The Advanced Approach Sectors News Careers Services Customer Portal Contact us Leadership Team As a result of our commitment to recruiting top talent, at Advanced Supply Chain Group we have a knowledgeable and highly experienced supply chain management team with end-to-end expertise, enabling us to provide a comprehensive and intelligent supply chain management service. Meet the leadership team behind our business. Claire Webb MANAGING DIRECTOR Claire joined ASCG in October 2018, with a career spanning 22 years working in finance and the past 13 years within the retail sector. She joined from Go Outdoors where she held the position of CFO before becoming the company’s managing director in 2017. Prior to this, Claire was CFO at Maplin Electronics. Read more Ben Balfour BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Ben is the Business Operations Director for Advanced Supply Chain and his career in the business has spanned over 25 years. Joining the Company as an operator in 1993 Ben quickly showed initiative in spearheading innovative operational efficiencies that developed significant benefits to our customers. Ben was identified through the Company’s talent management processes and progressed his career through a number of roles to Operations Director. Read more Louise Ayling FINANCE DIRECTOR Louise has over ten years’ experience of finance leadership, predominantly in the retail sector. Read more Scott Barry CUSTOMER OPERATIONS DIRECTOR NORTH An important part of Scotts role as Customer Operations Director North is to find solutions for making supply chains better, faster, cheaper. This is the ‘Advanced Approach’ and means a lot of his time is spent planning ways to build truly integrated supply chains for customers to seamlessly bring together several different sources of supply, routes, locations, trade partners and sales channels. Read more Linda Davison CUSTOMER OPERATIONS DIRECTOR SOUTH Linda’s career began as a supplier to the retail industry across factory production planning, merchandising, and warehousing and distribution. For 15 years, she was Supplier Manager for BHS and the Arcadia Group, and involved with all aspects of the supply chain. She brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and understanding of the requirements and challenges of both supplier and retailer. Read more Caroline Ellis COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR In her role as commercial director, Caroline works with businesseses to address the biggest challenges facing multichannel sales operations – namely minimising margin dilution, optimising stock inventory management and strengthening supply chain resilience. Read more John Howe CLIENT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Having graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Management, John spent 10 years in Asda Logistics. At Asda John led warehouse and transport operations before moving into Logistics Programme Management. He led acquisition projects for the Logistics division and project managed new Distribution Centre start-ups. Read more Steve Lovell IT DIRECTOR Steve has over 20 years’ experience in IT Leadership roles across a number of sectors including mobile, customer communications and retail. He joined Advanced Supply Chain Group from Burberry following on from previous roles as CIO for Communisis and COO for Dialogue Communications. Read more Will Robinson BUSINESS SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR With a long background in software development and systems integration, Will Robinson implements tightly integrated and innovative solutions for customers that match the customer’s needs perfectly. Passionate about systems being easy to use, fast and accurate Will has implemented wholesale changes in how supply chain operations are run, maximising efficiency and visibility. Will works alongside our customers, commercial teams, IT and operations to work from concept to delivery of supply chain changes. Read more Rory Watts INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDING Rory was born and raised in South Africa. After leaving school and completing his National Service he spent 10 years in the South African Fire Service. He moved to the UK in May 2000 and without hesitation took a career opportunity in International Freight Forwarding. Rory has now spent over 15 years in the International Freight Forwarding and his expertise spans all aspects of sea, air and road freight. Read more Our Customers Advanced Supply Chain Group 606 Building, Wharfedale Road, Euroway Trading Estate, Bradford, BD4 6SG, United Kingdom The Advanced Approach Latest Careers Enquiries Vector Company Policy Modern Slavery Statement Gender Pay Gap Report Terms and Conditions Intelligent Supply Chain Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Systems Supply Chain Consultancy Global & Origin Logistics Air Freight Sea Freight International Road Freight Origin Logistics ©2017-2021 advanced supply chain group / privacy & cookies policy By continuing to browse this site, you accept this policy. Accept Read our policy