Anthony Onwodi

An innovative Strategic Operations and Supply Chain Management professional with a background in Engineering and management. Proven expertise in implementing world-class processes, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Adept at project management, Agile Six Sigma, and strategy and operations development. Seeking a challenging role to further personal and career growth.

Experience

                Customer Continuous Improvement Lead                                                               Jun 2023 to Current 

                Essex County Council, Customer Services & Environment and OSPC HUB 

• Spearheaded initiatives to enhance customer service processes, ensuring a seamless experience for Essex County residents.
• Collaborated integrated sustainable and community-centric practices into customer service operations.
• Analyzed customer feedback and service metrics to identify areas of improvement and implement strategic changes.
• Led cross-departmental teams in the design and rollout of customer service training programs, emphasizing environmental awareness and community engagement.
• Established a continuous improvement framework, regularly reviewing and updating customer service protocols to align with county objectives and resident needs.
• Facilitated communication between the customer services department and OSPC HUB, and other county departments to ensure a unified approach to service delivery.
• Key Achievements:
• Successfully commenced and leading a county-wide customer process E2E transformation improvement project that will lead to improvement in overall customer satisfaction within the first year.
• Supporting a team to implement a critical project that will prevent an EDM.
• Introduced data-driven decision-making processes, utilizing advanced analytics to optimize service delivery.

Production and Supply Planning Manager                                                        Jun 2022 to June 2023 

Siemens Healthineers Sudbury, Suffolk - Reason for leaving (Fixed Contract)

• Overseas production planning and Customer services activities
• Implemented world-class processes within the Point of Care business.
• Supported global planning on global inventory holding, including periodic budget, and forecast cycles, strategy definition, shelf life and obsolescence management.
• Communicating proactively with customers, marketing, operations, quality, product management, finance, procurement, and other teams on significant changes in demand or supply ensuring actions are taken to minimize the impact to customers without compromising on quality.
• Highlighting material supply production planning issues bottlenecks propose and drive solutions to maximize product availability.
• Monitoring and driving plant performance in line with business plans and objectives.
• Preparing KPI reports
• Key Achievements:
• Identified issues, analyzed information, and provided solutions to problems.
• Enhanced working relationships by participating in team-building activities.
• Engaged with customers to better understand needs and deliver excellent service.
• Created and maintained PDCA's and KPIs for the department in several areas.
• Created and organized skill Matrix for the department
• Managed inventory health and inventory quality with robust housekeeping, supported with KPI  and PDCA
• Initiated and lead critical projects on Supply Chain optimization.
• Initiated and sponsored continuous improvements and process standardization.

Planning and Inventory Manager                                                                       Jun 2021 to May 2022 

Titon - Haverhill, Suffolk - Reason for leaving (Fixed Contract)

• Overseas production planning and management activities within the organization.
• Develop production plan, budget, and timelines according to production specifications.
• Determine production requirements based on plant capacity and production specifications.
• Plan workflow and schedules for production departments.
• Monitor production status and ensure timely delivery.
• Identify delays and accordingly adjust schedules to meet deadlines.
• Assist in production risk assessment and mitigation activities.
• Evaluate current production processes and recommend improvements.
• Assist in new product development and enhancements.
• Conduct daily meetings to keep track of production schedules.
• Ensure that finished products meet quality standards and customer specifications.
• Determine equipment, materials and workforce required to complete production.
• Resolve production issues and escalate unresolved issues to management promptly.
• Assist in employee hiring, training, performance evaluation, and retention and termination activities.
• Key Achievements:
• Initiated and created SIOP for production planning and sales execution with KPI and PDCA.
• Created and maintained PDCA's and KPIs for the department in several areas including sales.
• Created and organized skill Matrix for the department
• Managed inventory health and inventory quality with robust housekeeping, supported with KPI and PDCA
• Initiated and lead critical projects on Supply Chain optimization.
• Created a process Dead stock review monitoring with KPI and PDCA
• Initiated Continuous improvements and process standardization.
• Designed strategic ways to streamline inventory control procedures and reduce errors.
• Formulated and submitted status reports to upper management to relay progress and developments.
• Collaborated with warehouse employees and staff to align with vision and business goals.

Head of Production Planning & Material Procurement                                      Aug 2020 to Apr 2021 

Rittal-CSM - Plymouth - Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom - Reason for leaving(Fixed Contract)

• Continuous improvement of processes and quality standards
• Customer orientated organization of order processing (with departments along the order process: inside sales, Technical Sales, Design, Quality, Purchasing)
• Keeping the planned budget
• Fulfilling plant management agreed annual targets.
• Observing compliance safety at work and employee laws
• Defining demand for training and qualification
• Ensuring customer requirement for product and process - quality in the department
• Key Achievements:
• Supported the business streamlining and task redistribution during redundancy.
• Created and maintained PDCA's and KPIs for the department.
• Managed ECN process, approval, and execution
• Managed inventory health and inventory quality with robust housekeeping, PDCA, KPIs, and systems maintenance
• Created SIOP process for production planning and sales execution.
• Managed control loop for Kanban and MRP processes
• Managed production planning and material planning escalations
• Optimized team training and staff development.
• Developed excellent working knowledge of industry trends and improvements in processes.

Planning Supervisor                                                                                          Sep 2017 to Aug 2020 

Johnson Matthey - Royston, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - Reason for leaving (Risk of Redundancy)

• Managing a team of 6 employees - 3 Production Planners and 3 Material Planners
• (Overseeing their KPI's, 1:2:1's, annual reviews, holiday approvals, sick leaves, special holiday request, trainings and on the job support)
• Department Lead super user for SAP integration and rollup.
• Supported as a functional lead for SAP integration.
• With training and expert functional input into design and configuration for PTM and PTP
• Oversaw recruitment campaign and successfully recruited top candidates for the positions of Demand planner, Material planner and Production planner.
• Oversaw delivery / execution of the monthly S&OP plan ensuring weekly planning activities align with the monthly plan.
• Monitored and owned performance of weekly planning function through agreed Departmental KPIs
• Covered for the roles production planners, material planner and Demand planner.
• Supervised the planning team to ensure their objectives and tasks & accountabilities are met in a timely and accurate manner.
• Key Achievements:
• Supported the relevant levels of Operations Group meeting schedule, informing, and escalating important concerns to other departments daily.
• Cost savings through reduction of inventory by using lean approach to working capital reduction.
• Ensured valuable information from meetings is fed back to key stakeholders in the team.
• Developed the processes of internal communication with the team, e.g., daily / ad hoc meetings.
• Assisted in SAP integration, with focus on process standardization and improvements.
• Cost savings by increasing working efficiency through creating standardized working methods (SOPs)
• Conducted continuous improvements project charters for elimination of production downtimes.
• Supported SAP implementation globally.
• Delegated production tasks to appropriate operator and assembly teams.
• Partnered with management to prepare for upcoming production activities with adequate staffing and resources.
• Planned and communicated daily manufacturing tasks and targets.
• Coordinated training and mentoring for team members, maintaining skilled and well-performing group.

Senior Planner                                                                                                   Sep 2016 to Jul 2017 

Management, Semiconductor) Bourns - Bedford - United Kingdom - Reason for leaving (Fixed Contract)

• Procurement for Bedford plant and Subcontractor
• Work with IT to develop and improve planning processes.
• Work and liaise with planning team to meet customer demand and Commit date.
• Manage internal and external supply chain process to align CRD and identify shortfall and delinquencies.
• Manage wafer fabrication, semiconductor manufacturing and assembly.
• Generate reports and slides and participate in production meetings.
• Maintained KPI reviews, SRM and Supply chain weekly team meetings.
• Manage Subcontractor assembly site in Asia.
• Worked in Taiwan office training to cover a planner in the region.

Key Achievements:

• Savings in dollars by expediting inventory targets across AT sites through warehouse to customer.
• Supported SAP integration, with focus on process standardization and improvements.
• Cost savings by increasing working efficiency through creating standardized working methods.

                   Supply Chain Management                                                                             May 2015 – June 2016

(European Supply Chain Planning – Ends & Metal Planning) Rexam (Ball Cooperation) Luton - (Fixed Contract)

• Manage metal supply, and suppliers for 22 plants across Europe and Russia. 
• Generate reports and slides and lead supplier reconciliation meetings KPI reviews, SRM and Supply chain weekly team meetings. 
• Create and execute monthly, budget, and strategic metal plans. 
• Provide analytical support for Ends & Metal to the planning team, operations, sales, marketing, and external metal suppliers. 
• Ensuring SIOP adherence, highlighting and escalating accordingly, so that timely actions can be taken to ensure the sector remains on track against the department KPI’s. 
• Key Achievements: 
• Cost savings in Euros by maintaining minimum inventory targets across several plants in Europe. 
• Improved communication between central planning, suppliers, and plants through material reconciliation meetings. 
• Cost savings by increasing working efficiency through creating standardized working methods.
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                   Site Integrated Planner                                                                                     Oct 2013 to May 2015 

Procter and Gamble - Essex, London Kingdom - Reason for leaving (Fixed Contract)

London Plant London

• ERP Systems integration, Site integrated planning and plant operation strategy
• Using Material requirements planning (MRP) for scheduling and inventory control system to manage manufacturing processes.
• SAP-SIP Applications: Master data setup, BOM Auditing, BOM Accuracy
• Root cause and Gap analysis / Hit graphs.
• Invoice verification and reviews, Disposal orders / Deadstock analysis.
• Maintaining Site Level execution agreement (SLEA)
• Using Project management processes in planning, organizing, controlling resources, procedures, and protocols to achieve set goals and target.
• Key Achievements:
• Cost savings in pounds through disposal orders & dead stock analysis
• Improved communication between warehouse & planning by designing a better integrated work plan scheduling.

MSc, Industrial Engineering and Management   2008 
Jonkoping university - Jonkoping, Sweden
B.Engr., Mechanical & Production Engineering   2002 
Enugu State University of Science and Technology