Mark Oldroyd Email & Phone Number

Essex

Non Executive Director with a detailed understanding of the Supply Chain and with many years of Board Level experience.

United Kingdom

Another stint at Image Holders - a great team with fantastic opportunities - I expect great things !

What a great time working with the Image Holders team for 3 months. Hopefully the old dog taught them a few new tricks !

Godalming

The Book People is a leading UK discount bookseller. The company sells books online, through its mail order catalogue, and in workplaces through a direct sales team of 420 book sellers.

Daviit Jones Bould is one of the largest and most experienced commercial property teams in the UK. It acts for a wide range of public sector and commercial organisations and has a client base that includes some of the most significant land owners in the UK.As a non lawyer I provide commercial and general management advice to the partners as required.

London, United Kingdom

As a NonExecutive Director provided advice and helped source financial backing for Vivid Drinks when it was a start up business. Vivid Drinks is now a succesful established business.http://www.vividdrinks.com/

Watford, United Kingdom

Designer Parfums is a fast growing fine fragrance business with a portfolio of fragrance brands. I helped to establish robust supply chain processes including including S&OP, MRP and inventory management. I also reviewed purchasing and delivered substantial cost savinngs.

London, United Kingdom

Noble Isle is a premium bath and body brand inspired by the British Isles, which launched on 1st May 2012. Noble Isle is now an established retail and hotel amenities brand with a turnover in excess of £3m.

Molton Brown is a luxury brand company bought by the KAO Corporation of Japan in 2006.; Instrumental member of the seven man Senior Management team that grew the value of Molton Brown as a business from £70million in 2004, when it was sold by the majority shareholder to Bridgepoint Capital, to £170million in 2006 when it was bought by the Kao Corporation of Japan.Identified that Molton Brown could make significant savings on its purchasing spend by sourcing products from alternative… Show more Molton Brown is a luxury brand company bought by the KAO Corporation of Japan in 2006.; Instrumental member of the seven man Senior Management team that grew the value of Molton Brown as a business from £70million in 2004, when it was sold by the majority shareholder to Bridgepoint Capital, to £170million in 2006 when it was bought by the Kao Corporation of Japan.Identified that Molton Brown could make significant savings on its purchasing spend by sourcing products from alternative suppliers. Conducted an in depth review and identified alternative suppliers in China, negotiated new contracts and made annual savings of £2million on an annual spend of £20millionWorked as part of a co-ordinated team with other supply chain directors for the Kao Group to identify areas where savings could be made via synergies. Successfully identified key areas where savings could be made a delivered annual savings in excess of $10million. The team was presented with the prestigious Kao Board award in 2009. In 2001 the customer service delivered by Molton Brown was measured by OTIF (on time in full) and it was really poor and starting to adversely affect the rapid growth of the business that had been targeted. Analysed the causes of the poor service performance and put in place remedial action. Within twelve months the service had improved from 65% OTIF to 90% OTIF. It is now running at 97.5% OTIF.Acted as R&D Director and ran the R&D team in 2008 and 2009 successfully launching over 30 new products in that time. Show less

A UK paper manufacturer with sales of £20million and 250 employees; Re-organised the structure of the workforce taking out a layer of supervision and creating significant cost savings. Redundancies were avoided as the majority of the workforce was successfully re-deployed in house.

A major manufacturer of confectionary and drinks with over 3,000 staff and eight factories in the United Kingdom; Identified that a shift at the York factory was unnecessary and surplus to requirements, York was a heavily unionised environment and any changes would have to gain union approval. Successfully negotiated with the union and reduced from 4 work shifts to 3 work shifts resulting in a reduction of over 20% of overall labour costs.Recognised that significant savings could be made in… Show more A major manufacturer of confectionary and drinks with over 3,000 staff and eight factories in the United Kingdom; Identified that a shift at the York factory was unnecessary and surplus to requirements, York was a heavily unionised environment and any changes would have to gain union approval. Successfully negotiated with the union and reduced from 4 work shifts to 3 work shifts resulting in a reduction of over 20% of overall labour costs.Recognised that significant savings could be made in the inventory and purchasing and supply areas. Successfully initiated a cost cutting programme that reduced costs and created overall savings of over 10%.Evaluated the operation of the Engineering Department and identified that significant cost savings could be made by re-structuring the work patterns to eliminate the excessive amount of overtime that was being worked. Successfully carried out the re-structuring saving in excess of £200,000 per annum. Show less

A worldwide manufacturer of confectionery, pet food and other food products with US$21 billion in annual sales in 2008, and is ranked as the 6th largest privately-held company in the United States by Forbes.; Identified that there was a major problem with raw material variances for a particular line of pet food for Thomas's pet foods a subsidiary of Mars. Measured each stage of the process and successfully identified where the problem arose (a new can was being used with a different weight) re… Show more A worldwide manufacturer of confectionery, pet food and other food products with US$21 billion in annual sales in 2008, and is ranked as the 6th largest privately-held company in the United States by Forbes.; Identified that there was a major problem with raw material variances for a particular line of pet food for Thomas's pet foods a subsidiary of Mars. Measured each stage of the process and successfully identified where the problem arose (a new can was being used with a different weight) re calibrated all scales and saved in excess of £2million. EARLIER CAREER Show less

Eliminated edge penetration in photographic papers

Bsc (Hons), Biochemistry/Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Chairman of the Debating Society Reached the final of the Observer Mace debating competition only to lose.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Debating, Acting