Kartik Shah

Strategic Implementation by Managing Project is the Logistics Environment Evaluating and designing strategic logistics and supply chain projects globally Self-employed independent project consultant, recommending business & supply chain management strategies and implementing solutions Clients: American/Sola Optical, Avery Dennison, Bausch & Lomb, Dell Ireland, Energizer Batteries, Hilco, Johnson Matthey, ModusLink, Optica Clulow, OZ Flower Exports, Pencarrie, Polaroid Films, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Waterford Wedgewood, Wella Key projects: • Set-up a central distribution & repacking centre with an AutoStore in Beijing for the China market reducing the logistics costs by 12% and improved the service to 97% from 91% • Consolidated 7 warehouses into one 3PL facility with 30,000 pallet locations in the UK • Project-managed a 20,000-pallet pharmaceutical warehouse facility with one 3PL in Poland • Global logistics network analysis resulted in consolidation of warehouse which reduced the warehouse & distribution costs by 8% • Designed and provided a turn-key fine picking automated warehouse capable of fulfilling 30,000 orders per day in Amsterdam reducing the labour cost by 40% with a payback of 2.1 years

Managing the entire supply chain & customer order cycle for the UK market, sourcing from intercompany plants through to delivery to customers. Lead several pan European projects.

Developed and implemented the Marketing, Financial, Production and Distribution Strategies for their newly acquired Plastic Blow Moulding subsidiary in Wales. Responsibilities included the overall management of the operations and performance.

Managed the confectionery wholesale opertaions serving Greater London specalising in Mars products