Jon Steele Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

• Established a Business Management Systems and Compliance consultancy business from scratch
• Provided best practice advice to manufacturing and industrial client organisations for integrated QHSE management systems
• Carried out sophisticated and robust analytical and statistical analyses and made recommendations for change
• Performed legal and standard compliance auditing
• Delivered guidance on the implementation of standards to meet ISO requirements for QHSE
• Briefed and delivered training to Leadership Teams and Board Directors on the often complex changes required to successfully implement ISO standards

United Kingdom

Working across Global Financial Service Sector to implement behavioural change, technology, and management methodologies to deliver organisational transformation.Providing consultant Team management and training, to allow for internal self-dissemination as well as direct to business leadership and teams.

Leigh, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Leigh, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Knutsford, Cheshire

• Instrumental in formulating and implementing operational strategies and transforming business processes and systems
• Improved financial management activities and increased margins from 38% to 46% in 6 months
• Improved inter-relationships between internal departments
• Introduced new IT systems and implemented a new finance package
• Signed-off all quotations for tenders (pre-documentation)
• Implemented an innovative job processing computer package linked to a new accounts package

Yeadon, Leeds

• Reported directly to the Managing Director, and appointed specifically to unite a fragmented Senior Leadership Team through the introduction of a modern management review structure and processes
• Led a team of 5 direct reports and 120 indirect
• Played a significant role in winning a first ever 10-year contract with the Ministry of Defence (previous contracts had been for durations of 2-3 years)
• Key player in devising and delivering business strategy
• Instrumental in delivering significant business transformation from £4M turnover with 170 employees to £9M turnover with 95 employees
• Solely responsible for the formulation and implementation of the QHSE business strategy

Hale, Manchester

• Led the implementation of commercial strategies across 4 sites and 150 employees with £11m turnover, representing almost half of Group turnover
• Implemented and embedded new Account Management processes for clients including Boots, Asda, Matalan, a number of Manchester Housing Associations and others
• Drove forward improvements to business systems and processes together with the provision of effective Management Information for Senior Managers and Board Directors
• Solely responsible for delivering the implementation of office, IT and systems infrastructure for a new Regional Head Office
• Achieved improvements in cost controls and increased profits by c33%

Knutsford, Cheshire

• Joined this start-up business as Finance Manager and progressed to the position of Finance Director
• Led and managed a team of 5 personnel
• Introduced and implemented all business and financial systems and related infrastructure
• Personally developed and managed advanced databases to facilitate control of company finances during a rapid period of growth
• Key player in transforming business performance from £350K in year 1 to £9m in year 5
• Improved margins and profitability

• Reported directly to the Plant Manager
• Played a key role in the day to day running of this large and busy manufacturing plant
• Project managed the introduction of a computer system for board cutting machinery
• Managed all procedures and processes for invoice and purchase orders

• Successfully performed a range of jobs including traffic and administration roles
• Gained a series of rapid promotions to achieve Assistant Depot Manager level

Mathematics, Physics, Geography

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