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Carrie Senior

Mirfield,West Yorkshire

Summary

Resilient Inventory Manager with experience optimising availability through improved forecasting and demand planning. Reviews, evaluates and enhances operations to meet key milestones and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work history

Distribution Inventory and Admin Manager

Jewson Builders Merchants Ltd
Huddersfield, Kirklees
08.2018 - 11.2023
  • Oversee the Inventory Availability level within the Distribution Centre based in Northampton
  • Leading and coaching a team of 4 FTE who are responsible for maintaining stock levels each with circa 20 UK suppliers each.
  • Working closely with circa 87 UK suppliers and 28 overseas suppliers based in China and India
  • Dealing with any credit claims sent from the customer service team in the Distribution centre and dealing with any customer queries.
  • Working closely with logistics on the import stock from overseas.
  • Working closely with customers ( Branches) around forecasting and contract information to keep efficient flow of stock levels
  • Monitoring and reporting on the weekly KPI's - stock availability Versus stock inventory value.
  • Ensuring Lead-times are accurate to ensure supply of stock is sufficient
  • Working closely with the merchandising and category team on new supplier's or products, also ensuring any promotional activity is captured.
  • Forecast and demand management
  • Working closely with the DC Customer service manager and dealing with any escalations.
  • Regular supplier meetings and Distribution Centre meetings which is based in Northampton,
  • Team one to ones and team meetings each week.
  • Supplier performance (OTIF/Fulfilment).
  • Invoice and purchase order administration
  • Identifying any staff training requirements.
  • Analysed data to forecast future requirements and supplies needed.

National Supply Chain Specialist

Jewson Builders Merchants Ltd
Huddersfield, Kirklees
07.2017 - 08.2018
  • Complete the Building the Best branch transition plan
  • Co-ordinate and execute our joint branch and regional sales development plans
  • Optimize product availability and drive improvements through service and performance analysis
  • To support, coordinate and communicate all Wavin related sales and marketing initiatives, promotions, point of sale, merchandising and racking requests
  • Identify and influence potential opportunities for performance improvement and sales growth
  • Support with the implementation and communication of new sales promotions
  • Co-ordinate and manage stock for agreed promotional activities
  • Project manage the reduction of non-selling branch stock
  • Support with the Distribution centre stock orders from Wavin
  • Adjusted inventory levels to keep obsolescence and cost low.
  • Tracked storage levels and controlled stock to meet supplier requirements and fulfill contract terms.

Credit Control Team Leader

Jewson Builders Merchants Ltd
Huddersfield, Kirklees
01.2014 - 06.2017
  • Managing and supporting the team of credit controllers
  • Supporting the supervisor
  • Review credit limits up to £30k as well as review business reports over £30k to be processed by the supervisor/ credit manager
  • Internal reports for the team ( queries, pre debt, over trading)
  • Weekly reports for the Area directors and the branches within both the South and North areas
  • Dealing with pre legal accounts and passing accounts legal where necessary
  • Reporting to the supervisor or the credit Manager
  • Managing the outstanding balances falling overdue and contacting the customers to confirm payments
  • Weekly age of debt and credit limit reviews for the team
  • Dealing with customer and branch queries
  • Allocation of payments
  • General credit control duties.
  • Fraud account investigations
  • Led performance reviews and tailored employee feedback to facilitate professional development.
  • Trained staff to resolve complaints appropriately to maintain customer satisfaction.

Credit Controller

Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Ltd
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • To manage the outstanding sales balances falling overdue and contact customers to confirm payments
  • Review credit limits up to 20k using Experian
  • Report to the supervisor
  • Deal with internal and external queries
  • Payment allocations
  • Using an in-house system to maintain good housekeeping for all customer accounts
  • Completion of business reports for account credit limits over £20k
  • Sending letters to accounts as and when required (RD/RDPR cheques/ Letter before action/ change in credit limit)
  • Assisting the supervisor - sending reports required
  • General credit control duties

Finance/Office Manager

HDC Associates Ltd
Bradford
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Management of all finances for the company
  • Allocating all payments (Bacs/Card/Cheque/Cash)
  • Monthly bank reconciliations for 5 x companies
  • Monthly Payroll for 21 employees
  • Quarterly VAT returns
  • Monthly PAYE
  • Sales Ledger ( producing invoices and credits to send to customers)
  • Purchase Ledger (purchase invoices, paying suppliers, dealing with any queries)
  • Dealing with all customer queries
  • Management accounts
  • Credit control duties (debt chasing, credit checking, sending all letters, statements for over 500 accounts, taking accounts legal when needed)
  • Reporting as and when required to the management
  • Monitoring of staff time keeping
  • General office and finance duties
  • Oversaw audits to collate accurate data and recommend constructive improvements.
  • Applied advanced Excel skills to efficiently analyse large data sets.
  • ISO9001 checks and audit support.

Accounts Assistant/ Credit Control

HDC Associates Ltd
01.2004 - 01.2010
  • Sales Ledger ( produce all sales invoices and credit notes as and when required)
  • Purchase Ledger ( Checking of all purchase invoices against the purchase order, dealing with any invoice queries)
  • Credit control ( chasing overdue debts, sending overdue letters, sending monthly statements, dealing with invoice queries, credit checking using riskdisk or atradius if the debt was to be insured)
  • Reporting to the finance manager and assisting when required.

Bookkeeper/ PA

Peter G Jackson & Co
01.2002 - 01.2004
  • Input of clients information onto the in-house system
  • Balancing accounts for over 15 clients
  • Input of receipts/ Sales Invoices / Purchase Invoices
  • Bank reconciliations when required
  • Sending overdue letters when required
  • Preparation of VAT returns
  • Payroll for 2 registered clients
  • Answering calls for the accountant
  • General office duties (dealing with finance paperwork and filing)

Maternity
11.2001 - 02.2002

Restaurant Supervisor

The Ship Inn
Mirfield
01.1999 - 01.2001
  • Supervision of the general running in the restaurant
  • Dealing with any customer complaints
  • Weekly stock check and stock ordering
  • End of the day banking and staff wages each week
  • Checking and dealing with restaurant cleanliness
  • Serving customers/ taking their orders

Education

2023

Grief and Bereavement Counselling - undefined

CICM
2015

Counselling Skills Level 2 level 2 certificate - undefined

Dewsbury College
2008

Level 3 ASET - Management and Leadership

2008

Counselling skills Level 1 level 1 certificate - undefined

Stonebridge Associated College
2007

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Mirfield Free Grammar
1997

Diploma - undefined

ASET
1997

Skills

  • Efficient stock rotation
  • Forecasting control techniques
  • Sales trends analysis
  • Product replenishing
  • Distribution and warehousing
  • Employee coaching and mentorship
  • Customer relationship management
  • Excel proficiency
  • Supplier relationship management

Interests

I enjoy family time, with my Husband and son also my rescue Huskydog Luna, we also have a motorhome so often venture off weekends. Walking and jogging I also enjoy in my spare time , I have recently joined a local running club to get back to fitness too

Timeline

Distribution Inventory and Admin Manager

Jewson Builders Merchants Ltd
08.2018 - 11.2023

National Supply Chain Specialist

Jewson Builders Merchants Ltd
07.2017 - 08.2018

Credit Control Team Leader

Jewson Builders Merchants Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2017

Credit Controller

Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Ltd
01.2012 - 01.2014

Finance/Office Manager

HDC Associates Ltd
01.2010 - 01.2012

Accounts Assistant/ Credit Control

HDC Associates Ltd
01.2004 - 01.2010

Bookkeeper/ PA

Peter G Jackson & Co
01.2002 - 01.2004

Maternity
11.2001 - 02.2002

Restaurant Supervisor

The Ship Inn
01.1999 - 01.2001

Grief and Bereavement Counselling - undefined

CICM

Counselling Skills Level 2 level 2 certificate - undefined

Dewsbury College

Level 3 ASET - Management and Leadership

Counselling skills Level 1 level 1 certificate - undefined

Stonebridge Associated College

undefined

Mirfield Free Grammar

Diploma - undefined

ASET

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