Harvey Smith Email & Phone Number

Bromsgrove, England, United Kingdom

Business Manager.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Senior leader across two sites (Leasowes HS and Pedmore HS) responsible for Facilities and Operations.

Halesowen, Birmingham, UK

• Transitioned Leasowes from local authority control into an Academy run business. Implemented commercial controls across all areas of the organisation employing c.150. Key member of the turn-around leadership team.
• Finance & Business Director initiating entire financial management processes. Full budgeting & purchasing control.
• Health & Safety Manager and Facilities Management of entire site incorporating sports centre, theatre & laboratories.
• Responsible for all business functions, data analysis (including GDPR) and site wide IT infrastructure.
• Negotiated and secured funding plus managed multiple redevelopment projects with up to £1.2million spends.

United Kingdom

• Responsible for the full business management of Bristol, Newport, Devon, Wolverhampton and Stoke sites.
• Heading a team of 5 site managers covering c60 employees and a £10m turnover region, developing all aspects of the business from sales, operational processes, administration, logistics and purchasing.
• Managing sites running a fleet of 15 vehicles dealing with Tesco to sole traders supplying over 60,000 pallets a week.
• Leading business process improvements with analysis of financial performance, systems and controls.

Hereford

• General Manager of IncoTest employing c60, with £5m turnover. IncoTest being a world leader in metallurgical test piece manufacture supplying Rolls Royce, Airbus and others across aerospace, automotive and.
• Presented and gained approval of business plan with PCC Inc plus initiated a £250k capital investment plan.
• Implemented various Kaizen activities to develop Continuous Improvement activities across the business.
• Developed new IncoTest organisational structural changes to enable greater use of staff key competencies and improve management of efficiency, productivity and quality of service provided across the business as a whole.
• Nadcap MTL Task Group voting member – attended Nadcap meetings in Berlin (Jun12) & Pittsburgh (Oct12).

Halesowen, West Midlands, UK

With SBQ Ltd being split up and sold for personal reasons by its shareholders, redundancy fitted with a desired career break having in 2007 bought a plot of land which required a significant amount of redevelopment. With a full working commitment to managing a three quarter acre ‘Grand Designs’ style renovation project, a 1967 house has been transformed.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Ultimately responsible for continued improvement of profitable and efficient production and distribution of products into aerospace, automotive and engineering businesses. £2m turnover, c60 employees.
• Developed and wrote business plan to secure loan finance for £500k to facilitate major capital investment.
• Scoped and implemented a new £8k online sales website with associated web product lines including reorganisation of back office administrative functions for processing of web orders
• Wrote and implemented marketing plan for product range launch including exhibiting, promo material & web pages.
• Designed group wide KPIs and data capture techniques greatly enhanced available business information.
• Responsible for group wide Health & Safety including high risk industrial processes (RoSPA Health & Safety Management Course NEBOSH Level 3). Rewrote and maintained group Health & Safety policy and all training.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Management of all operational processes, purchasing and importing of goods from the UK, China, Malaysia, Russia and Scandinavia including supplier identification, price negotiations, logistics, contract management and.
• Planned and managed the implementation of a new ERP system across SBQ Ltd (also incorporating a new CRM system) to develop and expand the organisations ability to deal with new products and a new market sector.
• Prepared and administered payroll and HR function for c60 employees over 9 years as well as liaison with accountants for preparation of financial accounts and all HMRC Tax requirements.
• Implemented new credit control policy which reduced bad debts and ultimately improving cash flow.
• Identified, planned and effected a change to shift working for facility with c40 staff.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Management of c30 staff. Responsible for planning of facility layout, requisition of capital equipment, work scheduling and distribution, staff attendance and morale, stock control and maintenance programmes. Promoted.
• Champion of Continuous Improvement and LEAN concepts incorporating Kanban, Poka-yoke and 5S working.
• Minimised staff turnover via new appraisal systems, plus involvement of Warwick University and MAS in training initiatives encouraging communication and building a team culture and a loyal workforce.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Set up from scratch an entire quality system covering all areas of the business from boardroom to factory floor. Redesigned administrative processes and documentation saving £25k in annual overhead costs. Promoted in.
• Took on role with organization which had lost £1million Land Rover contract due to poor quality systems. Within 12 months achieved ISO9001 quality accreditation plus after 24 months Gold Standard automotive supplier.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Led teams into a variety of different businesses to conduct analysis and reports for management and stakeholders, liaising and building relationships with client’s staff and reporting to all levels of seniority. Left to travel on ‘Round-the-World’ trip.

2.1 Bsc Hons, Mathematics (With Physics & Chemistry)

A-Levels, Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry