John Macdonald Email & Phone Number

Manchester, GB

Current role is the Global sector head for Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology. This entails working with our sector leads in APAC, USA and UK &Europe in securing projects commissions and ensuring delivery of project controls services. I provide high level strategic advice to Clients undertaking Major Capital Investment Projects and in particular in respect.

Procurement and Project Controls Leadership for the UK & Europe Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector. Including roles for major Pharmaceutical companies as well as managing the F+G business in Basel from April 2015 to January 2016. From October 2013 until September 2014 – Procurement Manager – Full time secondment to a major Pharmaceutical company's.

Procurement Manager for professional services contracts

Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Responsible for the P&L account and for the day to day running of the office. Works also included project controls support to a new North factory and procurement support to a large Energy supplier in respect of their Access and Insulation contract strategy for their fleet of power stations in the UK

Various procurement and Project controls roles in the Pharmaceutical and Industry sectors including the continuation of support to a major campus project, roles on R&D laboratory projects, a project strategy for a new facility in China, a new laboratory facility at Manchester University’s Incubator building and a cement kiln line.

Development of Alliance Project Strategy for Tier 1 suppliers relating to design and construction management services in connection with their Maintenance Capital Programme on their fleet of UK power stations

A new campus facility at Hatfield. Working with a development team to deliver the new campus including offices, restaurant, R&D laboratories, production facilities and warehousing and distribution on a business park location.

Seconded to Atkins Rail working on major rail projects at various locations in the Northwest. Responsibility included all commercial and contractual matters, Project Controls, estimating, procurement and cost management of the Atkins delivery.

Various Office, manufacturing and Laboratory Facility New Build and Refurbishment Projects. Responsibility for Client Liaison, site team management of up to 15 personnel working on project controls, estimating, procurement and cost management. Projects were delivered using an Alliance approach to contracting which resulted in substantial benefits to the.

Responsible for the preparation of commercial and contractual documentation for new utilities contracts to service a company's main brewery sites in the UK and Ireland.

Auditor responsible for auditing project work delivered at refinery in Rotterdam and in Scilly with formal reporting and continuous improvement recommendations for future project control improvements

Commercial Manager - Seconded to Commercial Services Department, responsible for capital expenditure projects, Project Controls, procurement, maintenance strategies and shutdowns. Responsibility for Faithful+Gould site team management and Client account.

Joined Faithful+Gould in May 1989 and worked on numerous projects including Pharmaceutical laboratories, bulk chemicals projects, fine chemicals projects, real estate and retail