John Cleaver Email & Phone Number

Palm Beach, Qld, Au

Somersby

Lead the Somersby team on the continued demonstration & innovation of Hydrothermal Liquefaction. Building on the culture of continuous improvement with innovation towards a better future for our planet.

Australia

Sustainable Excellence Pty Ltd is founded on my three decades of dedicated focus as a trusted and respected leader and team member, on operational excellence, leadership coaching, lean and six sigma methodologies, and leadership that fostered a problem-solving culture. This company enables me to focus on what has always inspired me, connecting with my purpose of sharing experience with those who desire to learn & improve.Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of collaborating with exceptional, diverse individuals and teams in different cultures & workplaces, honing skills that have driven real growth and efficiency for companies and resulted in trusted & credible results. All lessons give support to my new role of channelling this wealth of experience towards those who care about making a positive, tangible and lasting impact for people and business.I design tailored approaches that accelerate leadership & team member capability, integrated with comprehensive business improvement strategies that transcend industry boundaries. With an unwavering commitment to fostering organizational growth and sustainable success, I partner with businesses to create an environment that enables the potential of all employees, no matter the role or level.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Build a continuous improvement framework of mindsets and practices to guide the business improvement journey.Collaborated to establish the team of continuous improvement resources in head office and at sites, including the key roles of Site Continuous Improvement Managers.Build and lead the Continuous Improvement preparation and workshop sessions globally, within 3 months, to engage site teams and train leadership in creation of a pipeline of improvement ideas for cash and process stability valued at >80M Free Cash FlowIdentify and implement an Ideas Management IT solution to govern & support delivery of the ideas pipeline.

Mongolia

Provide coaching to all levels of Senior Leadership to build operational excellence capability founded on best practices.Build capability of in-house resources to deliver leadership development programmes, including establish foundation resources and coach deep understanding of principles to enable effective communication in Mongolian.Maintain support for the BT&I team, and coach on underlying transformation and improvement principles.

Mongolia

Lead the BT&I team in driving & maintaining the site transformation and improvement idea pipeline.Coach and support the Senior Leadership team to establish site-wide Strategy on a Page, and then cascade to actions that deliver the strategyEstablish leadership rituals and supporting connected business review measuresBuild in-house facilitation capability, programme, & supporting materials for Learning & Development leadership coaching

Mongolia

Successfully established sustainable business improvement and transformation practices underpinning the edifice of capability and mindsets to drive and sustain transformation. Results to-date incorporate the implementation of key leadership rituals such as 1:1 Performance Dialogue; Leaders Working Menus; problem-solving framework building upon frontline 5 Whys; Kaizen; advanced Lean Six Sigma and teaching and coaching processes to support the build of a problem-solving culture at all levels. I achieved the Oyu Tolgoi Proud Award for my work in this area.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Successfully implemented business transformation and improvement strategies and systems to achieve greater than $250 million cost reduction. This moved the business within a 9-month timeframe from a quartile four business to quartile two. The sustainable systems introduced established the Yarwun Alumina Refinery as a continuing asset for Rio Tinto.In direct support of the General Manager, I effectively coached Senior Leaders and led the McKinsey Site Team to identify and implement improvement ideas to deliver elements of sustainability including safety and business systems. As the assigned leader of the site safety transformation direction, I established a comprehensive and broad leadership coaching system from shift start-up to within shift safety improvement and problem-solving systems. Business systems improvement includes systems for identification and implementation of improvement at pace, coaching a private equity mindset across all levels of leadership, and establishing Transformation Office processes to enhance the delivery of improvements.

Australia/New Zealand

Worked with McKinsey’s at each of the PacAl sites to establish a strong and independent business unit that would attract investment. Achieved transformational implementation at pace to accomplish a private equity mindset across all levels of leadership and establish transformation processes to ensure delivery of improvements.Developed the PacAl Business Model and component Operating Recipe and Asset Management Recipe to provide direction and clarity to the business.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Effectively developed site capability resulting in identification and adoption of waste reduction processes. Led the deployment of Lean across the Pacific Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium sites delivering significant improvements across safety, production, quality and cost. My role had governance and coaching across all senior leadership to facilitate transformation and operational excellence.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

As subject matter expert for Rio Tinto I developed and shared Lean Six Sigma and business best practices across all product groups of Rio Tinto including Pacific Bauxite, Alumina, and Aluminium sites. Working across the globe the role included the development and sharing of best practices across Rio Tinto business improvement product groups. Regular contribution and interaction were required from senior leadership (Rio Tinto Aluminium President and Senior Exco) to identify and deliver the value of synergies through Rio Tinto Aluminium and Alcan integration.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Successfully developed site capability resulting in identification and adoption of waste reduction processes. Led the deployment of Lean across the Pacific Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium sites delivering significant improvements across safety, production, quality and cost.

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physical Chemistry

BSc (Hons) in Inorganic Chemistry, Ph.D in Physical Chemistry Also studied LLB (1 year), and combined Chemical Engineering and Science.

Bachelor Of Science, Physical Chemistry, Honours