Global Operations Director
Providing global 'Operations Leadership' for Magstim, EGI, Neurosign & Technomed
Jul 2020 - Mar 2022
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Chris Ditton Email & Phone Number
Happily retired!
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@olympus-oste.eu
2 phones found area 494
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Happily retired!
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Greater Swansea Area, United Kingdom
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Chris Ditton is listed as Happily retired! based in Greater Swansea Area, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at olympus-oste.eu, phone signal with area code 494, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Chris Ditton.
Chris Ditton previously worked as Global Operations Director at The Magstim Company Ltd and Plant Manager at The Magstim Company Ltd. Chris Ditton holds Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Distinction from University Of Warwick - Warwick Business School.
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About Chris Ditton
I am an experienced, MBA educated General Manager with over 20 years of senior management experience across a number of blue chip organisations. I have expertise in Change Management with successful working partnerships with key stakeholders up to Board level, and a proven track record of developing and delivering complex cross-business unit, cross-functional change/improvement programmes.I have held a series of senior positions in operations, engineering and procurement and have a strong track record of delivering required results and ensuring that internal issues are addressed and resolved.
Listed skills include Change Management, Strategy, Inventory Management, Management, and 20 others.
9 roles
Chris Ditton work experience
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Plant Manager
Working with a really talented leadership team to deliver World Class operations
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
Director Of Operations
Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe
Responsible for all aspects of Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain Management at OSTE UK.
Nov 2014 - Feb 2020
Principal
Chris Ditton Consulting (Cdc)
Having worked in business for over 30 years, I founded CDC and have been providing business consulting services to UK divisions of a number of high profile FTSE/Nikkei clients. This has included providing business/supply chain/inventory management problem solving and insights directly to business directors, and by working as an Associate Consultant, leading a project for Total Logistics, one of the UK's leading specialist supply chain consultancies.
Aug 2014 - Nov 2014
Programme Manager - Transformation
Responsible for leading a change programme involving over 30 sites across Europe. The change is in the area of ordering, managing, storing, identifying and sharing engineering and production spares for the operational businesses. The magnitude is over 1m SKUs and hundreds of £m of inventory Other aspects include - Inventory management IT strategic direction - Shared service centre for master data management - MRO goods / VMI strategy - Running tactical improvement programmes - Strategic policy making
Jun 2012 - Jul 2014
Manager - Engineering Procurement
Developed and implemented strategies associated with extracting value from engineering goods and services contracts. Also developed and implemented a best-in-class approach to contractor management and governance
Nov 2009 - Jun 2012
Works Manager - Engineering Services
General engineering management in heavy industry, including: - SAP PM programme lead for TSE's major South Wales plants - Increasing engineering workshops turnover by over 40% and eliminating a 17% P&L deficit - Developing the in-house Technology Group into a well respected and highly sought after skill base for leading a range of technical aspects of Competent Authority assessments as well as taking the lead with business critical reliability initiatives
Mar 2006 - Nov 2009
Head Of Operations
Running the mills operations for Outokumpu Stainless in Shepcote Lane. Business transformation and change management, delivering: - Ultra short lead time (make to order) mill products on 99%+ delivery performance - TPM into the main product finishing facility where industrial relations had been exceptionally challenging, and saw productivity gains and improved working relationships. - Defect rates reduction of 50% (by value) by introducing quality improvement teams - Conversion cost reduction of 9% within 2 years.
Jan 2004 - Mar 2006
Plant Manager
Business management, change management and business transformation, delivering: - Benchmark safety performance through cultural change - zero to 25% of new product throughput within 2 years - highest quality supplier rating in all key accounts
Nov 2001 - Nov 2003
2 education records
Chris Ditton education
Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Distinction
Mechanical Engineering, 2:1
University Of Nottingham
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Chris Ditton is listed as Happily retired!.
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Chris Ditton is based in Greater Swansea Area, United Kingdom.
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Chris Ditton has worked for The Magstim Company Ltd, Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe, Chris Ditton Consulting (Cdc), Tata Steel, and Tata Steel Europe.
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Chris Ditton holds Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Distinction from University Of Warwick - Warwick Business School.
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Chris Ditton is listed with skills including Change Management, Strategy, Inventory Management, Management, Process Engineering, Engineering, Project Management, and Engineering Management.
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