SUPPLY CHAIN SCOTLAND - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Partner and Business Development
Anne is a dynamic, entrepreneurial individual with demonstrated success and expertise in Intellectual Property, deal construction, contract negotiation, leadership, sales growth, identifying opportunities, project management and technical marketing.
She has run her own consultancy company focusing on delivering these services predominantly to the pharma and education sectors.
Anne also founded and took to market a clothing brand, Protected Species, launching disruptive new products in the women's outdoor clothing market - from idea to the high street. Anne led on sales, digital marketing, brand, PR, operations, a successful investment drive and e-commerce for the business.
I'm Daniel Muir, founder of Supply Chain Scotland. With a background in engineering and continuous improvement and over 20 years experience in senior management and supply chain roles in leading manufacturing businesses in Scotland, I've gained knowledge and expertise in all areas of supply chain activity.
This can be broadly broken into the front end activities of forecasting and planning, material supply and production, through customer service and engaging with customers and suppliers to improve communication and processes, to managing warehousing and distribution. As well as running and improving the day to day operations in these areas, I've been involved in and led many projects including:
Product redesign and factory reconfigurations.
Business process reviews and IT system implementations including scheduling software, warehouse management and ERP systems.
Setting up end to end supply chain processes and distribution networks with new and existing customers.
Leading the introduction of IBP (integrated business planning).
Broader business projects including strategic reviews and acquisition integrations.
I've also been a member of the senior leadership team in two leading FMCG businesses, with involvement in managing budgets, strategic projects, corporate strategy and company wide initiatives.
Now, I am passionate about bringing the knowledge and experience I've gained through these activities to help other businesses grow and prosper.
Jamie brings many years of grocery retail and supply chain experience at senior management and Director level in Foodservice, Cash & Carry, Wholesale and Retail channels in Scotland. His early career experience developed B2B sales and stock management skills, before taking control of a delivered wholesale business covering Scotland and Northern England and successfully repositioning the business to supply national and local authority contracts as well as independent businesses, expanding the turnover 5 fold.
In 2000, he moved into retail, taking control of 46 SPAR retail stores, and over the following 16 years grew the estate to 118 stores, during that time working closely with SPAR National and International teams to deliver a number of award winning "stores of the future", designed to meet changing consumer demands and driving innovation in the sector. As well as managing an extensive retail estate, store design, layout, product ranging, merchandising, and stock control have also fallen under his remit.