CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

Significant experience in productivity improvement, change management and people development, principally in high volume FMCG and including:

Food and Drink, Packaging, Toiletries, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Distribution, Retail, Professional Bodies, Furniture, Ministry of Defence, Automotive, Steel and Concrete.

Key Skills and Attributes:

· Leading, developing and coaching people
· Continuously improving productivity
· Implementing modern manufacturing techniques
· Working within budgets, reducing cost
· Managing demanding schedule changes
· Versatile; sound analytical and technical ability

Specialises in people and performance, cost reduction and the management of change.

Primary Strengths:

· An effective communicator and well-equipped to get things done through others.
· Democratic and caring - comfortable in team situations
· Well-planned and organised approach yet can also be decisive and quick to act
· Keen to challenge different points of view
· Competitive and determined to do well

Management Consultant / Interim Management 2000 onwards
Specialising in people development, performance improvement and change management
• Cosmetics: Shift Manager (interim, 6 mths) transformed shift from worst to best performer on cost effy.
• Healthcare: Turnaround project; improved recoveries best performance in >4yrs
• Drinks - Achieved 26% increase in OEE through improved planning and line management (Fruit Juice)
- Developed Competency Framework for Engineering Dept for skills, ability and training needs
- Effective Shift Management (8 months interim) premium-brand, alcoholic beverages
• Dairy: Re-established improvement programmes for two dairies, coaching and developing Prod Mgmt
• Biscuits: General Manager; responsible for all activities on site, 145 people (3 month interim role)
• Cereals: Increased OEE by additional 10% through improved shift management, tools & techniques
• Chilled Foods: - Coaching and development of Shift Managers for Improvement Programme (Quiches)
- Highlighted areas for OEE improvement (Pizzas)
• Steel: Facilitated numerous improvement projects and initiatives, savings in one area >£300k p.a.
• Defence: Reviewed and proposed strategy for H & S across all UK Scientific and Technical MOD Sites
• Automotive: Delivered team leader development programme initiating an improvement culture
• Distribution: Facilitated projects and developed planning and control systems to improve performance
• Furniture, Professional Bodies, Publishing Services – “Lean” Techniques, Development & Improvement

Qualifications:

Undertaking final year of MBA (University of Warwick)

Bsc in Applied Chemistry

Interests:

Long distance (marathon) running, football coaching, badminton, music and song-writing.