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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsible for providing strategic direction and operational execution oversight of the packaging and retail solutions platform with app.1600 employees and combined annual revenue of over $500M.

Rosemont, Illinois, Us

Responsible for providing strategic direction and operational execution oversight for the U.S. Home and Personal Care label manufacturing facilities with approximately 1500 employees and $240M combined annual revenue, servicing a wide range of global companies including P&G, Colgate, AB InBev, Pepsi, Coca Cola, L'oreal, Boston Scientific & SC Johnson.

Kidlington, Oxford, England, Gb

Responsible for providing strategic direction and operational execution oversight of the US secondary healthcare packaging manufacturing facilities with approximately 1200 employees and combined annual revenue of approximately $225M. Accountable for all US Operations with direct reports covering Site Leaders, EHS, Quality and CI Directors. Operations Lead for all US Essentra M&A activity. Key Achievements: (3yrs to end 2020)- Reduced LTI's by 67%, including lost time days by 91%- Improved Employee Engagement by 9%- Improved OP by 5%- Reduced Major Complaints by 81%, including reducing DPPM by 82%- Improved OTIF by 5%- Improved OEE by 11%- Generated CI led cost savings of $10.9M- Reduced COPQ by $2.2M- Reduced Waste by $2.6M

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

GM for the MPS, (Division of WestRock) operations in NC and NY with $50M+ Sales, 275+ employees and output of 750M+ pharmaceutical inserts & 200M+ labels. Responsible for P&L and all Site Operations including Finance, Purchasing, Customer Service, HR, Quality, Production, Engineering, Warehousing & Shipping. Key accounts include - BMS, GSK, Merck, Astrazeneca, Actavis, Par, Perrigo, Roche and Novo Nordisk.M&A Operations Lead for the acquisition of the Cortegra plants in IN & NJ, led a footprint consolidation exercise transferring over $50M of revenue from those plants. Led the introduction of an ERP system,(Radius).

GM role in the largest of the CSK North American Packaging Plants with $25M+ sales, 130+ employees and annual output of over 375M pharmaceutical inserts. Responsible for P&L and all Site Operations including Finance, Purchasing, Customer Service, HR, Quality, Production, Engineering, Warehouse & Shipping. Key accounts - BMS, GSK, Merck, Actavis and Novo.Key Achievements:• Increased EBITDA by 22% from Dec 2010 to Dec 2015.• Reduced COGS by 5% between 2010 and 2014.• Supported the VP of Sales and Account Managers in new business growth of over $6M from 2010 to 2014.• Implemented Lean Six Sigma & 5S methodology across entire plant in 2012.• Winner of the 'Employee Development' award from Raleigh Chamber of Commerce in May 2014.• In 2013 & 2012 the plant achieved the highest AON Safety Audit ranking across all CSK Packaging Plants, (over 35 globally).

MD role in the largest CSK Branded Packaging Plant with £35M+ Sales, 250+ employees and annual output of over 350M folding cartons for the Confectionery and Beverage markets. Responsible for P&L and all Site Operations including Sales & Account Management, Commercial, Finance, Purchasing, Customer Service, HR, Quality & Technical, Production, Engineering, Warehouse & Transport. Key accounts - Cadbury, Nestle, Mars and Twinings.Key Achievements:• Increased EBITDA by £1.8M from 2009 to 2011.• Supported the Sales Director and Account Managers to secure additional business with Thorntons, Toms & Max Factor in excess of £2M.• Restructured the business in Q1 2009 with annualised labour savings of £1M+.• Reduced the cost of waste & replacements by over £400k in 2009.• Jointly led a project team to consolidate the UK Manufacturing Footprint before being given the opportunity to switch to our Pharma Division and transfer to North America.

Operations Director for all Commercial Installations totaling over £27M annually, responsible for all site operations consisting of 6 Project Managers & 15 Site Managers with responsibility for project delivery to target (H&S, Time, Cost, Quality), ranging from single site major retail refurbishment (M&S Welwyn Garden City, approx. £5M), to multiple site small works (McDonalds, approx. £125k), typically managing over 10 live sites in any one week. Key accounts - Marks & Spencers, McDonalds, Sainsburys, BP, JJB and BAA.Key Achievements:• Invited to return to the company by the MD to lead their mission to deliver ‘Site Excellence’ to clients through a structured program of systems implementation, process improvement and employee development.• Delivered the company's 1st McDonalds ‘defect free’ stores in 2007.• 100% ‘On-time handover’ of stores achieved for the 1st time during 2007.• Achieved ISO14001 accreditation in Feb 2008.• Awarded ‘Contractor of the year’ at the RLI 2007 awards.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Operations Manager for the Bindery & Material Handling Departments of the largest telephone directory plant in the UK. £65M+ sales, 400+ Employees, flagship directory manufacturing site of the largest commercial printing company in the world with annual sales over $8Billion. Prints and binds telephone directories for UK and Europe, sole supplier for Yell & Thomson, joint supplier to France & Holland.Key Achievements:• Set new group productivity & OEE records for the site that was already the most productive in the RRD telephone directory group.• Led a cost reduction exercise on the departmental supply chain resulting in savings in 2005 of over £250k.• Operations & integration leader for our newly acquired directory plant in Krakow, Poland.

GM role in the Barlows Joinery Production plant with £7M+ Sales, 80+ employees. Responsible for P&L and all Site Operations including Design, Finance, Purchasing, Customer Service, HR, Quality & Technical, Production and Engineering.Design, manufacture, installation & project management of commercial interiors to a ‘blue-chip’ customer base with Sainsburys, Starbucks, Boots, Safeway, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland/Natwest and John Lewis Partnership as key accounts.Key Achievements:• Improved Operating income by £1.25M from 2000 to 2003.• Increased Gross Margin from 15% in July 2000 to 30% in March 2003.• Implemented Design for Manufacture (DFM) approach to ‘bespoke’ factory, achieving average product cost reductions of 15%.• Coached the Boots project management team on how to implement 5S on site prior to their reinvigoration programme in 2003.• Awarded 1st place in the category of ‘Manufacturing Excellence’ in the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce awards in 2003.

Operational & Budgetary responsibility for the Bearings Facility, £130M+ Sales, 600+ Employee site. T2 Supplier, Key accounts - Valeo, TVR, Vauxhall/GM.

Middlesbrough, Teesside, Gb

Operational & Budgetary responsibility for the Mesh Flooring facility, £12M+ Sales, 150+ Employee site. Key accounts - Kvaerner and Lamprell.

Pg Certificate, Business Management

Beng(Hons), Mechanical Engineering