Keith Burn Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Blackwood, Caerphilly, United Kingdom

Caerphilly, Wales

Advising and supporting the business during their next phase of development. ANR Pro Bake are experiencing strong growth within their sector - I am supporting them through this period of growth on areas such as finance, system development, operational scale up and commercial strategy.

Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, United Kingdom

2 month fixed contract working on the due diligence process for Tekmar in preparation of their proposed IPO. This involved liaising with various auditors, lawyers and the sole broker to provide the timely and accurate data and information required for the process to move forward. The IPO proved successful.

Middlesbrough

• Named Director of 8 UK Glanbia companies Supported the Commercial Contract Team in securing new larger customers, working collaboratively on specific projects, looking at strategies to reduce costs. I also provided.
• Delivered major pricing project for the Nutramino brand in Denmark
• Undertook an EMEA wide pricing project bringing legacy pricelists into generic pricelists consecutively increasing margin (over 100 different pricelists)

Middlesbrough

Managed the whole manufacturing site in Middlesbrough, which consisted of up to 130 employees, as well as building and leading a senior management team, recruiting key staff to raise skills set, to sustain future business growth, and introducing KPI’s throughout the departments.Transferred the production of ON brand for EMEA whilst making recipes EU.

Middlesbrough

• I became a Director of Glanbia Nutritionals (UK) Ltd:
• Key member of the Senior management team
• Critical role in the 5 year strategic planning which also involved identifying key acquisition targets
• Production of monthly management accounts and statutory accounts from scratch
• Responsible for all product costing and commercial (contract) selling prices
• Responsible for controlling all site spending and capex requirements

Middlesbrough

• Joined the business just after acquisition when turnover was £1.9m:
• Key member of the Senior management team
• Critical role in the 5 year strategic planning which also involved identifying key acquisition targets
• Production of monthly management accounts and statutory accounts from scratch
• Responsible for all product costing and commercial (contract) selling prices
• Responsible for controlling all site spending and capex requirements

Middlesbrough

• Reporting to the MD and responsible for 12 staff:
• Key member in the implementation of Chorus & Jobs (2002) and the Chess Warehouse Management System (2005)
• Production of statutory accounts and monthly management accounts
• Responsible for budget setting and monitoring
• Responsible for all IT Systems and Data Recovery Controls
• Key member of the Senior Management team

Sunderland

• Reporting to the Financial Controller and managing a team of 5:
• Responsible for the full plant budget and forecast and reporting variances against
• Responsible for Plant monthly reporting
• Budget setting and tracking for the European OEM business

Sunderland

• Reporting to the Plant Controller and supervising a team of 2 (inventory and production)
• Key team member in the successful implementation of Mapics (AS400 based system)
• Responsible for inventory, product costing and variance reporting
• Production of monthly spend vs. budget report
• Assisting and covering the Plant controller

Sunderland, United Kingdom

• Commenced employment in the third year of degree course (sandwich year)
• Daily analysis of production efficiencies
• Calculating product costing
• Investigating variances
• Annual stock taking and perpetual stock takes

Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants (Cima), Distant Learning

Home study whilst working full time at Newell Rubbermaid Ltd

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business Studies With Marketing, 2:1 Honours Degree

A 4 year Sandwich course where year 3 involved working within industry

A-Levels Maths, Biology And Chemistry, B, B, C

Activities and Societies: Captain of the football and cricket teams