacturers
- Manage onsite warehouse with support from Warehouse Coordinator
- Liaise with 3PL for site transport requirements and issues
- Monitor supplier DIFOT in accordance with factory requirements
- Ensure Safety/GMP processes are followed in accordance with company policies
- Campbell’s Soup
Operations Manager
Scentral Flavours and Fragrances
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the factory
- This includes Production, planning, procurement, logistics etc
- Ensuring business KPI’s are met and maintained
- Communication with the managing directors is a vital area of the role to ensure that production output and efficiencies are maintained at a high level
- Determine key supply chain KPI’s
- Identifying solutions for process improvement
- High level of critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Production Planning and daily scheduling
- Labour forecasts
- Ensuring customer orders are delivered on time while controlling costs of production
- Monitor 3P manufacturers ability to maintain supply for critical products
- Ensure team focus is constantly at a high level and mentor team to ensure exceptional levels of service are maintained
- Waste reduction initiatives including airfreight mitigation
- Inventory reduction opportunities are explored to reducing working capital
- Understand supply constraints and bottlenecks of the factory
E2E Supply Chain Planning Manager
Unilever Australia Trading Ltd
12.2019 - 08.2021
- Responsible for the full End to End Supply Chain Planning functions for the Foods business in ANZ
- This includes Demand Planning, Supply Planning, MPS and MRP Planning
- Ensuring business KPI’s are met and maintained
- Communication with all areas of the business including CD, Operations, R&D, Procurement is a vital function of the role
- Collaborate with CD, Operations, Procurement, R&D and Customer Service teams
- Determine key supply chain KPI’s
- Identify solutions for process improvement
- High level of critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ensuring Demand Planning team maintain a high-level demand detail where promotional phasing are accurate in terms of build and de-stocking
- Managing forecast accuracy and bias to company expectations to ensure Supply Planning team have full visibility of activity identified by the business
- Engage with various areas of the business to ensure supply disruptions are dealt with whilst maintaining a high level of customer service, whilst inventory targets along with factory operating costs are kept to a minimum
- Monitor 3P manufacturers ability to maintain supply for critical products
- Member of the local Leadership team responsible to routinely report on department KPI’s
- Manage and report S&OP processes for supply chain in monthly CCBT meetings
- Ensure team focus is constantly at a high level and mentor team to ensure exceptional levels of service are maintained
- BW reduction initiatives including airfreight management
- Inventory reduction opportunities are explored to reducing working capital
- Advanced ERP system skills
- Able to communicate effectively with off-shore teams to ensure team is kept engaged
- Understand supply constraints and bottlenecks of sourcing unit and 3P manufacturers
Supply Planning Co-ordinator/Master Production Scheduler/Finite Planner
Unilever Australia Trading Ltd
07.2010 - 12.2019
- As a key member of the Supply Planning team, I am responsible for maintaining a close relationship with various departments throughout the business, including Category, Customer Service, Brand Development and other key areas of the company to ensure that key KPI’s are met
- Ensuring that customer service excellence targets are maintained greater than 98.5%
- On-going development and implementation of run strategies to ensure customer service, factory operating costs are kept to a minimum
- Review and maintain shift requirements to enable production to maintain the required level of labour during seasonal and out of seasonal periods
- Initiatives to reduce inventory from both finished goods to RM/PM whilst maintain a high level of customer service
- Development of Master Production Schedules on a monthly basis or as required
- Constantly challenge Demand Planning and Category to ensure that the factory has the most updated and reliable forecast possible
- Development of the Supply Planning team through process control, implementation
- Product Life Cycle management
- DRP Planning
- Maintaining master data to enable less manual intervention
- Co-ordinate the scheduling of factory trials
- Business Waste reduction and management
- Co-ordinate business write offs to various areas of the business including finance, supply chain director and sourcing unit director
- Identify capacity constraints through MPS
- Short and long term planning
- Co-ordinate the distribution of weekly stock issues reports that the business can use to liaise with customers as to when stocks will be available
- Maintain weekly plans from both a Supply Planning and Finite Scheduling perspective
- Responsible for the manufacture of over 60,000 tonnes annually
- Excellent problem solving skills
- ERP system SAP currently is currently used in which I have extensive knowledge
Spare Parts Sales Representative
Hartwigs Trucks Pty Ltd
11.2009 - 06.2010
- As a member of the Spare Parts team, I have extensive experience dealing with various customers both internal and external
- As Hartwigs is a dealership for a variety of different companies, the ability to have a diverse knowledge and the ability to learn quickly are extremely important
- Strong customer service skills
- Invoicing and receipting stock items
- Communication skills, both face to face and through various telecommunication methods
- Liaise with customers whilst travelling throughout the state
- Excellent Parts Interpretation
- Delivering items in full and on time as required by the customer
- Stock Control
- Strong time management skills
- The use of various company online parts catalogues to help enable accurate parts interpretations
- Strong team member, as the need to work together to enable fast and accurate customer satisfaction is extremely important
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to work to deadlines
- Liaise with various freight companies to ensure products arrive on time as required
- Excellent computer skills
Supply Planner – Full Time
National Foods Ltd
11.2000 - 11.2009
- As a key member of the Supply Planning Team, I liaise closely with many other areas of the business, including Operations, Sales, Marketing and other key areas including customer service
- Maintain and distribute weekly, monthly and yearly production plans
- Analyse and report on monthly figures to Sales and Operations group
- Maintain RCCP charts
- Strong communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Manage DIFOT and mitigate Dates & Damaged Inventory
- Manage Over and Under Supply issues
- Maintain and contribute to the Product Life Cycle though New Product Development process
- Manage International requirement through Make to Order processes
- Manage Sales & Marketing requirements in line with company policy
- Maintain the current ERP system to enable other areas of the business to efficiently have visibility of requirements through MRP
- Liaise closely with Sales and Marketing departments to help identify, promote and exploit new business opportunities
- Identify capacity constraints and bottle necks through RCCP
- Responsible for the manufacture of over 30,000 tonnes annually
- Responsible for inventory control and replenishment to the National Distribution Centre to ensure inventory levels are maintained with company policy
- Responsible for planning milk and other raw components required
- Maintain production resources
- Contribute to Monthly Supply reviews to establish key areas of improvements required to increase efficiencies
- ERP systems SAP and MFG Pro have been used by this company, which I have an extensive knowledge base
Spare Parts Interpreter – Full Time
Cummins Engine Company
06.1993 - 01.1997
- Company Overview: Devonport
- During my employment at Cummins Engine Company I was responsible for the day to day running of the spare parts department, along with distribution through to other sites throughout Australia
- This position dealt with customer service, both internal and external
- Also requiring travel throughout the state to liaise with customers one on one
- I was also responsible for the ordering and maintaining safety stock levels of parts through the use of the AS-400 system
- Devonport
Education
Basics of Supply Chain Management -
APICS
01.2007
Certificate IV -
Information Technology
01.1998
Associate Diploma - 1st & 2nd Semesters Completed
Business (Computing)
06.1993
Hellyer College - Years 11 & 12
01.1991
Burnie High School - Years 7 to 10
01.1989
Skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Multitasking
- Troubleshooting skills
- Team Leadership
- Strategic thinker
- Team building
- Inventory Management
- Safety oversight
- Warehouse operation oversight
- Procurement processes
- Planning production
- Sales and operations planning
References
Supplied on request
Timeline
Planning, Warehouse and Logistics Manager
The Arnotts Group
05.2022 - Current
Operations Manager
Scentral Flavours and Fragrances
08.2021 - 05.2022
E2E Supply Chain Planning Manager
Unilever Australia Trading Ltd
12.2019 - 08.2021
Supply Planning Co-ordinator/Master Production Scheduler/Finite Planner
Unilever Australia Trading Ltd
07.2010 - 12.2019
Spare Parts Sales Representative
Hartwigs Trucks Pty Ltd
11.2009 - 06.2010
Supply Planner – Full Time
National Foods Ltd
11.2000 - 11.2009
Spare Parts Interpreter – Full Time
Cummins Engine Company
06.1993 - 01.1997
Certificate IV -
Information Technology
Associate Diploma - 1st & 2nd Semesters Completed
Business (Computing)
Hellyer College - Years 11 & 12
Burnie High School - Years 7 to 10
Basics of Supply Chain Management -
APICS
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