Rushabh Shah

JA Recycling Ltd is using state of art pyrolysis equipment to efficiently convert waste rubber into re-usable end products in an environmentally friendly manner. Pyrolysis converts waste plastic and tyres into Pyrolysis oil, Carbon black and hydrocarbon gas.

Roles and Responsibility • Leading operations teams across Dawe’s 3 divisions (Pharma, Animal Health and Chemicals) with a group revenue of over USD 70m • Managing 7 direct reports that cover 300 employees across the Supply Chain, Operations and Logistics departments • Focussing on strategy and improvement initiatives across Production, Planning, Procurement, Engineering and Maintenance areas Key achievements • Implemented an integrated Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process covering all business units, which lead to improvements in working capital of over 30% in overall finished goods inventory • Introduced strategic sourcing in the procurement teams and re-structured the procurement function to move away from the traditional ‘buyer’ type operation • Successfully outsourced the logistics function from being in-house to a 3rd party logistics company with no business disruption and improving operational efficiencies whilst freeing up valuable real estate required for growth • Spearheaded the ‘big data’ and data visualisation change within the business to support all functions with better insights to the business • Created decision making tools that are data driven to be used for planning, pricing, and cost management

Roles and Responsibility • Built and successfully managed 14 employees across the 1) Business Intelligence, 2) Salesforce Automation 3) S&OP; and 4) Trade Promotion Management (TPM) teams • Developed new customers across the general trade and new route to market channels, which increased sales volume by over 10% year on year for this group with revenues of over USD 250m • Worked with the procurement team and identified savings of over USD 120k in the packaging category • Implemented better controls on forecasting, production planning and inventory management • Key advisor to inform on pricing and strategic decision taken by the board and commercial teams Key achievements • The Data Orbis and pricing teams’ inputs were responsible for growing the sales volume by nearly 30% from 2018 to 2019 • The trade promotion management team were able to regain market share on key brands and grow specific SKU volumes by more than 100% • Identified over USD 200k of monthly savings by identifying alternative ‘Below the Line’ marketing channels and optimising pricing for specific focus SKU’s • Built a ‘Cost-to-Serve’ model and pricing tools that were able to accurately model the profitability of the business at different levels (product, customer, division) and dynamically price the products to gain market share in different regions

Roles and Responsibility • Successfully managed enterprise cost reduction projects in both the retail, hospitality and manufacturing sectors as a private consultant Key achievements • Effectively carried out an inventory optimisation project for a major retailer, generating working capital benefits of 20% • Identified EBITDA improvement opportunities of more than 15% for a major hospitality company through sourcing and pricing initiatives • Further developed selling, consulting and data visualization skills

Roles and Responsibility • Successfully led and carried out world-wide projects in both private and public sectors, across all disciplines of supply chain, for this global professional services company • Supported various supply chain and procurement diagnostic projects, carrying out spend analysis and modelling, to identify savings opportunities in excess of £30 million Key achievements • Effectively carried out cost reduction project for a several major manufacturers in Australia, USA and Europe, generating savings in excess of 7:1 ROI • Further developed consulting, Microsoft Excel, Big Data and e-Sourcing (Ariba) skills

Roles and Responsibility • Successfully carried out projects in supply chain strategy, research, warehousing and sales and operations planning, both internationally and nationally for this niche company that consists of 20 employees Key achievements • Designed and built various dynamic reporting tools to be used in sales and operations planning meetings • Analysed where a particular retailer was losing its profits, by building a ‘Cost-to-Serve’ model to break down costs into specific processes and using the output, devised efficient buying processes to prevent future margin erosion • Developed valuable consulting, presentation, Microsoft Excel, VBA and SQL server skills

• Awarded scholarship of £2,500 to study Manufacturing Engineering with Management • Engineered a feasible granite deep cutting method using waterjet technology • Independently worked outside course requirements on a project with the University of Nottingham to analyse the production of energy efficient charcoal stoves made in Kenya