Supply Chain Project Manager

Antony Lovell *** Elizabeth Street, Lockport,

LA 70374, USA

E-mail Address: Cell: +1-985-***-**** / +44

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Legal Permanent Resident (green (Willing to relocate)

card) / EU Citizen

Personal Profile

Antony is an internationally recognized expert in supply chain strategy,

network design, inventory management, procurement, and integrated supply

chain planning (S&OP) with his credentials including published articles,

conference presentations, and his status as a Guest Lecturer at the

prestigious Cranfield University School of Management. Antony has

extensive experience in the high tech, medical devices, industrial

products, consumer electronics, CPG, food & beverage, and biotechnology

industries. He has delivered significant bottom-line results as an

internal consultant, independent consultant, project manager, manager, and

executive. He is an entrepreneurial, highly motivated achiever, and an

organized problem-solver who thinks outside the box. As an executive,

Antony has undertaken full P&L responsibility across a Group of Companies

where he managed investments and took initial concepts through business

planning, company inception, and to profitability. Antony is authorized to

work for any employer in the EU and the USA.

Career Highlights

> At Sony, a key team member of five internal experts that defined and

implemented the strategy that successfully reduced inventory by 80%

and supply chain costs by 50% while sales doubled to $1bn+ (90% sales

to inventory ratio reduction).

> Devised and led the strategy to move Sony Broadcast and Professional

Europe from "push" to "pull" demand and inventory planning with

inventory savings of $50m+.

> Project manager and process leader for the implementation of world

class S&OP at Innocent Drinks which enabled sales to triple to $200m.

> Devised and led the strategy to move AB Enzymes and Sony's global

supply chains from "Make to Forecast" models to "Make to Order" and

"Configure to Order" networks with significant savings.

> As the executive of a group of companies, successfully built a team of

25 across four companies that reported annualized gross profits of

$2m+ within 18 months.

> Consistent track record of innovation, strategy definition, securing

executive buy-in, implementation, and project management with

internal, external, and virtual teams.

> Multiple successful IT implementations including SAP and Oracle for

forecasting, planning, S&OP, procurement, and data warehousing.

> Winner of the Director's Prize for Best Student at the Cranfield

University School of Management.

> Six Sigma Black Belt.

Employment Experience

Renaissance Capital Partners, Founding Director and COO Jan '08

- Oct '09

Renaissance Capital Partners Limited (RCP) is a $15m private investment

fund that invests in companies, equities, properties, and FX markets where

they see high ROI and IRR opportunities (www.rcpinvest.com).

As founder and 25% equity partner, assumed full P&L and operational

responsibilities across the group of companies including all financial,

legal, and infrastructure matters. Group company responsibilities included

creating the business plans for new companies, building a management team,

establishing the companies, and assuming an ongoing MD and Chair role at

subsidiaries. Investment responsibilities included identifying potential

investments, making the business case, negotiating deals, and post-

investment supervision.

Key achievements include:

. Established RCP, an UK LLP, 3 LLCs in the USA, and 5 trading

subsidiaries.

. Recruited and managed 6 direct and 20 indirect reports across the

Group of Companies.

. Established and managed all infrastructure, processes, suppliers, and

systems for circa $15m inward cash flow per annum.

. Established Renaissance Incubation Services to provide IT services,

offices, operational support, and financial services to the Group of

Companies.

. Defined the markets and investment strategies for RCP, realizing gains

in excess of $1m from equities and FX transactions while the global

economy was in recession.

. Established Turner Lovell, a global recruitment company that within 18

months had generated annualized revenues of $4m+ and gross profits of

$1m+.

Clearpepper Limited, London. Chief Executive Officer.

May '04 - Dec '07

Clearpepper Limited is a management consultancy specializing in supply

chain strategy, transformation, and optimization. A summary of more recent

key projects that were won and managed (including those undertaken with

Mieloo and Alexander) includes:

Allied Global Supply Chain Redesign

British Food Business Case study to redesign the Global Supply Chain

PLC Network of AB Enzymes, a biotech company producing enzymes

(AB Enzymes) in Finland and distributing them to 5 continents.

Won the project and led an independent consulting team of 5

Germany and a client team of 8 in the global supply chain redesign

project (contract value $300k).

Revenue: Instigated and led the strategy and business case to shift

$150m+ the supply network from a "Make to Forecast" to a "Blend to

Order" model.

Presented strategy and business case to executive

leadership which led to the agreement to implement the new

supply chain model, in combination with the implementation

of an ERP system and new S&OP process.

Arrow Pan-European Supply Network Redesign

Electronics Senior Supply Chain consultant on the project to redesign

the European Distribution Network of Arrow Electronics in

Germany Europe, the world's largest distributor of professional

electronic components.

Revenue: Won the project and led a consulting team of 5 and a client

$1bn+ team of 10 in a Pan-European network redesign project with

a contract value circa $200k.

Responsible for the approach and supply chain modeling

methodology and definition of the solution direction.

The project resulted in the decision to close the warehouse

of Arrow in Frankfurt and service the German and eastern

European markets from the warehouse in Venlo (Netherlands).

Project successfully implemented with annual savings of

circa $2.5m.

Innocent Pan-European S&OP Process Design and Implementation

Drinks Won the project and worked as business process consultant

and project manager for the definition of new and

London, UK groundbreaking pan-European S&OP process at Innocent Drinks

using Oracle Demantra.

Revenue: End to end project management and process leadership from

$200m+ for a new S&OP (supply chain planning) process and systems.

Reporting to the founder and COO, managed an internal core

team of seven, rising to 15 at proof of concept.

Led the team through functional requirements, process

design, vendor selection, detailed process design, data

mapping, and vendor negotiations securing a 90% discount

from list price.

Successfully implemented the first instance of Oracle

Demantra in Europe with real-time world class planning and

S&OP process.

Sony Pan-European Distribution Review

Logistics Recommended warehouses were merged with factories in

Europe Eastern Europe to create a new "super hub" concept for

improved responsiveness.

Netherlands Recommended warehouse consolidation between business

Revenue: groups.

$1bn+ Above recommendations now implemented.

Beiersdorf Pan-European Demand Planning Best Practice Review

(Nivea) Recommended improved promotions and events management in

planning processes.

UK Implemented additional staff training for SAP APO.

Revenue:

$1bn+

Sony Pan-European Inventory Optimization

Electronics Recommended inventory segmentation to reduce buffer stocks.

Europe

UK Recommended increased use of airfreight for new products

(NPD).

River Island UK Distribution Review

UK Redefined the replenishment strategy to support the fact

that 60% of sales occurred at weekends.

Sony Europe, Amsterdam. Manager, Supply Chain. Oct '02

- May '04

Sony Europe manages the operations of all divisions of Sony Electronics in

Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company has five divisions, in

excess of 10,000 SKUs, and manufacturing plants globally. Revenues are

$20bn+.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, headed part of a 50 people multi-

disciplined and pan-European supply chain strategy team to reengineer

supply chain processes for Sony Europe. Key Achievements:

. Led and defined the network and inventory strategy to consolidate 14

warehouses to 3 hubs.

. Designed a pan-European blueprint for Sony to move from "push" to

"pull" supply chain planning.

. Managed a SAP APO Demand Planning implementation in Sony UK.

Sony Broadcast & Prof. Europe, Hampshire & Amsterdam. Various roles.

Sep '97 - Oct '02

Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe manages the operations for the

broadcast and professional products of Sony Electronics in Europe, the

Middle East, and Africa. Revenues are $1bn+.

Reporting to Board Level, one of a team of five experts that defined and

implemented the strategy which reduced inventory by 80% and reduced supply

chain costs by 50% within five years, while sales doubled.

. Created a supply chain segmentation strategy that saw the introduction

of global inventory hubs for higher value products and increased EU

production for lower value products.

. Led the business case for the closure and consolidation of 14 national

warehouses and one European Distribution Centre into a new European

Distribution Centre.

. Acted as Manager in the design of the new European Distribution Centre

in The Netherlands.

. Managed the design and implementation of new Procurement processes,

leading to a 20% reduction in inventory.

. Designed, built, and implemented new demand planning tools for the

Central Procurement function, increasing forecast accuracy by 50%.

Education

Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK Sep '96

- Sep '97

MSc Physical Logistics and Distribution. (Winner of a bursary and

Directors Prize for Best Student)

Company Sponsored Thesis: Creation of a Virtual Supply Chain at Sony.

. Created the business case for the consolidation of two European hubs

and 14 national warehouses into a single hub, leading to cost savings

of 35%.

London Guildhall University, Moorgate, London

Sep '92 - Jul '96

BA (Hons) Business Studies (2:1)

Company Sponsored Thesis: Improving Forecasting Techniques at Hayter

Limited. (Grade: 1st)

St. Mary's Catholic School, Hertfordshire Sep '84

- May '91

A-Level - Business Studies (A), Economics (B), A-S Level Math (D)

GCSEs in 10 subjects, including Math, English, and French. All grade C and

above.

Publications

. Sony's Vision: Sales Up 80%, Inventory Down 80%; Logistics Focus;

2005.

. Managing Complexity through Supply Chain Segmentation; International

Journal of Supply Chain Management; 2005.

. World Class and Transformational S&OP at Innocent Drinks: From

"Organized Chaos" to Tripled Revenues in Two Years; awaiting imminent

publication; 2010.

Personal Interests and Activities

Enjoy travel and different cultures, food from around the world, tennis,

soccer, football, swimming, cycling, and listening to music. I also coach

a local youth soccer team.

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