Steve Alder-Goad

Sports & Other Photography

Managing the Demand, Supply and Inventory planning functions across the Australia and New Zealand Business Units. Alignment of Export and inter-country demand requirements within a heavily constrained and complex supply chain. Demand and supply planning across 10 factories, 3,000 SKUs and 3 distribution centres. Collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Procurement and Manufacturing functions for strict planning cycle management. Business reporting both internally and globally across key KPIs of Case fill Rate, Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Inventory percentage and dollars. Long term material planning, crop planning across 12 crops including Beetroot, tomatoes, Peas, Corn, and Pineapple. Co-Pack and Supplier performance management. Team member Coaching and development with a team of 7 direct reports and a total 30 remote (NZ) and locally based team members.

Forecast analytics to identify and route cause exceptions that risk availability or overstocks. Seasonal process alignment and demand reporting. Direct reports 2 demand planner Subject Matter Experts Indirect management of 26 demand planners - coaching, continuous improvement and best practice. Team and Management training across peer and line manager roles

Network Planning through warehouse ranging optimisation and cyclical product migration across all ambient DCs. Supplier Inbound Planning via 3PL phone booking call centre management with between 15 and 25 team members depending on season. Event Planning with working cross-functionally across Supply and Demand functions, Distribution and Logistics. Responsible for co-ordinating key seasonal events within the business, ensuring sufficient receiving capacity was available and utilised, across 14 Distribution Centres including 3PLs. DC to Store delivery roster management across 750 stores through ambient, chilled and frozen supply networks

End-to-end replenishment across Domestic and Internationally sourced items/ categories. National demand forecasting for weekly promotional catalogues ensuring alignment to internal (Category Managers) and external (Suppliers) stakeholders. Supplier ordering and Vendor Replenishment Planner management to ensure high DIFOT performance and in-store availability across our 750 stores. Supplier performance management with weekly, monthly or quarterly reviews depending on size or issue management requirements. Working capital management to remove obsolete stock and reduce days of cover while maintaining visible stock weight in stores. Reporting to all business levels within Supply Chain and Commercial teams around key service level and inventory KPIs