richard wheeler

Business Owner: Supply Chain Consultant / Data Scientist at Vsc Solutions

Bio Summary

I am passionate about supply chain management, I continuously seek to expand both my hard and soft skills to become a well-rounded supply chain professional. Being naturally curious and self-motivated, I enjoy building relationships and networking. I function well in a team format as well as independently while keeping the bigger picture in mind.

Employment History

Business Owner: Supply Chain Consultant / Data Scientist

Vsc Solutions

January 2021 - present

South Africa

Business Process optimization, enterprise application development using open source technologies. Integrate SAP Data objects with opensource applications to expose data. Supply chain consulting (Working capital, inventory op ...see more

Senior Consultant

PwC

June 2020 - November 2021

United Arab Emirates

Senior Consultant

PwC

July 2019 - November 2020

United Arab Emirates

SAP S4 HANA project management @ Ittihad Investments Acting PMO, responsible for project planning and coordination FICO, PP, and MM technical specification and functional specification documentation alongside PwC subject matt ...see more

Continuous Audit And Data Analytics - Supply Chain

Walmart

June 2018 - June 2019

South Africa

Manage BIG DATA requirements for supply chain and internal audit department Develop, implement data flows from source systems to a central SQL data repository Responsible for the SQL server up time and SQL operations required ...see more

Supply Chain Specialist

Walmart

May 2015 - June 2018

South Africa

Continuously look for opportunities to improve the cost to serve through: Inbound/Outbound planning optimization initiatives Capital reduction initiatives Channel selection optimization Distribution process optimization (repl ...see more

Snr Planning Analyst

Barloworld Equipment

September 2014 - April 2015

South Africa

Responsible and managed inventory service levels for Angola, Zambia and Mozambique Continuous improvement inventory planning (SAP APO replenishment and parameters) Provided daily root cause analysis by region for surplus and ...see more

Regional Replenishment And Inventory Planning Manager

Distell

November 2013 - August 2014

South Africa

Managed a team of 4 logistics planners effectively 2 transport planners 2 inventory planners Key account site visits to improve stock availability and queries Analyzed production plans to and alert of possible downstream out ...see more

Distribution Planner

Vsc Solutions

January 2011 - March 2011

South Africa

Routing and Scheduling Responsible for routing and scheduling a fleet of 98 vehicles (Dry, frozen, and perishables) Wave picking management Order management and KPIs Weekly and monthly fleet utilization & turnaround times ...see more

Distribution Planner

Distell

April 2011 - June 2011

South Africa

Replenishment Planner

Distell

August 2011 - October 2013

South Africa

Overseeing the primary transport routing and scheduling plans Managed and optimized stock replenishment between production centers and distributions enters through: Analyzing factory supply plans and depot demand plans Ana ...see more

Selected Project Experience

Project Description:

My main role was to advise and provide business insights based on the data assets available. I am have part of the application development team in PWC as well, developing self service data analytics tools.

Industry: Professional Services

Topic(s): Data Analytics & AI

Education

Bachelor's in Logistics Management

University of Johannesburg

2011

Bachelor's in Logistics Management

University of Johannesburg

2009

Language Skills

English

Skills

Data Analysis

Data Analytics

Information Technology

Data Management,

Data Transformation,

Machine Learning,

Enterprise Architecture

Business

Business Process Management,

Capacity Management & Planning,

Continuous Improvement,

Digitizing Operations,

Operation Management,

Digital Transformation,

Benchmarking & Best Practice,

Project Management

Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics

Cold Chain,

Demand Planning,

Distribution,

Inventory Management,

Logistics,

Supply Chain Optimization