ObjectiveTo continue operating as an interim director/manager in a manufacturing/supply chain/operations position: industrial, process or technological bias. ProfileA pragmatic manufacturing professional with 17 years experience at board level in manufacturing, operations and supply-chain. A chartered engineer and corporate member of the IET, an associate member of CIPS validating senior roles in supply-chain management for quality and time constrained high-tech manufacturing. Project management skilled in IT implementation and bringing new products into manufacture. An agent of change using a variety of applications from the Cranfield ‘lean and agile manufacturing’ suite of tools including 5S, SMED, JiT, CI, Value Stream Mapping and 6 sigma approaches to quality improvement. Comfortable in a matrix management environment with excellent communications skills at all levels in the organization. Experienced in negotiations with Trade Unions and employee representative groups. IOSH certificated in ‘Managing Safely’.Specialties: Business re-engineering and supply-chain optimisation in a manufacturing environment: providing 'solutions in a complex environment'.