Barry Spence

National Planning & Regional Operations Manager @DHL Supply Chain

Crick, GB

Managing a 7 day national centralised transport planning operation for high profile customers such as Next & Homebase - Leading for our Midlands Hub, overseeing the transport department including FLM\'s and driving community- Key individual in various cost savings initiatives the benefit both company and customer- Overseeing the daily plans for over 120 vehicles, ensuring all routes and plans were cost effective before producing, analysing and reporting KPI’s to senior management- Steadily improved UK wide customer leadtime from 21 days to under 5 days - Re-modelled internal trunking network reducing weekly cost by £13k per week- Continuous improvement leading to gainshare opportunities - Created, supported, managed and upskilled a dynamic team, ensuring all staff were beneficial in all areas, thus engaging them with the business, reducing staff turnover and creating close customer relations- Drastically reduced off fleet spend by £5-7k per week - Fulfilled a crucial role in guiding contractual KPI increases to meet customer requirements - Influential in contract wins, system implementations and had extensive involvement in projects to grow the home delivery business