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Rotimi Jamodu

Rotimi Jamodu

Supply Chain Professional
Ikoyi, Lagos

Summary

Supply Chain professional with 20 years experience in FMCG across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wide range of role experiences that include Procurement, Business Planning / S&OP; Project Management; Operations and Supply Planning. Supportive and proficient in designing supply chains that support business objectives and cost reduction strategies. Talented in managing inventory levels and performing periodic site audits of key suppliers. A people person with strong leadership and effective communication skills, an outgoing personality and a true team player.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Group Head

AA&R Investment Group
Lagos
08.2021 - Current
  • Harmonized and implemented group and subsidiary company processes, policies and procedures relating to purchasing, warehousing, distribution and quality.
  • Developed a strategic supply chain plan for newly commissioned 8 ton per hour rice mill outlining operations and leading its implementation.
  • Built a team of 15 supply chain individuals across the business in various roles including warehousing, procurement and planning
  • Lead negotiator and project coordinator on ongoing multi-million-dollar project to expand mill capacity from 8 to 28 tons per hour. This involved tendering, supplier evaluation, and negotiating the final commercial price and contracts
  • Developed a procurement strategy and established raw material supply network of paddy rice with over $500 million (4,000 Tons) purchased since October 2021
  • Revamped the group procurement policy to increase process efficiency while introducing a focus on risk mitigation and cost control resulting in savings of 13% versus prior year
  • Recommended and established outsourced services for Finance, Facilities Management and HR functions

Senior Procurement Manager

PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC
Lagos
12.2017 - 07.2021
  • Optimized Indirect vendor portfolio of c800 vendors in 2018 to c340 preferred supplier list (PSL) in 2021
  • 57% spend reduction on courier services across the business
  • Negotiated improved operational rates with Fleet Management company resulting in c$60,000 annualized savings
  • Conducted e-auctions across preferred suppliers with a 13% cost reduction on Diesel spend, regularly buying 20% better than the market
  • Modified buying approach for gases used in production resulting in a 33% reduction in annual spend
  • Negotiated reduced marketing agency fees from 12% to 7.5% (for Media 7% to 5%) and improved payment terms from 30 to 45 days on a Marketing spend of $4million

Head, Supply Planning and Logistics

PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC
Lagos
06.2015 - 11.2017
  • Managed a team of five responsible for Inventory Management and Supply Planning of 170 stock keeping units across 15 categories for 3 business units in Ghana and Nigeria
  • Also supply step lead in Business Planning and SAP Data Champion while managing a team of 21 in raw materials warehouse
  • Used SAP (ECC, APO & BI) to analyze and modify materials ordering approach, successfully reducing inventory value by 42% while maintaining 95% casefill service target
  • Embedded Business Planning; increasing focus on use of data driven reports to improve decision-making. This resulted in a reduction of slow and obsolete inventory by 58% over a 6 month period
  • Received award and recognition for contribution during implementation of SAP for PZ Cussons Africa & Singapore

Customer OU Manager

PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC
Lagos
01.2014 - 05.2015
  • As focal point of contact between supply chain and commercial, helped improve forecast accuracy from 48% to 76%
  • Carried out many feasibility studies and recommendations one of which was on carex handgel cost of supply, that supported the approval to produce in Nigeria versus importing from Indonesia
  • Critical, cross-functional interactions throughout the entire business that included Category & Brand, Trade Marketing, Factory Operations, Supply Planning, Distribution and Technical.

Supply Chain Business Partner

PT PZ Cussons
Jakarta
01.2010 - 01.2014
  • Managed and led a team of four handling 1,500 import shipments and 50,000 tons of product exports per year and responsible for managing service requirements to 8 Operating Units across 3 continents
  • Established the role of Supply Chain Business Partner for PZ Cussons globally; creating the job description, responsibilities and ways of working with key stakeholders and functions
  • Led a project that brought about $800,000 reduction in SLOBs inventory in 6 months
  • Led supply planning team during succesful transfer of dishwash production from Australia to Indonesia that resulted in 67% increase in total export volumes in 6 months
  • 20+ NPD projects launched on-time (40+ SKUs across several categories)

PLM SuperUser

PZ Cussons PLC
Manchester
06.2007 - 07.2010

Management Trainee

PZ Cussons PLC
Manchester
01.2003 - 06.2007

Education

MBA -

Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University
Nigeria
08.2019 - 12.2021

Master of Science - Managing Business Excellence

University of Salford
UK
09.2001 - 11.2002

Bachelor of Engineering - Engineering with Business

University of Manchester
UK
09.1999 - 06.2001

Skills

    Problem Solving

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Interests

Movies

Creative Writing

Travel

Timeline

Group Head

AA&R Investment Group
08.2021 - Current

MBA -

Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University
08.2019 - 12.2021

Senior Procurement Manager

PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC
12.2017 - 07.2021

Head, Supply Planning and Logistics

PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC
06.2015 - 11.2017

Customer OU Manager

PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC
01.2014 - 05.2015

Supply Chain Business Partner

PT PZ Cussons
01.2010 - 01.2014

PLM SuperUser

PZ Cussons PLC
06.2007 - 07.2010

Management Trainee

PZ Cussons PLC
01.2003 - 06.2007

Master of Science - Managing Business Excellence

University of Salford
09.2001 - 11.2002

Bachelor of Engineering - Engineering with Business

University of Manchester
09.1999 - 06.2001
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