KELECHI GODSON

• Work with the Region Sales Director to create the regional forecast (12-18 months) and global forecasts.
• Work with the Global Sales and Operations team to convert the demand plans into physical orders.
• Define business trends, opportunities and how they impact the demand forecast.
• Develop and manage accurate demand forecasts by collaborating with sales, operations, & AMO teams.
• Analyze market trends and historical data to predict future demand and adjust plans accordingly.
• Align with operations on the Circulating Hours Forecast to ensure timely availability of spares.
• Analyze incoming demand, identifies order exceptions, misalignment with product rationalization strategy and opportunities to utilize existing inventory.
• Plan and schedule order timelines to be consistent with customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs.
• Work with the Product Line/Sales/Service Delivery to prioritize deliver dates as needed (push outs, pull ins).
• Perform various material management analysis such as statistical material consumption and forecasts, aged inventory, aged PO, in-transit material analysis, safety stock, etc.
• Implement inventory stocking strategies & monitor levels of safety stock, global and aging inventory for efficient decision making with regions and manufacturing plants to address accordingly.
• Work with the AMO organization to ensure spare parts and asset demands are captured in the rolling forecast.
• Work to ensure new assets, repaired assets and spares are captured with the Sales & Operations Planning process.
• Assist with product life cycle management for new and obsolete products to ensure they are incorporated into the S&OP process.
• Assist in driving product line make to stock (MTS), make to order (MTO), configure to order (CTO) and engineer to order (ETO) standards are implemented in the S&OP process.
• Develop weekly & monthly reports to executive management on forecast accuracy, inventory levels, and operational efficiency.

KEY ACHIEVEMENT

• Reduction in waiting on parts for spares.
• Improvement in Circulating Hours Forecast Accuracy to 55% in December 2024

• S&OP DP vs SAP Demand (Firm Demand -Fcst & SO).
• S&OP-DP Forecast Accuracy > 60%
  S&OP-DP Forecast alignment with financial plan > 90%.
• Net Inventory - Achieve a net inventory target of $35M and in line in business and market growth needs.
• Work with MPS & PL to drive schedule alignment - Ok to Deliver for firm demand to 85%.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Achieved a 95% of DP forecast is converted to firm Demand (SAP Fcst & SO) for Drill Bits.
• Developed a template & process which aided over 70% Circulating Hours FA for Drilling Services in Angola, making them among top five performers globally in August.
• Achieved 82% DP forecast alignment for Drill Bits.

• Strategic stakeholder and external vendor's negotiation to achieve compliance on needed resources for efficient service delivery and cost management.
• Strategic analysis and implementation in actualizing the right placement matrix for staff to facilitate adequate succession planning.
• Design statistical analysis of depot sales volume and revenue to update regional performance reports, which provided insights to management for timely and efficient decision-making.
• Work closely with Group Head of Logistics to streamline stock daily plan, improve stock allocation across depots and mapped customers' request to align with production capacity thereby reducing TAT and optimizing operation by 80%.
• Revitalized company's visibility and exposure to governance, risks and compliance issues through maintenance of effective access control, process Control and risks Management, Environment, Health and Safety Control, Government Relationships, Taxation's and Local Operative Environment CRS Issues.
• Quarterly review of depot sales performance within stipulated period to determine service cost (Cost to serve) for profit maximization, as well as implementing concise quarterly, midyear and annual budget analysis to reduce forecasted budget costs by 30%.
• Liaise with management in reviewing and developing depot operations budget forecasts on cost and revenue including variance reports using SWOT, PEST models and management plans.
• Devise and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
• Analyzed existing distribution hub networks and systems and designed new ones to improve efficiency.

KEY ACHIEVEMENT

• Designed and executed aerial view control mechanism for plant
• Dispatch of 5431 trucks (Ibese 2330, obj – 3101) to depot within 30 days during SAP downtime project.
• Eliminated silo functionality by liaising with plant, sales, and transport team on ensuring data granularity and stock reconciliation.
• Engagement session alongside Head of Community Affairs to develop staff on E&S and creation of Environmental Management Plan.
• Acting Depot & Logistics Financial Controller

• Plant rotation across key departments but not limited to; Mines, Production, Mechanical, Packing Plant, Sales, Supply Chain and Finance to observe and understand operational processes and value of their contribution to supply chain.
• Monthly depot stock reconciliation Pan Nigeria to mitigate posting errors (SAP and physical stock variance), ascertain stock availability, and execute DCP control measures.
• Executed sustainability of optimal accountability of operations, routine Spot checks and visitation of depots for adherence to regulatory controls, policies and guidelines.
• Modernized and improved operational procedures to increase productivity and profitability while tightly controlling costs.
• Enforced warehouse performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
• Projected expected changes in business operations and made proactive modifications to employee schedules and inventory levels to address needs.
• Modified established policies and procedures to take on temporary leadership positions, motivate employees and facilitate smooth logistics operations.