Gordon Roper Email & Phone Number

Solihull, Gb

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres is the only specialist tyre company in the world that focuses 100% on producing new and re-treading aircraft tyres for both civilian and military applications. Servicing both aftermarket customers and OEMs with their new aircraft builds.Responsible for ~500 Employees, 3 Factories (1 in UK, 1 in USA and 1 in China), servicing over 350 customers across 85 countries on over 150 aircraft platforms. Revenue of circa £61M.• Reduced accidents by 80% • Increased revenue by 43%, from market share gains • Improved profit by > 2x• Opened new factory in USA• Led and managed the business through a liquidity event with a TV of £105M • Implemented a global functional business model and appointed a senior leadership team• Changed revenue profile: 65% of revenue covered by LTA (< 40% in 2015). • Invested in materials development and computational modelling enabling the business to introduce better performing products in less time and at a lower cost. Providing the business with a robust product development pipeline on key platforms, and circa £200m of additional addressable market opportunity. Obtained a patent for carbon fibre bead rings in aircraft tyres.

COO Strategy formulation and execution, P&L & balance sheet improvement, Supply Chain improvement re-design and operation, Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing program development and implementation, Single instance ERP implementation, Organisational change, Cultural change through values implementation, Acquisition integration, Global manufacturing base rationalisation and optimisation.

Trelleborg, Sweden, Se

MD Procurement Improvement, Manufacturing Excellence, Business relocation, Re-Structuring and transformation, New Product Introduction and Growth Initiatives, Global Pricing Strategy and pricing processes

Trelleborg, Sweden, Se

Trelleborg, Sweden, Se

New York, Ny, Us

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Manufacturing Engineering

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