Greg Holmes Email & Phone Number

Pymble, NSW, AU

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Head of Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Group Quality Assurance

Melbourne, VIC, AU

East Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Ammonia, Nitric Acid, Ammonium Nitrate, and Cyanide Manufacturing Globally.

East Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Responsible for the global Initiating Systems and Packaged Explosives manufacturing operations which includes 30 manufacturing sites in 22 countries and around 2500 employees.

East Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• In this global manufacturing role, I was responsible for leading the transformation of the manufacturing function by improvement and standardisation of processes. Key Achievements
• Over 50 projects in the pipeline with annual savings of $75M
• Short term (3 year) projects savings projected $30M pa with FY17 EBIT impact of $9M
• Supply of products diverted from external suppliers to internal manufacturing.
• Rationalised manufacturing sites
• Standardisation and SKU rationalisation plan developed

East Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• The Orica Kooragang Island site produces Ammonia, Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate in an integrated continuous manufacturing facility and is the single most important Orica site. The site had an operating budget of.
• The KI site became the example within Orica of what good looks like.
• Vastly improved the safety and environmental outcomes, and stakeholder relationships.
• Delivered on all operating license requirements including environmental improvement projects delivered on time to the value of $115m over 30 months.
• Strategic management of the site EBA renegotiation.
• Halved staffing levels at the same time increased production and improved safety and environmental performance.

East Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• As Business Manager along with my team, we served Orica’s customers in the region across the entire product and services portfolio offering. The North East Region was the single biggest revenue and profit region in the.
• Excellent safety performance across the region with year on year improvement in safety and environmental performance through strong personal commitment and involvement.
• Revenue and profit growth exceeded target each year under my leadership.
• Successfully negotiated numerous supply contracts with major customers ranging in value from $20 to $500m.
• Strong personal customer relationships at site and at executive levels.
• Engaged, committed and well trained teams.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

• BME is a Mining Explosives and Services supplier to the mining industry in Africa and the biggest open-cut mine sector supplier in South Africa. As Managing Director I was responsible for agreeing with the Omnia.
• Growth and Profit targets exceeded
• Significant advances in Knowledge Based Blasting
• World Class SH&E performance across operations
• Set up a supply and technology agreements with Chinese Initiation Systems Manufacturers
• Strategy development and implementation - Creating a differentiated service offering through knowledge and science in blasting as major theme.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

• ResponsibilitiesOmnia Fertiliser is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Omnia Group, a large JSX listed diversified chemical and mining services company. As part of my role I took responsibility for the safe and efficient.
• Production targets achieved or exceeded.
• CFC and Variable Cost targets consistently met.
• Excellent Safety record across the sites.
• Significant environmental improvements implemented across all sites.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

• ResponsibilitiesThe Omnia Sasolburg Factory is a large continuous fertiliser and explosives precursor manufacturing facility by international standards. Achieving safety, environmental, production and financial targets.
• Production records set 2 years in a row for the site for the key plants – Nitric Acid, Ammonium Nitrate and Fertiliser Granulation plants.
• Excellent safety and environmental performance with no LTI’s recorded.
• Positive and extensive community engagement.
• Commissioning of a new 600kt fertiliser granulation complex.
• Developed and refined new technology to granulate Calcium Nitrate in a fluidised bed granulator. Later, used the same technology to produce a porous granulated ammonium nitrate granule to be use in mining explosives.

• Operations Manager, Omnia Fertiliser. 02/1997 – 10/2000
• Production Manager, AECI Richards Bay. 01/1994 – 01/1997
• Process Development Engineer, AECI R&D 1992 – 1993
• Process Engineer, AECI Chlor Alkali & Plastics 1989 – 1992

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Orica Executive Development Program

Bachelor In Chemical Engineering, Engineering