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England, United Kingdom

Professional Services| Manufacturing| Media & Technology | Aerospace | FMCG | International Trading | Supply Chain | Retail | Private Equity | Information Technology | Pharmaceutical | Medical Technology | Construction | Chemicals | Automotive +. Interim CPO/VP-HR/GHRD roles for businesses across all sectors+. HR Business Process Outsourcing and alignment with digital solutions+. Compelling Employee Value Propositions - marketing for HR! - to find and keep talent at all levels+. Performance - linking goals to people's aims and targets. Motivating the best, developing those with potential and managing the few who need to leave+. Executive Recruitment - top team and key players to re-energise your business+. Executive Coaching and Leadership Development - Getting the best out of you and your talent+. Advising boards on new operating structures and compliance - doing the basics and keeping things ship shape+. Senior Team - Event facilitation and business planning/strategy sessions inc coaching and bumping into the difficult stuff

Uk, Gb

Helping business owners achieve their goals by developing people strategies to transform and grow their businesses at all points in the organisations' life cycle because if you can get the best out of your team, your business will be more profitable and successful. We recognise that mid-tier/SME/high-growth businesses don’t want, don’t need, or can’t afford a full-time senior person. However, motivating and managing people can often slide down the priority list for the owner or a business senior team, so organisations need help.

@Acquisitions, divestments, and mergers inc PE - aligning operational excellence and human capital to vest increased EBITDA value @ Due Diligence for sale preparation as well as purchase cycle. Links to business strategy & and founders/owners' aims. Target verification, synergies, investigation of facts and integration issues, ROI/Value assessments, Liabilities & Human Capital impacts, Negotiation (Price/Performance/People/Protections and Legals), Integration - 1st 100 days and 1-2-3 year plan to business as usual.@Business turnarounds - Chief Operating Officer – restructure and realignment - consolidation and kick-starting growth at an operational, people, and systems level. Gets results FAST!@Growth strategies – Rapid Scaling and Value creation inc PE@Reward Strategies - From Share schemes for owners/senior execs inc EMI and wider share options to defining and implementing LTIP schemes (cash and shares) for top 20%. Linking performance to value creation (using cash and benefits as incentives not just costs). Planning and implementing annual and multi-year salary/wage increases to include performance and behaviors. Defining other benefits such as reward portals, pensions and career development. Simple and practical Total Reward strategies in a jungle of buzz words and nonsense!@ Labour and resourcing strategies inc Retail, Supply Chain, Transport, Technology, IT (inc SaaS) - Finding, keeping, and rewarding@Supply chain solutions and mapping – people, process, systems, and structures - value and optimisation@Industrial Relations and Employee Engagement - TUs, TUPE, CAC, Change Management & Dispute Management inc Strike management and Pre Strike Actions@ Continuous Improvement - Lean and 6 Sigma Solutions for SMEs and Supply Chains@ Trusted mentor and advisor to founders and business owners on their journey

Ifor Williams Trailers is the leading trailer manufacturer in the UK, with extensive global reach and distribution across EMEA, APAC, North America and ROW. Since 1958 we have manufactured products that have transformed and enabled customers in agriculture, plant, building, motorsport and mobile business options. Our products and people are all about a quality product and enhancing the value of those who work with us. Vertically integrated and design-led we develop our products and partner with world-class providers in the supply chain to offer exceptionally high-class solutions to distributors and end-users alike to enhance the reputation of this iconic brand.

Warrington, Cheshire, Gb

6000 colleagues across UK and Mainland Europe. People lead - board level. Leverage competitive advantage via centres of excellence including H&S, L&D, Systems, Payroll/Pensions, Resourcing and Driver Training. Lead on commercial pipeline designing people solutions to complex outsourcing issues and re tenders, over £150m new business onboarded in 12 months. Controls major external relationships by SLA/PSLs across legal & OH. Lead on complex IR issues with TUs and customers. Significant savings ranging from 2-7m pa via strong programme mgt of key people interventions.50+ distribution centres throughout the UK and Europe, Eddie Stobart provides its services to a range of national and international customers.

Widnes, England, Gb

Talent - Revised and reduced PSL, reduced cost per hire by 73%. 80%+ key roles promoted internallyIR Transformation - Harmonisation of T&Cs, New Collective Agreements, Reduced cost to serve by 11.7%, increased labour utilisation by 7.5%. Lead negotiator on complex/multi site groupsAcquisitions and JVs £25m transaction and integration including reward, harmonisation and consolidation of sites/functionsOperational – Procurement activities ($240 savings on key freight lanes, EUR168k savings on European Road Haulage). Significant renewal’s of core customers in difficult trading conditions (FMC, Inovyn). New business wins with target customers – i.e GEO, BP, Inovyn. Global development of cold call and pipeline development activities including development of CRM “Salesforce” to track and drive right behaviours. Improvement – Change management project. Debtor 60days+ reduced by 95%, Annual debt days reduced by 12%, Account plans for cash collection agreed with top 30 customers. Purchase Ledger – outstanding queries down 65%, strategic vendors queries down 80-97%, payments within agreed KPI 95%, UK Haulage – Migrated Suttons & Son transport to International division. Project managed process with IT (Manpack, CatLogic and RAM), Operations (KPI’s and Processes), 3PLs (Owner drivers and other 3PLs/ Port movement specialists)Supply Chain Review – British Sugar project. Designed understand process with business director. Undertook multi site analysis of all customers sites. Presented recommendations and findings to customer Supply Chain leadership team to act as a catalyst to organisational change.

Liverpool, Lancashire, Gb

Outsourcing - Large and complex multi vendor solutions. Deal sizes c£2- 100m+Operational Excellence - Aligning systems and processes. Reduced process cycle times by 57%Business Development - Impressive, Memorable and Engaging Value Propositions. Win rate 83%P&L - Responsible for daily, weekly, monthly, yearly reporting and controls. Cash collection improved by 17 days.Coaching - All levels of colleagues and clients to deliver customer excellence. Strategy - Facilitated development of 5 year strategic plan with operational work streams. Investors sign offReduced project life cycles by 63%Improved quality standards by 81%Reduced contract to cash measures by over 70%Improved order to production conversation by 41%External customer feedback on "new look" operations "very efficient and to the point".

Gb

Sales, NPD, Marketing, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain/Customer Service, Post Acquisition Integration, Technical and Group FunctionsTalent Management - Time to recruit improved 38%, cost per hire down c1/3rd Policy and Procedure Development - Harmonisation and integration of T&CsEmployee Engagement - Post acquistion knowledge sharing and process improvementsHR MIS Implementations - Delievered project that had missed implementation dates - ontime and within budgetCore skills training - Developed, implemented and reviewed effectiveness. Succession Planning - 80%+ management roles from internal succession planPost acquisition - risk and preventive actions across - Legal compliance, Supply Chain and Pensions

Manchester, England, Gb

Managing TUPE transfers in Supply Chain and high value manufacturing environementsDesigning and managing HR systems and processes - SSC, Talent, Learning & DevelopmentIR/ER Including Tribunal Preparation - 100% success rateSuccession planning - saving clients money by developing internal succession rather than expensive external recruitmentSupply Chain Transformation and Improvements (3PL & 4PL) - £150k - £3m revenueInbound/Outbound Solutions - linking lean, supply chain and 6 sigma techniquuesInterim HRBP roles - turn rounds, stabllising failing HR functions and mapping and deleivering change programmesWarehousing re engineering to support changing customer demands - defining scale and scope, reducing cap ex by 41% using lean and flow management techniquesContinuous improvement (Systems, process, structures and people)Business continuity and disaster planning - NHS and FMCG scopeBusiness restructuring delivering appropriate cost base during times of flux - savings £50-£1.2mFacilitating development of business in Europe and Middle East - Supply Chain, FMCG and ChemsCoaching teams to deliver results not promises - delivering strategy, change and leadership sessions with MD/Director teams, Operating Divisions and Business Services depts

Part of transformational operating board in heavy ER/IR sector10x profit growthSubstantial M&A activity in Europe - multiple deals completed and integratedWon substantial UK and European contracts TUPE/Change Management and IR/ER challenges - Tesco, JohnsonDiversey, BP, Huntsman, Ineos, CibaBusiness development of 4PL opportunities - Corus "biggest deal of its kind in UK"Learning & Training- developed award winning training and learning packages with exceptional team of learning professionalsHeaded up HR, QSHE and Operational businesses across Europe and MELead ARD/TUPE Excellence Remuneration and Talent management project lead

Board Director Level Role. UK and ROI with number of European operationsFormed new PLC division reducing from 8 operating unitsAccount management developmentOperational excellenceSubstantial new business won with key FMCG, Technology & Automotive clients.A&M activity in UK/ROI and Germany aimed at FMCG and Hi-Tech clientsNew product development inc 4PL optimisation platforms

Ma Strategic People Management, Creating Value In Outsourcing And Acquisition Environments

Bsc(Econ), International Politics & Strategic Studies

Post Graduate Diploma, Human Resource Management

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