CURRICULUM VITAE

Philip Whitehouse
4 Jubilee Avenue
West Bromwich,
West Midlands
B712QT

Home: 0121 505 5239
Mobile: Phone 07958945506
Email: philipwhitehouse45@yahoo.co.uk

Personal Statement

A well organised, reliable and professional Manager who has the ability to drive and motivate myself and a team of workers, I am forward thinking, keen and enjoy a challenge, having a good eye for detail and the ability to work with accuracy. I have excellent communication skills which allow me to converse with people from all backgrounds and at all levels, and always strive to achieve a very high standard in all that I undertake. Flexible and adaptable in my approach and I am looking for the opportunity to utilise my current skills, develop new ones and would be prepared to undertake further training to suit my next working environment.

KEY SKILLS

Warehouse Management, Vehicle & driver compliance, budget responsibility, resource & route planning, Contract & General Haulage, 3PL (Blue chip) Operator license & new set ups H&S & Warehouse /Pick & pack operations, Disciplinary, Investigations. Vehicle, plant, MHE acquisition and Management of maintenance budgets, SLAs. Deliver full fleet & H&s reports to directors.

CAREER SUMMARY

18-05-14 to PRESENT
LOGISTICS MANAGER
EDGETECH UK COVENTRY
Key duties
Management of Transport/Warehouse divisions for manufacturing business within the window industry
Manage receiving & FGs warehouse operations & transport deliveries (12 class 2 rigids) with over 50 staff (30 direct reports) over 3 sites (1 branch manager & 2 supervisors)
Managed waste compliance programme GW/DMR/WEEE/Hazardous/Metal
Maintain Kanban stock levels at all sites
Monitored all H&S, MHE, delivery/pick performance, raw product quality etc
Achievments
Creation of new delivery schedule Milk runs) to improve fleet performance for 300 customers
Improved vehicle route planning to utilise Transport vehicles efficiently
Re-designed returnable stillage’s/pallets and create asset register which reduced costs, carbon footprint & disposal.
Improved PPE to allow for head injuries, risk assessed, investigate, trialled and updated policy, introduced and monitored
Bought in external trainers for warehouse & drivers (most at no cost) plus placed supervisor on training course for FLT training
Improved warehouse design, quality receiving programme & booked time deliveries
Introduced new WMS (Datalinx) which improved pick/delivery/system counts and reduced pick errors and aided stock take
Project Managed acquisition, design and full implementation of New 28,000sq feet Warehouse

21-11-11 to16-05-14
LOGISTICS MANAGER
SAS INTERNATIONAL (Apollo Park Birmingham)
Managing and overseeing all transport & warehouse operations within a manufacturing environment for national & international collections/deliveries for SME Manufacturing. Responsible for HGV (drivers/vehicles) & warehouse pick/transport/administration staff. Deliver full KPI report to directors.
Key duties
Multi drop over 350 customer daily delivery orders
Ensuring raw material on site and in time to meet manufacturing deadline
Plan deliveries and transport (own transport & external)
Manage driver resource (own & agency temporary staff)
Manage all compliance, vehicle/driver, H&S, investigations, disciplinary
Manage transport budget & financial planning
Manage Irish & International (Europe, Middle East, Australia) deliveries with all relevant documentation
Achievements
Replace warehouse pick paperwork and introduce new labelling system (minimising pick/despatch errors)
Reducing transport costs (improve planning process, reduce external haulier usage)
Improve daily customer order lines from 250 to 500
Reduce transport costs from 9% to 5% of order value
Improve (on time in full) delivery performance from 80% to 95% of order lines.
Created new geographical customer ‘milk run’ (post code matrix)
Oversee FORS and achieve Bronze & Silver Audits
Managed business (Apollo Park site) growth from £8m p/a to £25m p/a

JULY-08- 18-11-11
Transport Manager
Kuehne & Nagel ltd head office Milton Keynes
Managing Transport & warehouse on 2 contracts (Hovis & Alliance Medical) for large European logistics supplier covering nationwide supply (3PL). Responsibility of multi site functions with over 200 staff (office, drivers and warehouse). Premiere Food (Hovis) multi drop daily over 350 stores. Alliance medical (Technical) specialist scanners to medical centres/hospitals.
Key Duties
Ensure all compliance issue are adhered to
Ensure Management of EU, Domestic and WTD hours conducted at all satellite depots
Conduct, manage oversee all accident, investigations and disciplinary
Manage Transport Budget (vehicle, resources, H&S, maintenance etc)
Set Maintenance supplier KPIs
Service level agreements are maintained
Staff Management (staff acquisition through temporary and employed) drivers & office
Resource Management- ensuring correct and sufficient logistics resource availability
Liaise daily with customers
Manage deliveries inbound/outbound/returns
Achievements
Improved National fleet Audit Compliance score (up from 76% to 92 %)
Reduced damage through training programme introductions, investigations etc
Reduced costs fuel, vehicle repairs, through driver Training etc.
Created new Transport Engineering Manual for Multi site use.
Improved relationship with Customer
On time delivery improved (National league table from 20th to 1st within 6 months) Hovis contract national deliveries 350 daily

DECEMBER 2005-07/2008
Regional Transport Manager (Midlands’s area)
Balfour Beatty, (Derby, Sheffield head office)
Responsible for providing an efficient link in the supply chain between internal and external workshops with head office within the Transport department for the utilities industry, this incorporated fleet size of 350 vehicles (over 300 staff) comprising 50 HGV, 200 vans, 50 cars and 50 trailers (road plant) for the utilities Industry. Also, managed the Waste Management Programme for disposal. Managed Vehicle out bases (8) at various location throughout Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire (all compliance.
Key Duties
Ensure efficient running of all vehicles
Ensure complete compliance with VOSA, in conjunction with company policies
Ensure all HGV drivers records, defect reports are collated
Ensure all assets are maintained in line with legislation and manufacturers requirements and agreed service intervals
Ensure all Logistics depots are supplied with the appropriate plant transport and stock and resource requirements
Manage key accounts (internal and external} and commodities as required
Maintenance of database to ensure all vehicles details are correct
Liaise with supervisors, line managers etc with regard to vehicle specifications and quality and ensure continual Evaluation
Achievements
Reduced vehicle prohibitions (OCRS from Red to Green)
Involved with and helped design new database for vehicles to generate dates of service, RFL, Tacho calibration, MOT
Reduced fuel and oil costs
Managed driver training programme to ensure competence, awareness and create professionalism, which reduced damage
Planned and implemented merger of 2 sister companies covering TUPE, vehicle logo, PPE etc.

FEB 2003-DECEMBER/2005
Group Transport Manager
Hartwell plc, West Bromwich
Responsible for the strategic hands on operational management and delivery of automotive parts throughout the group nationally. Encompassing warehouse, transport and administration staff and also working alongside Parts Managers. Management of 25 HGV drivers along with 100 warehouse staff throughout group (including supervisors).
Key Duties
Maintaining operator’s license
Ensuring fleet of vehicles acquire regular maintenance, service history, covering legislative requirements.
Relationship development with third-party suppliers, driver’s agencies ensuring accurate, on-time deliveries
Supervising the safe and efficient receipt, storage, collation and dispatch of orders
Organising and developing stock requisition and allocation processes and practices
Computerised stock management – including audit and quality control
Logistics planning, co-coordinating deliveries to ensure optimum availability in line with service agreements
Inter-depot liaison, ensuring harmony across all operational practices and procedures
Recruiting, motivating and ensuring personal skills match requirements
Setting key performance indicators and improvement actions
Planning and prioritising resources, staffing levels and diversion if vehicles to optimise deliverance
Leading team briefings, providing feedback and encouraging a joint approach to continuous improvement
Design and delivery of individual and group training sessions
Appraisals linked to objective setting, training needs analysis and career planning
Ensuring staff compliance with health, safety and security policies
Achievements
Reduced vehicle loading limes
Designed and implemented new loading area to optimise efficiency
Implemented rigorous quality controls, reducing the level of returns and improving customer satisfaction
Increase of parts deliverance of 20%
Introduced security tag system to increase security
Training and encouraging leadership improved morale, performance and retention and reduced absenteeism

2001-2003
Logistics Manager
Two Sisters Food Group, Smethwick
Key Duties
Planning, scheduling of production and transport of 2 Warehouse sites to guarantee deliverance to Superstores (Tesco. M&S, Lidl etc) nationwide. Running efficiently avoiding fines for not meeting KPIS, I was responsible for 2 warehouse managers, 4 shift supervisors and up to100 (seasonal) production operatives and our own fleet of vehicles and third party haulers.
Achievements
Meeting KPI s set by Tesco
Introduced of RDF system to monitor bar coding on (M&S) 20000-tray control
Spreadsheets, reports implemented to ensure development, cost efficiency and pallet reconciliation
Introduced new delivery schedules and redefined delivery boundaries, improving reliability reduced cost

1995-2001
Warehouse & Despatch Supervisor
William King ltd, West Bromwich
Supervising computerized warehouse, loading and off loading schedule preparation. Pick and pack operation using a bar coded, RDF, FIFO. Redeveloped warehouse design to improve functionality. Supervision of 15 warehouse & dispatch operatives in aspects of training, H&S and customer requirements. Loading/Offloading if vehicles using various MHE (FLT/Overhead Crane etc)

1990-1995
Stock Controller
Stamping Alliance. Birmingham
Producing and monitoring production figures for transport and piecework payments. I recorded stock counts recorded daily and replenished to maintain operations.

1981 -1991
Electro-Plater
Ionic Plating Co Ltd
Plating of metal products Zinc, chrome and making up of chemicals for effluent disposal.

1977 -1981
Seaman
Merchant Navy
Seafaring duties completing all training to a very high standard and operated both in the UK and overseas

FURTHER EDUCATION & TRAINING

2014 IOSH WITH SAS & EDGETECH 2016

17-Nov-10
SETTING STANDARDS & COUNSELLING

26-Jan-11
MANAGING COMPLAINTS

15-Mar-11
POLICIES & PROCEDURES

04-May-11
MANAGING DISCIPLINE

2007 (September)
Diploma in Road Transport Management (part 2)
FTA/CMI

2007 (June)
Diploma in Road Transport Management (part 1)
FTA

2007
Driver assessment course
TEMCO

2006
Train the trainer Digital tachograph
FTA

2003-2004
Certificate of Professional Competence
Oxford, Cambridge & RSA

2001-2002
H&S
South Birmingham College

2000-2001
Supervisory Management Level 3
Institute of Management

1999-2000
Warehouse &Distribution Level 2
City & Guilds

FLT License
1990/1995

Overhead Crane
1995

IT Skills
MS Office: Word, Excel, Email and the Internet

Organizations
MiM (member Institute of Management)

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of birth:
17 July1961

Driving license
Full, clean UK

Hobbies and Interests
Family activities, quizzes and football & Keep fit, socialising with friends

References

Available upon request