Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Timeline
Generic

Kerry Beard

Cricklade,Wiltshire

Summary

Experienced Logistics planner with the ability to carry out both short and long term planning whilst working across multiple functions. I have experience working with both in house and external logistics providers, and in a number of different area of logistics projects.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Logistics Planner

WHSmith
Swindon, Swindon
10.2015 - Current
  • Create yearly budgets and forecasts to coordinate multiple DCs and Transport providers whilst liaising with the relevant Finance and Merchandising teams
  • Provide data and analysis to assist with warehouse transitions and integration with third party providers
  • Lead weekly reforecasting meetings with DCs and Merchandising teams to ensure the DCs can staff and plan to the latest sales and business plans
  • Lead the logistics elements of store openings and closures to ensure stock arrives at the correct times, and to stop excess stock being sent to store for closures
  • Compile all logistics weekly and monthly reports for comparisons against budgets and reforecasts
  • Lead and assist logistics projects internally and within the wider business carrying out actions to agreed timescales

Rota Administrator

Bath Doctors Urgent Care
Bath, B&NES
09.2014 - 09.2015
  • Created clinical Doctor and Nurse rotas for multiple sites, working across functions, created support staff rotas to liaise with the appropriate clinical functions
  • Provided administrative support for the satellite office, often lone working and being the first point of contact for all internal and external queries.
  • Added complaints to the national reporting system and was responsible for compiling responses from all parties and responding to original complainent
  • Handled sensitive data such as medical records and death notices whilst adhering to appropriate guidelines and regulations

Section Coordinator

Marks & Spencer
Bath, B&NES
09.2010 - 08.2014
  • Customer service section coordinator dealing with all customer complaints and queries
  • Ensuring all task within my section were completed on time and in line with guidelines and regulations
  • Keeping staffing and rota software up to date and dealing with holiday requests and timekeeping queries

Sales Assistant

WHSmith
Bath/Preston, Bath/Lancashire
07.2007 - 12.2009
  • Manning the tills and dealing with customers
  • Working with documents and store plans from head office teams to keep up to date with store standards and layouts

Education

Bachelor of Science - Forensic Science

University of Central Lancashire
Preston
09.2007 - 07.2010

A-Levels - A levels & AS levels in Biology, Maths, Chemistry, Psychology & History

Hayesfield School
Bath
09.2005 - 07.2007

Skills

  • Completed both Intermediate and Advanced Excel courses
  • Strong PC skills across the majority of Microsoft packages, including pivot tables and data models
  • Experience in writing and editing SQL queries to analyse large data sets
  • 10 years logistics experience across multiple roles within logistics including planning, recalls and development

Timeline

Logistics Planner

WHSmith
10.2015 - Current

Rota Administrator

Bath Doctors Urgent Care
09.2014 - 09.2015

Section Coordinator

Marks & Spencer
09.2010 - 08.2014

Bachelor of Science - Forensic Science

University of Central Lancashire
09.2007 - 07.2010

Sales Assistant

WHSmith
07.2007 - 12.2009

A-Levels - A levels & AS levels in Biology, Maths, Chemistry, Psychology & History

Hayesfield School
09.2005 - 07.2007

Similar Profiles

Create profile
Kerry Beard