Colin Edwards

Background

About Colin Edwards

Project Management • Full project management skills including pre study, cost vs. profit, project proposal, budgeting, execution and monitoring • Introduced an integrated carrier solution, using IT solutions to give staff and customers real time shipping information • Key part of a group operations supplier project that significantly reduced annual costs Budgeting and Commercial Awareness • Responsible for a £3.84m logistics and purchasing budget • A key member of the strategy team identifying, assessing and developing new business opportunities • Establishing and developing cost effective customer initiatives, leading to increased revenue and greater customer retention • Using my commercial awareness skills to always evaluate the bigger picture • Introduced significant warehouse and order processing efficiencies and cost controls Developing Others • Managing an operations team of up to eighteen staff • Recruiting, training and developing new team members • Conducting regular appraisals, team building and continuous improvement programs • Managing and developing key customer relationships, both online and offline. Stock Control • Ensuring that the stock levels of over 1,500 individual items are maintained within the required limits • Making commercial decisions regarding supplier capabilities, potential price breaks and stock value, ensuring that the overall value of stock is managed within the prescribed budget • Maintaining rigorous quality control procedures Stakeholder Management • Creating strong working relationships with key customers, the board, suppliers, and distributors • Negotiating all of the company’s logistics contracts worldwide • Key member of the multinational Group Operations team, establishing IT and logistics solutions in the UK, Sweden, Norway and China. • Auditing all supplier manufacturing processes worldwide