Alex Gillard
Summary
Logistics and Supply Chain professional with extensive experience delivering cost optimisation, digital transformation, and operational improvements across global networks. Achieved significant reductions in clearance times and freight costs through strategic management of logistics operations. Focused on driving operational excellence and business growth in a strategic leadership role.
Overview
1
1
Certification
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. ISC Project Management Specialist
Honeywell
01.2019 - Current
- Managed logistics operations across 25 sites, supporting over $780M in revenue and $19.5M in annual freight spend.
- Led logistics optimisation initiatives across EMEA, driving improvements from concept through implementation to enhance operational efficiency.
- Achieved over $400K in direct logistics cost savings in 2026, positively impacting overall budget and resource allocation.
- Reduced freight costs as a percentage of sales from 2.0% to 1.7% through network optimisation and strategic cost-saving initiatives.
- Partnered with freight forwarders and customs brokers to resolve customs and trade compliance issues, reducing clearance times on critical lanes from 3 days to under 24 hours.
- Led the EMEA deployment of A global integrated Transportation Management System (TMS), improving delivery performance, transport planning, and cost visibility.
- Standardised reporting processes and optimised the use of WMS and TMS platforms to improve operational consistency and visibility.
- Simplified supply chain networks by implementing drop shipment programmes across multiple business units, reducing freight costs and improving cash flow.
- Designed executive KPI dashboards using Power BI and Tableau, providing actionable insights to support strategic decision-making.
- Advisor to senior leadership on warehouse automation, transport regulations, logistics risk management, and cost optimisation strategies.
- Served as senior logistics escalation point, supporting thousands of sourcing, logistics, and customer-facing employees worldwide with expert guidance.
- Led freight forwarder selection, implementation, and ongoing performance management across the EMEA region.
- Developed framework for easily analysing inventory and freight cost trade off different shipping solutions across major transport lanes.
- Currently have 1.778M in pipeline productivity initiatives.
- Successfully managed transition and handover of spin off / sale of multiple business units, in line with TSA requirements.
- Corporate Logistics, EMEA Region
Warehouse Administrator / Logistics Specialist
Honeywell
01.2007 - 01.2019
- SAP WM/EWM SME, supported IT with solution design and SAP implementations globally. Often working with newly acquired businesses or 3rd party logistics providers.
- Led rollout of Penske TMS across EMEA road freight, significantly improving automation, visibility and route planning in the region.
- Collaborated with supply planning team to develop and deploy warehouse labour and equipment forecasting tool across multiple distribution centres.
- Collected and cleaned data, developing Python SQL-based logistics reporting tool that unified hundreds of data streams, enabling logistics teams to conduct productivity analysis and global finance to perform forecasting and accrual.
- Project managed design and implementation of SAP dangerous goods module for compliance across all business units.
- Implemented safety and productivity solutions in industrial automation settings, enhancing operational reliability and compliance.
Education
BSc (Hons) - Computing, IT & Statistics (CITS)
The Open University
Milton Keynes01-2023
Skills
- Project management
- Data analysis
- Freight audit and payment
- Supply chain optimization
- Freight cost reduction
- Continuous improvement
- Operations management
- Compliance management
- Logistics strategy
- Executive reporting
- ERP systems operation
- Warehouse management
- Six Sigma Certification
Languages
English
First Language
Spanish
Elementary
A2
Certification
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) – June 2025.
- Cat. 1 Dangerous Goods Transport Compliance (IATA) – Sept 2023
- Six Sigma (Green Belt) – 2011
Timeline
Sr. ISC Project Management Specialist
Honeywell
01.2019 - Current
Warehouse Administrator / Logistics Specialist
Honeywell
01.2007 - 01.2019
BSc (Hons) - Computing, IT & Statistics (CITS)
The Open University