William Kellie
Central Planning Manager – Slicker Recycling
Worcester
w.kellie@talk21.Com
07989738527
Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Work Experience

Central Planning Manager
Slicker Recycling
March 2012 to Present
Nationwide waste oil and dry waste collections company. The company collect waste oil, batteries, oil/air filters, mixed fuel, rags and antifreeze. Role involves:
• Planning fleet of forty-five vehicles (ADR tankers and non-ADR vehicles) on multidrop collection schedules
• Managing drivers ensuring compliance.
• Managing Junior Planner and assistants
• Maintaining a delivery service level of 98-100% of collections on time.
• Organising all servicing and vehicle maintenance.
• Ensuring all KPI’s are achieved.
• Sourcing and adapting vehicle specification to the needs of business.
• Company O License holder for North-West and Scotland traffic areas.
Key achievements:
• Operating and managing nationwide, three independent groups of drivers with specialist vehicles that carry out a number of customer services.
• Selected by Managing Director to run a project mentoring and assisting two MSC students from Warwick Business School.
• Project Manager analyzing the feasibility of applying some of the MSC students conclusions to the Transport Department.
• Integrating the new acquired interceptor business into the Transport Department to ensure it operates efficiently and profitably.
• Assisting in scoping for a new transport planning and fleet management system.

Transport Planner/Manager
Tarmac Building Products
June 2011 to March 2012
Building Material manaufacturer and distributer with nationwide coverage. Role involved:
• Planning schedules for twenty HGV’s, delivering building material to builders merchants and sites nationwide.
• Ensuring that routes are cost effective and efficient.
• Liaison with drivers and customer to co-ordinate delivery issues in a timely and efficient manner.
• Resolving all driver issues from Tarmac fleet and contractors.
• Manage drivers to ensure they operate compliantly.
• Building relationships with a numbert of new sub-contractors to improve nationwide coverage.
Key achievements:
• Project manager investigating feasibility to reducing storage depots for hard building materials, to reduce costs.

Transport Service Coordinator
Aggregate Industries
November 2006 to June 2011
Multi-national building material manufacture and supplier. Role involved:
• Planning daily routes for fifteen class 1 HGV’s
• Negotiating and pricing direct deliveries with customers and sub-contractor where unable to fulfil the order in-house
• Ensuring drivers are compliant
• Planning deliveries of the products to customer sites and depots.
Key achievements:
• Integrating two new block paving factories, Ashington and Burton on Trent into the transport network to ensure that they operate efficiently.
• Assisting in the transfer of in house transport function to TDG, helping to ensure continuity of service to customers.

Transport Planner
Countrywide Energy Ltd
August 2004 to October 2006
A wholly owned subsidiary of Countrywide Farmers PLC, selling LPG, Kerosene and Gasoil to domestic and commercial customers. Role involved:
• Responsibility for all aspects of managing and maintaining a Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) fleet of ten vehicles.
• Arranging deliveries of LPG to domestic and commercial customers with vehicles on multi-drop schedules.
• Optimising the fleet to its maximum potential, whilst maintaining service and delivery commitments.
• Managing ADR drivers.
• Ensuring customer expectations are maintained and exceeded.
• Planning routes using Paragon planning tool.
Key achievements:
• Developing a system of scheduling deliveries to customers based on their annual usage making allowance for seasonal variations in usage. William planned delivery schedules based on usage and geographic location. This helped the company to offer a fit and forget service to manage their supply.
As this is generally for heating and other important services it’s essential that this worked efficiently.

Sales Office Manager
Sprint Refrigeration Ltd
February 2003 to August 2004
Company retailing and supplying all equipment required to furnish a commercial kitchen and bar/restaurant. Role involved:
• Managing and motivating the team to achieve sales targets.
• Responsibility for all aspects of service maintenance.
• Managed the everyday functions within the office and warehouse.
• Planning and coordinating the delivery routes to ensure customer satisfaction and maximum profitability.
• Arranging and maintaining stock levels for company products.
• Purchasing and arranging delivery of capital goods.
• Responsibility for all aspects of the accounting system
Key achievements:
• A large role in a small company, this position helped William to broaden his knowledge and understanding of all aspects of a business.
• Sales exposure to customers in a showroom environment put William in a pressured position of negotiating and discussing customers’ requirements.

Transport/Customer Service Supervisor
Cryoservice Ltd
April 1998 to January 2003
Air products owned business supplying liquid gases to customer in niche markets and for specialist applications. Role involved:
• Route planning Argon and Oxygen fleet nationwide.
• Supervising activities of customer services and credit control team.
• Tasks included customer ordering, technical queries, invoicing, sales and engineering administration, compilation of rota’s and staff training, whilst ensuring health and safety was maintained.
• Assist Manager in projects, staff evaluation, recruitment, helping meet KPI targets and provide holiday cover.

Customer Services Operator
Hays DX
January 1998 to April 1998
Hays DX is a nationwide secure mail network primarily for optical and legal clients. Role involved:
• Answering customer queries in a professional manner.
• Ability to prioritise work and communicate at all levels.
• Working under pressure recording all details whilst talking to and solving the customers’ queries.

Drawing Office Assistant
Midlands Electricity Board
July 1996 to January 1998
• Liaising with engineers and customers to determine specific needs.
• Communicating proficiently with engineers and customers.
• Utilising and developing William’s organisational and marketing skills.
• V.D.U and C.A.D packages extensively used within this role.

Education

B.Sc. in Geography
University College Worcester – Worcester
1993 to 1996

G.C.S.E.’s in English Language, English Literature
Mack worth Tertiary College – Derby
1990 to 1993

Certifications/Licences

International transport managers CPC
2016 to Present
International Transport Manager CPC