A highly experienced and dynamic Business Development Management professional with a broad skill-set and extensive expertise within the Glass Manufacturing industry with knowledge of Production, Logistics, Sales and Marketing and Customer Care across the board spanning 25+ years. Integrates effectively with new and established team members with a view to becoming a key, inspirational team member. A collaborative network of individuals within the Glass Manufacturing sector, leveraging this to accomplish business goals and generate viable business opportunitiesSound decision-making and judgement, weighing all relevant factors Operating with a Lean mind-set, continuously analysing processes across manufacturing, logistics and internal operations, identifying and eliminating redundancy, reducing costs and increasing productivity and efficiencyA negotiator, developed mutually beneficial relationships with supply chain professionals, continually looking at costs and service level agreements to ensure a good balance of price, quality and lead times, with an emphasis on ensuring high quality business continuityProviding effective leadership, embedding a culture of coaching, mentoring, learning and development, designing SMART business objectives and KPIs for each team memberIncorporating a site-wide mindfulness of the essential need for a Health and Safety ethos in the workplaceGood knowledge of minimising the impact of a manufacturing operation on the local and wider environment; maintaining strong links with the community and local businessesSolid ability to understand customer vision, interpret requirements and create a cost analysis and quote that provides a viable profit marginRecognising potential obstacles to success, able to design and implement a strategy to overcome problems and prevent disruptions to business