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Josephine Harrington

Josephine Harrington

Transport Manager
Prague

Summary

I am an enthusiastic and driven manager and project lead across a variety of FMCG manufacturing environments, including brewing, ambient products and meat, with a small break in the middle to raise my son. Motivated, resilient and ambitious, I am now in the field of logistics, supply chain and project management at AB-inBev, to strengthen my cross functional knowledge of FMCG to ensure I am always ready for the next challenge.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Transport and Administration Supervisor

Anheuser-Busch InBev
Prague
01.2022 - Current
  • Managing and driving results in 4 country transport and administration scope in a team of 20
  • Results: TMS 34% increase on touchless planning
  • YOY Turnover YTD reduction by 34% achieved by having 90% in manager effectiveness
  • 55% reduction of rejections full markets 2022 vs 2021 as a result of our strategic reallocation
  • FR - Service level- Transport at 0.2% in 2023 (YTD) VS 1.54% in 2022
  • Penalties received from customer went from 8.57M€ in 2021 to 4.75M€ in 2022 to 0.56M€ in 2023 (YTD) due to improvement in transport execution
  • BE - Reduction of service level by 15% 2021 vs Y2D 2023, cost avoidance of 800k in cancellations due to process change
  • NL - SL under 0.02% (target 0.5%) 2023 Y2D

Digital Transformation Project Manager

Anheuser-Busch InBev
Prague
07.2019 - 11.2020
  • While PM I was project lead and functional business analyst
  • The project's aim was to implement a touchless order to delivery system across the European inventory deployment network by 2022, by implementing a new tool in APO for automated stock movements
  • I managed the workload and budget of external expert consultants with a circ
  • Budget of €800k per annum with project savings projected at €1.2 million per annum
  • Alongside this project, I found savings within the demand planning and supply network planning scope
  • By providing a focused analysis on the transport vs production costs of each SKU across the network and implementing the suggested changes
  • The ‘CONA’ projected over 2million euro saving per annum.

Material Scheduling Expert

Anheuser-Busch InBev
Prague
08.2018 - 07.2019
  • I was responsible for scheduling, forecasting and ordering raw and auxiliary materials for Leuven
  • ABI’s largest brewery in Europe and the famous home of Stella Artios
  • Key targets were the maintenance of Core Working Capital of >3%
  • Also, through utilizing the robotics pipeline and my knowledge of key systems SAP - ERP/APO, Sigma and AS Info, I was able to automate my process stream by 30%.

Team Manager / FLM

Morrisons
09.2016 - 11.2018

Graduate training scheme across the business with my final role managing the health, safety and wellbeing of my team of 40 in goods in and washing.

Achievements:

  • Leading the project to optimise yield; 17tn/week reduction in waste
  • The introduction of washing efficiency trackers; to set a new washing record of over 240 tonnes of potatoes in 12 hours
  • I was ranked 90%+ in the engagement review from my team, the highest performing team manager on site
  • The implementation of DRM, which drove KPIs across the department; 6% OEE improvement, training compliance, 11% yield improvement and a 0.8p reduction in cost/pack
  • Flowerworld: Warehouse nights Team Manager over Mothers Day and Valentine's Day
  • Team Manager, Deeside (RTE meats): Here, I led a team of 40 in a high risk food safety environment

Education

Hons (BA) - Geography

University of Manchester
09.2013 - 05.2016

High School -

Cockermouth School And Sixth Form
09.2010 - 05.2012

Skills

Resilience

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Accomplishments

  • Food Safety Level 3 (Distinction)
  • Health and Safety for Managers Level 2 (Inc
  • Listeria Awareness) -ERP/SAP/APO systems
  • People Practices for Managers Training (disciplinary grievance, time and attendance)
  • Lean Manufacturing (Green Belt)
  • Project Management: NOM compliance and Agile project management

Timeline

Transport and Administration Supervisor

Anheuser-Busch InBev
01.2022 - Current

Digital Transformation Project Manager

Anheuser-Busch InBev
07.2019 - 11.2020

Material Scheduling Expert

Anheuser-Busch InBev
08.2018 - 07.2019

Team Manager / FLM

Morrisons
09.2016 - 11.2018

Hons (BA) - Geography

University of Manchester
09.2013 - 05.2016

High School -

Cockermouth School And Sixth Form
09.2010 - 05.2012
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