Matthew Ostridge

Head of Supply Chain & IBP - Vertical Farming @ Costa

About

I am a supply chain planning professional with over 20 years’ experience driving results and unlocking value in the FMCG supply chain from planning and execution to project delivery and capability improvements. Through my career I have developed extensive experience of leading, coaching and influencing stakeholders throughout Asia, Middle East & Africa (AMEA) markets. I'm passionate about team development and supply chain cost reduction through process enhancement & inventory optimisation. Experience of direct and indirect, virtual and face to face people management working with people around the world throughout my career. I enjoy finding simple solutions to complex problems and challenge myself to always consider what the customer needs, whether they are internal or external. FMCG Supply Chain Planning Supply Planning Demand Planning Inventory Optimisation Connect on: Matthew.Ostridge@googlemail.com

Country

Australia

City

Greater Melbourne Area

Industry

Logistics & Supply Chain

Skill

Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, Production Planning, Supply Chain, Demand Planning, FMCG, Forecasting, Continuous Improvement, Logistics, Manufacturing, MRP, SAP, Management, Process Improvement, Demand Management, Integrated Supply Chain Management, Supply Network Planning, Inventory Optimization, Business Process Improvement, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

Experience

Head of Supply Chain & IBP - Vertical Farming

Costa

2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

Melbourne, VIC

Director - Integrated Business Planning - APAC

Simplot Australia Pty Ltd

2023-8 - 2025-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Head of Demand & Supply Planning

Simplot Australia Pty Ltd

2022-11 - 2023-8 · 10 mos

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

National Supply Chain Planning Manager

Simplot Australia Pty Ltd

2021-2 - 2022-11 · 1 yr 10 mos

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Demand & Supply Planning Centre of Excellence lead AMEA

Mondelēz International

2020-6 - 2020-12 · 7 mos

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Drove the adherence to the APO based planning processes across the AMEA region for Finished Goods, Semi Finished Goods and Raw & Packaging materials to ensure business teams are best able to deliver service and inventory targets. • Identified and delivered process and system enhancement opportunities through collaboration with end to end supply chain planning teams and the technology group. • Lead the regional capability enhancement programme for Demand & Supply Planning across the AMEA region through a rigorous governance process, Key User Networks, market engagement and insight forums. • Direct management of 4 individuals located in India.

Supply Lead - SAP implementation project AMEA

Mondelēz International

2018-2 - 2020-5 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Melbourne, Australia

• Lead implementation of APO SNP and IBP IO (Inventory Optimisation) across the AMEA region comprising 5 new market implementations and 15 retrofit and refresh implementations. • Overall project leadership for the implementation across all internal teams and external technology vendors. • Direct management of 8 individuals located across India, Japan, Malaysia, Bahrain, China and Vietnam.

Asia Middle East & Africa supply planning & inventory capability lead

Mondelēz International

2015-1 - 2018-2 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Melbourne, Australia

• Created and lead the first capability enhancement programme for the Supply Planning team across AMEA region. • Lead regional Inventory governance process designed to improve control on ~$600m USD of inventory across AMEA. • Responsible for training & coaching of Root Cause Analysis & Loss Analysis techniques.

Supply Planning Manager - Co-Pack, External Manufacture & Imports

Mondelēz International

2013-10 - 2014-12 · 1 yr 3 mos

Melbourne Area, Australia

• Responsible for delivering customer service and cash flow improvements targets across a multiple category and multiple production site portfolio within the ANZ markets. • Direct management of 8 individuals delivering long and short-term supply and material plans.

Production Planning Manager – Seasonal Chocolate

Mondelēz International

2012-7 - 2013-10 · 1 yr 4 mos

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Responsible for delivering customer service and cash flow improvements targets across the seasonal product portfolio within the UK market. Annual volume of approx. 65,000 tonne. • Direct management of 6 individuals delivering long and short-term supply & material planning to ensure successful achievement of seasonal sales.

Production Planner - Easter & External Manufacture

Mondelēz International

2010-6 - 2012-7 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

• Manage seasonal chocolate portfolio to ensure customer service level targets are delivered while balancing inventory holding and capacity management across both internal and external manufacturers for the seasonal chocolate portfolio within the UK market. • Direct management of 1 individual.