Gareth Watson Email & Phone Number

Australia

Australia

• Leader of Supply Chain function for Selleys, a Duluxgroup business, Selleys is a ANZ market leader in the product categories in which it operates (Sealants, Adhesives, Fillers, Cleaning)Responsibilities: Lead the.
• Supply chain strategy development and delivery
• Service, Quality and Margin improvement
• Employee engagement and team development
• Safety leadership, performance, and improvement plans
• Sales & Operational Planning

Australia, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

• Yates is Australia and New Zealand’s leading gardening products company. With a broad and diverse product portfolio that ranges from premium organic herbicides to commoditised potting mixes. Yates was a fantastic role.
• Supply chain strategy development and delivery
• Employee engagement and team development
• Service, Quality and Margin improvement
• Safety leadership, performance and improvement plans
• Sales & Operational Planning

Wyong

• Manufacturing and Distribution leader for Parchem Construction Supplies, a division of DuluxGroup Responsibilities: Responsible for the running of manufacturing and distribution function of the Parchem business.
• Employee engagement and team development
• Service Levels
• Safety leadership, performance, and improvement plans
• Sales & Operational Planning
• Step change improvement projects

Badgerys Creek

• Responsible for the running of a brick manufacturing facility with an annual budget of $13 million.
• Ensure the safety of all people on site, resource and implement all company OHS initiatives, recognise and address safety issues requiring improvement.
• Make sure all quality standards were met, follow up on any issues coming out of internal/external audits and improve company’s product offering to the residential building market.
• Manage all operational costs and forecast accurately in order to meet challenging budget targets
• Relentlessly drive improvements in operational performance and ensure that the facility was moving towards a world class standard.
• Motivate and support site team through significant change program

West Sussex, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

• Operational leader of a masonry block plant. Ensuring that the plant achieved the best possible results from a safety, quality, financial and efficiency viewpoint.
• Ensure that all plant personal were clear in their understanding as well as capable of, carrying out the expectations of a safety system that demanded high standards (<0.5 LTIFR).
• Help create a workplace where success and achievement of business targets were the priority, including developing a site team capable of autonomously making the correct decisions based on these goals.
• Manage site’s accounts / costs in keeping with budget, look for and implement cost saving measures to reduce the unit cost of manufacture in a highly competitive market.

Australia

• Responsible for the management of all production related activities on site, including safety, environment, quality and plant production efficiencies.
• Ensure that plant safety was always paramount and that high standards were maintained.
• Manage production so that overall plant quality was in excess of 98% 1st quality, with review and rectification of root causes of any significant downgrade of product.
• Daily review of the plant performance and the subsequent co-ordination of the maintenance and production departments to resolve any issues that were affecting production efficiencies