David Stirrup Email & Phone Number

Skelmersdale

• Employed initially as Operations Director at Skelmersdale I was promoted to the position of Director&General Manager in August of 2010, In August 2011 I was also given the Nottingham site to run. Initial task was to.
• Re-engineering of the shift patterns and reporting mechanisms.
• Restructuring of the finance department that included replacing the head of finance.
• Employing a new sales director to enable us to lift turnover from £3.75m to 5.5m
• Introducing efficiencies into the Production Management structure.
• Reduced wastage by introducing an on time first time culture.

• Prime responsibility was the efficient and timely delivery of over 10m magazines per week.
• Overall control of Pre Press, Press, Bindery, Logistics and Engineering.
• The business employed some 500+ people on a 24/7 basis with a turnover in excess of £50m per annum (not including paper)
• Blue chip customers include BBC, IPC, Associated News, Express Newspapers, Northern & Shell amongst others.
• Achievements:
• Developed synergies between departments to deliver flexibility of labour.

• On joining the business my initial task was to manage the complete overhaul and rebuild of the Bindery function. This involved the extraction of the existing Muller Martini kit and replacing it with new generation.
• Achievements
• This project was completed amidst normal production schedules therefore planning was critical.
• All 50 Operators where completely retrained as their previous knowledge/experience was now obsolete.
• Described by Ferag as one of the most successful they had ever been involved in.Reason for leaving: Promotion

Leeds

• Responsible for approx 125 staff on a four shift pattern,
• Department consisted of: 4 X Muller Martini stitching lines also 2 x Guillotines and 3 x MBO folders. Prime contract was the high profile Avon publication.
• Achievement
• Prior to my arrival the Corona Perfect Binder had never performed to expectations however through a training plan and utilising external expertise it proved capable enough to produce all manner of work, not least a.

Function was to ensure efficient productivity of a complex site that included: pre press, sheet fed and web offset presses, guillotines, folding machines, perfect binding, mailing and logistics. This was made all the more interesting by the nature of the work which was primarily good quality, short run publicationsReason for leaving: Relocation back to the.

• Complete P+L control of a large business with many long entrenched working practices but with a diminishing level of productivity and cost control.
• Achievements
• Restructured the business to control excessive overtime payments.
• Introduced a skills audit to identify and address training requirements.
• Negotiated with the Trade Unions to remove restrictive practises/demarcation.Reason for leaving: Redundancy (Press and Bindery amalgamated into one department

• but as the business expanded to become the largest trade finishers in the UK at the time I was promoted to Production Director. Full P+L responsibility of all functions of the plant paying close detail to cost/revenue.
• Achievement
• Involved from the outset in transforming a small trade finishers into the largest in the U.K. which also involved moving the whole production facility twice.Reason for leaving: Relocated to Yorkshire due to marriage

Worked as a number one operator on a multitude of kit including Muller Stitching lines, Muller Perfect binding and Sitma mailing equipment, attained the position; Reason for leaving: Left to take a more senior position

Indentured into the printing industry and served a four year apprenticeship. On successful completion of my apprenticeship I became a Tradesman and continued my employment until Eric Bemrose unfortunately closed down.Reason for leaving: Redundancy

City And Guilds, Printing, Advanced

Education record

Education record

QTMS user certificate (1999) • IOSH Managing safely (2009) • IOSH Directing safely