
Shawn Marle
Supply Chain Manager
End-to-end supply chains that flow and pay back
Supply chain manager with sixteen years in supply chain and operations, the last seven leading the end-to-end supply chain for a manufacturer in Birmingham. Owns the whole chain — planning, procurement, logistics and inventory — balancing service, cost and resilience across the network. Led a supply-chain transformation that cut inventory and logistics cost while improving on-time delivery. Manages demand and supply planning, procurement and suppliers, logistics and warehousing, and a supply-chain team, and drives continuous improvement. Strong on both the analytical and the leadership sides running a supply chain demands. Calm through disruption and focused on both service and cost. Looking for a supply-chain-manager or head-of-supply-chain role with a company that depends on a strong, resilient supply chain.
Midlands Manufacturing Group - Birmingham, UK
Supply Chain Manager April 2016 to Present 10 years & 4 months
Led a supply-chain transformation that cut the inventory and logistics cost while improving on-time delivery.
Manage all the demand and the supply planning to balance the service, the cost and resilience.
Manage all the procurement, the suppliers, the logistics and warehousing across the whole network.
Lead the whole supply-chain team and drive the continuous improvement right across all the operations.
Stay genuinely calm and re-plan through any disruption to keep the whole supply flowing smoothly.
Birmingham Industrial Group - Birmingham, UK
Supply Chain / Planning Lead August 2005 to March 2016 10 years & 8 months
Delivered the cost, the service and the inventory improvements across the chain.
Progressed from planner up to a supply-chain lead steadily over the years.
Gained the CSCP certification and then moved into a supply-chain-manager role.
Birmingham Industrial Group - Birmingham, UK
Demand & Supply Planner June 2003 to July 2005 2 years & 2 months
Learned the planning, the inventory and the supply chain on the job.
Built up the planning grounding that good supply-chain management is built on.
Then earned the move into a supply-chain and planning-lead role from there.
Aston University, Birmingham
BSc (Hons) Supply Chain & Logistics (September 2002 to June 2005)
APICS / ASCM
APICS CSCP & Lean Certification (January 2011 to September 2011)
Cut cost, better delivery
Resilient through disruption
S&OP Process Implementation
Supply Chain Manager (January 2019 to October 2019)
Supplier Resilience Programme
Supply Chain Manager (February 2020 to September 2020)
APICS CSCP & Lean
APICS / ASCM (September 2011 to Present)
Demand Planning & S&OP
APICS (April 2019 to Present)
- Supply Chain Strategy
- Demand & Supply Planning
- Procurement
- Logistics & Warehousing
- Inventory Optimisation
- Network Design
- Continuous Improvement
- Team Leadership
- Supplier Management
- Cost & Service Balance