Andrew Gardener
Transport Manager – ALM – Associated Lead Mills Limited
Broxbourne
look@andyg.me
07702 576950

A flexible and conscientious team member with experience of providing admin, training and web support within a various industries. Considered to be a self motivated and enthusiastic individual who enjoys completing projects regarding Continuous Improvements, Health & Safety and training. Dedicated to maintaining high quality standards and meeting deadlines.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Transport Manager
ALM – Associated Lead Mills Limited
March 2018 to Present
Job Purpose:
To ensure cost effective and efficient routing in line with the company objectives, ensuring a first class service to Logistics customers, while maintaining procedures in line with the legal frame work of transport legislation.
• Responsible for 7 HGV drivers and 2 Van drivers
• Reporting and dealing in incidents, accidents and dangerous occurrences.
• Highly customer focused with a can-do attitude to resolving issues
• Ensure that legal, quality and health and safety policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Ensuring Personal Performance Reviews are carried out.

Assistant Shift Manager
BFS Group – Bidvest Logistics
March 2012 to February 2018
Job Purpose:
To ensure cost effective and efficient routing in line with the company objectives, ensuring a first class service to Logistics customers, while maintaining procedures in line with the legal frame work of transport legislation.
• Responsible for 115+ HGV drivers and drivers on any one shift
• Responsible for Drivers, Mates, Trunk drivers, Yard controllers, vehicle wash operatives, driver trainers, administrators.
• Reporting and dealing in incidents, accidents and dangerous occurrences.
• Highly customer focused with a can-do attitude to resolving issues
• Ensure that legal, quality and health and safety policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Ensuring legal and company compliance within the business ie: Vosa and food safety
• Capturing and reporting performance reports
• Ensuring Personal Performance Reviews are carried out.

Night Supervisor
Reynolds
2010 to January 2012
• Direct line supervisor of the Control Room shift operatives
• Maintenance of daily shift rotas to ensure full task cover
• Auditable control of all office administration
• Daily monitoring of critical timings for pick and load schedule progression
• Highlighting operational progress bottlenecks daily to shift managers
• Controlled release of system generated Customer order pick lists in line with a pre-defined route and logistics deployment plan
• Carrying out a system based NA (Not Available) and Substitution process

Driver of HGV – Mobile Advisor on disability
Hertfordshire Action on Disability
2009 to February 2010

GSK Administrator
GSK
2008 to January 2009
Providing administrative duties maintaining on-site records storage service for hard copy batch records, to required GMP (Good Documentation Practice), company and regulatory standards.
• Receipt and booking-in of batch records in preparation for storage, scanning of documents with PC operated high speed scanner for archiving.
• Ensure all records are secure within an environmentally controlled facility and available for examination or audit by authorized users.
• Arrange collection and processing of less important documents for storage with Magnum Services, an outsourced secured documentation facility.
• Deal with requests for archive boxes and labels from across site for non-batch related archiving.
• Sending out of monthly reports relating to batch documents taken from storage but not yet returned.
• Assist in the update of Batch dossier SOP’s (Stand Operating Procedures) to ensure that they reflect current practice at all times.
• Monitor and report Environment, Health & Safety issues in the Batch Dossier and general areas.
• Ensure documents are retained for exactly the right time and then confidentially destroyed complying at all times to the Records Retention Policy.

SAP Coordinator
GSK – Ware
1997 to January 2009

Warehouse – Team Member/Site Representative
GSK – Ware
2005 to 2007
Part of a logistics team that ensured accurate control of supplies, materials and components necessary for the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.
• As Site Safety Representative/ Health & Safety team member managed issues and involved in performing site H&S risk assessments.
• Represented the department as Energy Champion, consistently looking at ways of reducing costs by improving staff awareness and auditing.
• Operated a Counterbalance and Reach Truck within palletised environments using a touch screen computer location system.

Tablet Technology Cell – SAP Co-Ordinator
GSK – Ware
2000 to 2005
Following the site introduction of SAP was responsible for assisting in the introduction of SAP into the department.
• Provided data and IT support to allow Technologists to retrieve information.
• Approved, authorized and distribute packing drawing specifications.
• Wrote operating procedures and instructions to meet batch product needs.
• Actively involved in implementation of continuous improvement projects.
• “Live Link” Trainer and Department Champion for training staff on using a confidential and authorized server system.
• Completed the publication and maintained Technology Cell Web Site for the Intranet.
• Maintained and created Pack masters, families and process instructions
• Effectively dealt and handled all incoming data enquiries.

Packaging Operator – Tablet Packaging
GSK – Ware
1997 to 2000
Recruited as a team member responsible for the accurate packaging of pharmaceutical products with varying specifications.
• Additional responsibility as an Online Trainer and NVQ Assessor to ensure operatives were familiarized with the machinery
• Back up Line Leader assisting in the daily organisation and supervision of the cell.
• Active involvement in continuous improvement within Tablet packaging.
Previously employed in various trades including sign erecting, courier, bus driving, and lorry driving.

SKILLS

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, SAP, ACCESS, CAPE, EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

KEY SKILLS

• An effective communicator at all levels, proven written and spoken skills
• An excellent knowledge and practical use of Microsoft Office & bespoke software:
• (FrontPage, Visual Basic, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Visio, SAP, Cape, Lawson M3 ERP, Microlise, Optac).
• Works independently and as part of a team with the ability to train and manage others to meet performance and quality target.
• Well organised with a keen eye for detail, good analytical and problem-solving skills, having contributed to various continuous improvement projects.
• Safe and considerate driver and operator of various vehicles (PSV, HGV & FLT) and computer controlled process equipment and machinery.
• Encouraging relationships with internal and external customers.

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Transport Manager Compliance Course (2017)
• Transport Manager CPC Level 3 – FTA
• C&G Facilitate Individual Learning through Coaching
• C&G C25 & D33 – NVQ Assessors Award
• Incident, Claims and Fraud investigation Training – (Not yet qualified)
Includes reading of body language. Workplace and vehicle incidents.
• Creation and Maintenance of Staff Records
• Website Design (Front Page), Visual Basic, Excel Advanced, Visio, Access, SAP,
• Full clean driving licences (Car / Heavy Goods Class 2 & Public service vehicles)
• Intensive short course by The Centre for Professional Advancement – Packaging of Pharmaceuticals.
• GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)
• Health & Safety Inc. COSHH and IOSH
• Manual Handling
• Fork Lift Truck
• PSV Licence – Busses
• Class 2 – Lorry Licence
• HIAB Licence – Hook & Grabber
• Full DCPC

OTHER INFORMATION

I was raised in Australia and came back to England when I was 20yrs old.
Married with 4 grown up children.
Qualified – Official for the ABA of England – Amateur Boxing Judge