Daniele Lopalco Email & Phone Number

Brighton, United Kingdom

As Director I Own and manage my own portfolio of property investments

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

Senior Production Manager (Site General Manager) - brought in to assist in the transition of the site to BRC standards in preparation for retail trade accounts. Increased efficiency, identified and reduced waste, whilst improving manufacturing processes. Made fully accountable for the whole site to improve overall business operations. Dramatically Improved Health and Safety of the site by implementing improvement programs for unsafe equipment and practices. Implemented immediate retraining of Staff and creation of work instructions to reduce company exposure. Training of staff to improve GMP. Instigated and restructured staff contracts to eliminate inconsistency, working with HR to implement new contracts and working hours in line with business demand. Made recommendations for change of company structure to improve operational focus and reduce risk. Project-managed planning consents following notice for the inconsistency of equipment installations, noise pollution complaints, and improvement notices. Customer-facing, renegotiated order patterns to align with production processes and constraints, improving forecasting for production efficiency, which resulted in waste reduction and improved service levels. Scoped improvement program for the whole business.Due to the company's decision to change strategic direction, my position was no longer required.

Jan 1989 to Nov 2013 Factory Operations Manager and Logistics Director – Pasta Reale LtdAs the Co - Owner of the business, I participated in leading the successful business expansion from £4.3 Million to £35 Million, a process which incorporated two acquisitions and their integration. Personally, sourced, managed and installed the purchase of new manufacturing lines and equipment that improved the overall capacity by 50% whilst improving overall efficiency and waste reduction. £2 Million spend with a ROI of 1 year — saving in excess of £1 Million in waste and labour cost. Group Logistics Manager Following the acquisition of two other chilled food businesses, logistics and centralisation of the Supply Chain were consolidated providing considerable overhead cost savings through improved efficiency, stock visibility, reduced management and reduced stock holding; my personal key tasks consisted of researching how this could be done and deliver the change plan agreed; I led the project and built a dedicated 50,000 sq.ft chilled distribution centre. This centre was opened in 2001 on schedule resulting in an improved customer service level and wastage reduction which resulted in further profitable revenue. Raw material and packaging storage centralisation was executed as a deliverable, proving even further cost savings in excess of £80K per annum. Implemented new shift patterns that accommodated seven day working (new at that time for this business). I implemented the Rep. of Ireland distribution plans, with full accountability for the supply chain and logistics operation that incorporated the following facets: planning, procurement, forecasting, stock management for warehousing, ambient and chilled food goods, 3PL contracts and management services and order processing — this led to a customer service achievement of 99.8% plus.

Education record

Education record

Intermediate Food Safety Certificate Health and Safety Level 2