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I'm
David Willoughby
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David is a self-motivated supply chain management enthusiast with a master’s degree in supply chain management. He has previous work experience at highly reputable and respected companies, with a core focus on Consumer Goods.
In his role at EY, David has been specialising in the shaping and delivery of complex supply chain transformation programmes.
David has in depth knowledge of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), commercial demand planning as well as supply network planning. He is delivery orientated with an ability to achieve exceptional project performance.
-WORK EXPERIENCE-
EY | Senior Consultant: Supply Chain Transformation
London, United Kingdom
Feb 2022 – Present
Support and co-lead project delivery teams in improving client business performance
- Build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers
- Support bids, proposals, and thought leadership
- Coach and support consultants and client team members
- Perform analyses and report findings and results
- Focus on delivering challenging projects across the entire supply chain Typical projects include supply chain strategy, network redesign, supply chain planning, logistics & distribution, sourcing & procurement
Urban Fresh Foods Ltd (BEAR & Urban Fruit) | Demand Planner
London, United Kingdom
Dec 2020 - Jan 2022
Ownership of the demand planning process for all customers & SKUs.
- Working with sales team to ensure accurate 12 month rolling forecast for all SKUs and markets
- Play a key role in the budgeting process to ensure a robust budget
- Lead monthly forecast meetings with sales teams to ensure WMAPE & BIAS targets are met
- Generate long term forecast to guide future supply chain strategy
- Drive collaborative forecasting process with key customers
AB InBev (The South African Breweries) | Various Roles
Johannesburg, South Africa
Operations Manager: May 2018 - Nov 2020
Support delivery of the commercial plan by managing optimal supply chain management of all BTL marketing materials.
• Effectively manage third party warehouse, logistics partners and print suppliers against contracted service level agreements
• Manage the production schedule that ensures all merchandise materials from all sources, flow on time in full to regional storage locations
• Accountability for the central BTL warehouse and 49 BTL warehouses
• Ensure full value chain from central warehouse to regional storage locations is managed against contract SLA’s & daily, weekly and monthly reporting is in place
• Create transparent reporting and work with procurement to ensure delivery supply chain delivers on commitments
• BTL cost centre management, budgeting and reporting
• Maintain a relevant and appropriate inventory management strategy that eliminates obsolescence, stock write-off and optimises spend
Finished Goods & Containers Planner: Jun 2017 – Apr 2018
Optimally plan and manage the movement of full beer and empty containers between breweries, depots and distributors so as to meet planned / forecast full beer stock holding. Ensure that sufficient empties are deployed at breweries to meet daily production requirements.
• Plan, optimise and control optimum stock levels across the sales depots, breweries and distributor grid as well as exports
• Utilise the business enablers to achieve business objectives
• Generation of a weekly deployment plan to ensure adherence to defined stock standards
• Generation of daily deployment plans within the context of resource constraints
• Ensure container plan execution meets cost and availability targets at breweries
• Custodian of age concession management on behalf of planning
• Daily/weekly communication to the planning team of stock levels, areas of potential stock pressures and resolution
Secondary Distribution Load Planner: Jul 2016 – May 2017
Plan optimal distribution schedules that ensure product is delivered to external customers within specified commercial and service parameters whilst managing load plan expediting activities.
• Set-up and maintenance of inter-related system platforms
• Manage the SAP master-data process, which enables effective planning
• Effective utilisation of planning systems, creating daily secondary optimised distribution load plans
• Scheduling distribution load plans for multiple depots
• Meticulous attention to routing options, effect on costs, and sound decisions taken against these variables
• Compliance with government legislation and liquor norms and standards
• KPI reporting against pre-determined customer, cost and resource performance
• Oversee the day-to-day activity and performance of the load plan expeditor
• Continuous development of subordinates
• Reporting delivered on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to internal customers.
Load Plan Expeditor: Sept 2015 – Jun 2016
Ensure effective on day execution and communication with regards to the depot load plan whilst maintaining customer service and productivity expectations.
• Create minor elements of the load plan which were only available on same day to be planned to ensure effective & customer service orientated
• On-going communication and supervision of depot operations & live-tracking software, for the monitoring of planned implementation
• Responsible to correct/fix variances in plan and take decisions to mitigate any negative impact on customer, depot, resources and costs
• Constant 3rd party contractor communication to ensure full execution
• Monitor depot KPI's daily and deliver insights to internal customers
Babcock | Supply Chain Graduate Management Trainee Program
Johannesburg, South Africa
Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
Exposure to the different supply chain functions: Receiving, Despatch, Picking, Returns and credits, Part sales, Stock counts at various branches, assisting in new branch set up in Matola Mozambique, Pricing, Supply chain analysis and reporting.
Sasol | Junior Project Manager
Johannesburg, South Africa
Jan 2014 – Jul 2014
Ensure effective on day execution and communication with regards to the projects whilst maintaining customer service and productivity expectations.
-EDUCATION-
The University of Pretoria
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Supply Chain Management
Pretoria, South Africa
2016 - 2017
Subjects: Supply Chain Management, Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain, Strategy and Leadership, Research Methodology Dissertation: Last mile delivery challenges: a case study in the South African beverage manufacturing industry
The University of Johannesburg
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Logistics Management
Johannesburg, South Africa
2013
Subjects: Logistics Management, Shipping and Maritime and Regulation, Logistics Decisions Support Systems, Project Management, Research Methodology, Road Freight, Business Resource Planning Systems, Quantitative Management Techniques, Road Transport Costing and Distribution, Shipping and Harbours
The University of Johannesburg
Bachelor of Commerce Logistics Management
Johannesburg, South Africa
2010 - 2012
Major subjects: Logistics Management, Logistics Management Systems, Marketing Management, Transport Economics
-SKILLS-