Ensure compliance with the company's health and safety, quality and environmental policies; managing and supporting my team to deliver to at high levels, regularly winning awards. Involved in setting the strategic direction through effective marketing and strategy planning as part of the senior Express team. Management of Northern Express asphalt business to deliver the EBITDA target through effective management of team and resources. Manage a team that consistently deliver results at highest levels in financial and operational performance. Set budgets and monitor team performance to realign strategy. Good track record of over delivery against area business targets. Identify and implement new initiatives for business development and improved customer experience to increase sales. Manage capital projects to ensure plant availability is maintained at optimum levels and new business opportunities are realised. Contract negotiations at senior level with customers and clients Adhere to the company's code of conduct and ethical business practices including competition law compliance and ABC directive. Worked effectively and collaboratively across the asphalt business to develop new opportunities and increase sales. Managed the Scotland Express business 2011-2013 in addition to my current role; including recruitment, mentoring and coaching of two new Area Managers. Senior Coach for managers from other parts of the business in addition to my own team. Effectively deal with all aspects of HR, including recruitment of staff and managing difficult disciplinary situations.

Business manager for two Express Asphalt plants in the Yorkshire area with profit responsibility. Effective management of the teams to ensure the delivery of excellent customer service. Contract negotiation at all hierarchical levels with local authority, utility and civil engineering contractors. Strategic focus on value added product sales increasing ASP and margin and providing additional volume in a rural locations.Improved performance through developing a team with a can do attitude and by reacting to a changing market.

Profit responsibility for two Express Asphalt plants in the Northern region of Express Asphalt.Effective commercial management to build a vibrant customer base at both plants. Focused on the delivery of excellent products and services to establish two high performing plants in the Express Business.

Management of all production and commercial activities at the site.Successfully managed and implemented changes to a poor performing plant into a highly profitable unit with a reputation for quality materials.Effective man-management to resolve serious staffing issues.Instigated an effective maintenance program which resulted in improvements in plant reliability and quality compliance.

Management of all sales activities of seven dry stone quarries in the Northern region of Bardon Aggregates.Management of a team of six internal and external sales staff supplying aggregates primarily to the external market (97% external sales).Responsibility for setting budgets and monitoring performance.Effective management of debtor days and cash.

Responsible for all production at six quarries in the Northern region of Bardon Aggregates.Managed a team of four quarry managers to deliver operational improvements and ensure all aspects of health, safety and environmental compliance.Managed large capital projects including quarry plant relocation.

Senior management graduate being project based for the first nine months.Project 1: Worked with the Ops team at West Drayton in London where I studied the plant's true production potential based on calculations of maximum throughput, and the current condition of the plant and its maintenance program.Project 2: Involved in the installation and commissioning of the cold mix plant at Greenwich.Project 3: Re-opened the Bardon concrete products plant at Bardon Hill as a fully functioning stand-alone business; including marketing studies and re-employing staff to open the site that had been closed down for a number of years.

Responsible for all daily production related issues for a plant with 40 production personnel working two shifts.Duties included capital projects, all personnel issues for production staff, health and safety and the efficient running of all departments to tight deadlines.Involved in product development and introduced new production processes at the site.

Employed as an apprentice maintenance engineer at a foundry producing castings for the rail and automotive industries.Duties included the repair and maintenance of pneumatic systems, hydraulic presses and all other associated plant.