Very comfortable with multi-company, multi-location inventory, sales and purchase order processing - including document flow, automated tracking, process automation via scanning etc. Good familiarity with data exchange with business partners via EDI and related standards.

Good understanding of related finance requirements, including financial management analysis of various 'what if' distribution models e.g. trade-off in cost of stockholding versus transportation costs.

Comfortable with high-volume systems e.g. millions of line-item sales records per day. Good with technical links from EPOS systems to centralised head-office systems and sophisticated analysis of sales and profitability on multiple criteria - product line, geographical region etc. Comfortable with complex sales, marketing and commission strategies.

Primarily focused on 'value-for-money' in logistics/distribution IT. Fully understand that IT must justify itself in a very competitive and cost-conscious business environment. Happy working at all levels within an organisation to gather business input and ensure business commitment to new systems and methods of operation.

Comfortable with most underlying IT platforms - whether proprietary (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle etc) or open-source (Linux, Java etc.). Good understanding of the cost and relevance of various IT protocols and standards.