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gideon hillman Gideon Hillman FCILT FCMI has over 20 years European Supply Chain, Logistics and Materials Handling industry experience, having been employed at a Senior Management Level throughout Europe with both manufacturers and Global 3rd Party Logistics Providers for over 12 years, prior to establishing Gideon Hillman Consulting in 2004.

His areas of expertise and experience are in Logistics Outsourcing and Tender Management, Logistics Network Development, Commercial and Business Development, Operational and Commercial due diligence, Supply Chain Solution Design, Improvement and Implementation throughout Europe for major manufacturers and household brand names in the Automotive, Aerospace, Food Production and Processing, Grocery and Non-Grocery Retail, Home Delivery Networks, Utilities and General Industrial and Manufacturing sectors.

Gideon is frequently asked to write articles for trade publications and provide editorial comment on a range of Logistics and Warehousing topics and has been invited on two occasions to address trade missions by invitation of The Canadian High Commission in London on the subject of Warehousing and Logistics Outsourcing in the UK. He has also been a conference speaker at The IFPWA annual conference (hosted by UKWA) and at the Aid and Trade Conference in Geneva.

Gideon is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Logistics and Transport, a Fellow of The Chartered Management Institute and a Member of The Institute of Consulting; from which he received an industry award in 2011 for his work in Logistics Network Design and outsourcing.



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Latest Articles

  • 14/02/2013   Aligning your transport fleet with business needs

    In a business with its own transport fleet, its transport resources and the infrastructure that supports them need to be periodically reviewed to reflect customer, sales volume and product portfolio changes over time. This is especially true of companies with sustained periods of growth or contraction, or companies undertaking strategic divestments or acquisitions.

  • 29/01/2013   I want it Now !

    Logistics outsourcing expert Gideon Hillman FCILT FCMI explores the benefits of logistics provider’s shared user e-fulfilment facilities to small to medium size internet retail businesses.

  • 15/01/2013   Exceptional results for leading UK Logistics and Supply Chain Consultants

    Logistics and Supply Chain Specialist firm Gideon Hillman Consulting Ltd is pleased to announce that its first 6 month results of the current financial year (June to December 2012) shows a 20% increase in revenue on the previous financial year making it the best year since the business was established in 2004.

  • 02/01/2013   Second Warehouse project for Kent County Council

    Kent County Council set up Commercial Services to provide goods and services for the council's own directorates and for a range of approved public bodies.

  • 07/11/2012   LOGISTICS TENDER NOTIFICATION - EUROPE

    Gategroup (the leading independent global provider of products, services and solutions related to passenger’s on-board experience, to top airlines around the world) is seeking to outsource a logistics requirement for their European supply network.

  • 26/10/2012   Volvo Group Chooses Gideon Hillman Consulting

    Volvo Construction Equipment (a division of Volvo Group UK Ltd) has a warehouse operation in Duxford that supplies parts and equipment directly to end customers nationwide and to regional Customer Support Centres.

  • 12/09/2012   ‘Modular’ Warehouse - Open for Business

    The new Technology Supplies distribution centre (incorporating sales, administration and warehouse functions) was fully operational in the 1st quarter of 2012, after a three year project from initial concept designs, investment planning and business justification to the final designs, build and fit-out, which was supported from start to finish by the warehouse design team from Gideon Hillman Consulting.

  • 23/08/2012   Impressive Results for Leading Supply Chain & Logistics Consultancy

    Gideon Hillman Consulting Ltd is pleased to announce impressive year-end results for the latest financial year (ending June 2012).

  • 19/07/2012   What is at the Heart of the Supply Chain?

    All too often businesses, from SMEs to major corporations, forget the importance of their warehouse operations as a critical part of the supply chain.

  • 04/07/2012   Urgent Logistics Tender Notification

    One of our FMCG clients is looking to outsource their established UK Transport Network for the distribution of products to their customer base which comprises of the UK grocery retail multiples.