Mark Randall Email and Phone Number

Working in partnership with Mecelec Design to deliver bespoke engineering projects in Aerospace, Defence and Automotive sectors.

• Full P & L responsibility for £2m T/O company.• Managing the business through recession to deliver a profit for the first time in five years.• Overhead reduction of 46%, headcount reduction from 33 to 16, building occupancy costs of 24%.• Managing relationship with US parent company including weekly business reporting, monthly financial forecast and review; annual budgeting and long range strategic business planning.• Customer and supplier facing including development of significant strategic business partnerships• Recruitment and Management of key reports.• Implementation of manufacturing management tools to ensure excellent on-time delivery to customer and business expectations.• Interface with Sales function and direct with customers to ensure thorough understanding of technical and commercial expectations and therefore deliver exceptional customer service.• Management of Purchasing, NPD, Engineering, Applications, Service and Production functions.• Coordination of Development projects in collaboration with and in support of Ambrell global Applications and Development teams.

• Managing supply of raw materials and components to a busy manufacturing unit using Avante MRP stock control system• Intermediary to manage supplier / production / customer relationships ensuring smooth business process• Project work to explore new supply opportunities in Eastern Europe and the Far East• Continuous marketplace / competitor product review to maintain and build market share• New product critical path planning + performance review against KPI’s

Terry Pratchett licensee and designer/developer/manufacturer/distributer of 'THUD' the discworld boardgame, the Nac Mac Feegle figurines and Figureheads of Granny Weatherwax and the rest!

• Operational Management of buying and product/graphic design team to meet agreed cost and schedule targets• Ownership of business operational issues including budgeting, scheduling, recruitment, logistics, and quality management• Intermediary between customer service team and new product development team to ensure timely and appropriate product evolution• Rationalisation and relocation of supply base to the Far East• Introducing a structured financial and critical path analysis process for product development and manufacture• Developing and launching product range including range price structuring, marketing, pitching to key accounts and presentations to internal sales resource and retailers.• Management of third party Forever Friends Licensees.

• Overall responsibility for the Discover and Imagine ranges (combined value £25m at retail)• Development and selection of new products, maintenance of NPD budget.• Briefing Hong Kong and UK design resources, product and packaging.• Range financial development and board level presentation and sign off• Management of supply chain to ensure product availability for launch dates. • Partnering with QC and customer services to maintain standards to ensure product is appropriate, safe and of excellent quality.• Management of marketing of ranges including supplier contribution, in store point of sale, promotions and clearances• Monitoring of competitor retailers• Monitoring sales against plan and history.

• Managing creative resources to deliver approved product range to budget and schedule• Market, financial and competitor analysis to determine product viability.• Management of a team of 5 product managers and designers• Managing the UK, Portuguese and Chinese injection mould manufacturers.• Taking product concepts from model stage through tool design to final importing, placing and commissioning of tools in the UK• Managing the external component suppliers including cost negotiating, scheduling and quality control.• Manufacturing support, instructing production staff, overseeing and resolution of production issues.