Being part of a dynamic team is something I enjoy the most about this role, everyone is there for the same goal, to be efficient, find savings wherever possible and having goals that work towards being a more sustainable and environmentally friendly supply chain. I have not worked for a company before that really puts net zero at the top of the agenda, it's something I'm really passionate about so to know that my role can help towards that is really exciting. Through my whole time at Kingfisher working in supply chain has always had the ambition to be sleek and efficient, not just for Kingfisher or the suppliers we work with but making sure our end customers can get what they want, when they want it and how they want it whether it be click and collect, picking up in store or home delivery. Ensuring that our supply chain is maximised to meet those goals and working together to find solutions where we feel it can be improved. Kingfisher listens to its colleagues, and you have a lot of free reign to take and idea and push it forward.

I joined a role as a Supply chain planner for a large cruise company, prior to me joining there was no supply chain role per say it was more an order management function, my manager who had also been brought in to set the team up were quite surprised that such a large organisation did not have basic S&OP processes or software abilities to forecast for the many products that we needed to source. As an interim measure to provide our suppliers with a forward forecast I designed using excel a forecast process that would enable to give them visibility in line with their lead times as some products were on a much longer lead time of 4-6mths. By providing a solid base for them to work too, which we would review on a monthly basis, enabled our accuracy to hit as high as 90%. This was a process that when completed I felt really proud of and saw it become a great tool for the supply chain team while the company looked to install a software.