Advanced Supply Chain (ASC), part of Reconomy, have appointed Jonathan Heap as a Senior Business Development Manager, we continue to expand our service offering to mid-to-large sized retailers.
Jonathan joins ASC from Wincanton and brings over 25 years’ of logistics experience working across a range of operational, customer service and satisfaction, and business development focused roles. He’s previously worked with DHL, Argos, Starbucks and Asda.
In his new role, Jonathan will be responsible for connecting retailers and consumer brands with ASC’s value-added services, reverse logistics solutions and sustainability expertise. This includes the company’s innovative Retail Ready service, which streamlines pre-retail logistics to get goods to market quicker, while reducing waste and carbon emissions.
Commenting on his appointment, Jonathan said: “There’s a growing trend of retailers prioritising added value throughout their supply chains. How this is achieved varies, but is united by an ambition to create a competitive edge, whether that’s improving packaging sustainability, making customer returns quicker or standardising pre-retail logistics to cut bottlenecks and transportation mileage.
“ASC has solutions that meet retailer demand for smarter, more productive supply chains, and is supported by the extensive capabilities of Reconomy. Together, they are at the fore of the biggest opportunities and challenges impacting retail logistics, such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) or changing trade tariffs, which made for very compelling reasons to join the business.”
Jonathan’s appointment follows other recent hires at ASC, including Karen Gibson , who joined as a Key Account Director, and Key Account Manager, Jacqui Reed.
Andrew Hill, Commercial Director at ASC, concluded: “We’ve spent recent months evolving our services to make retail supply chains leaner, quicker and more sustainable. Jonathan’s experience and insight will help showcase these benefits to a wider audience of retailers and consumer brands that are keen to remain competitive, relevant and compliant in fast-changing markets.”
ASC is part of Reconomy’s Re-use loop, which specialises in end-to-end, omnichannel returns management and logistics solutions, and includes sister organisation ReBound Returns.
