Responsible for key strategic initiatives, including supplier performance, oversight processes, and improvement project ideation and delivery.

Managing all aspects of Supply Chain and Logistics for the site, including demand and production planning, distribution, external warehousing and 3rd party commercial business. Active member of the Senior Leadership Team accountable for running the site. Driven strong inventory focus within my area, and across site resulting in inventory savings of 17% in less than 18 months, total reduction of £5.3m (including reduction of >75% in slow moving and obsolete stocks) Delivered improvement in performance. Increased key service metrics by 20% through improved planning and alignment across departments.  Implemented newly contracted external warehouse and logistics service providers for the site, which involved aligning ways of working and clear KPI’s. Delivered a supply chain cost saving of £187k pa Managed vendor relationships to drive delivery right first time to >96% Implementation of Performance Management system with tiered accountability driving results across EHS, Quality and Compliance and Service

Responsible for ensuring all aspects of Operational readiness were in place to meet future product demand including implementation of a major expansion (£86m investment in capacity and facilities). • Developed phased implementation plan aligned with long term demand forecasting to increase capacity by 35%.• Managed the Capital Project Manager from a client perspective to ensure the specifications were met, and the project delivered on time and phased to deliver benefit to the company.• Full accountability for the site handover, from full IQ/OQ/PQ validation to handover to site

Led a team of over 60 operators and operational managers to deliver all departmental objectives relating to production, compliance (safety & quality), supply and budgetary control Delivered record weekly output in batch and continuous processes (6% and 5.5% increase on previous records respectively) Led the department through successful level 3 and 4 audits for Good Manufacturing Practice, Compliance and Environment, Health and Safety Fostered a cross boundary one team approach across technical, operations and engineering to deliver value stream results that were aligned against the sites key goals. Responsible for 3:1 budgetary planning for department (£8.6m OPEX)

Managed the safe and compliant day to day running of the Solvent Recovery operation, meeting all internal and external customer requirements Delivered 98% recovery on key solvents which are key for the production cost of goods. Involved in negotiations with Unions which successfully implemented a new shift pattern on the site resulting in a >80% reduction in ‘lost production opportunities’ attributed to manning

Role involved full executive control of a unionised 9 person operational team  Developed and delivered ways of working and problem resolution on shift to achieve plant productivity targets and ensure compliance Acted as incident controller on a number of potential emergency situations Ensured safe systems of work in place with respect to employees and the environment. This included all aspects of Permit To Work

Role incorporated a number of major projects including New Product Introduction, from technical transfer to production batches, delivered against the supply and drove a yield improvement of >2% against standard.

Delivered of all aspects of day to day and project support to ensuring the smooth running of a multi-purpose chemical plant for intermediates and final API.

Day to day support for large scale paper making process