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United Plant Services is a leading independent asset maintenance provider, renowned for providing high-quality engineering support and maintenance to heavy mobile equipment within the mining, construction, quarrying and waste industry. This role was responsible for ensuring a robust long-term strategy was in place after my departure to Australia. This involved continuing to drive the contracted revenue strategy and DNA of the United Plant business while giving the new MD the support to drive his own team and objectives to ensure the future success of the business without my input.In order to execute strategic business objectives, this position involved integrating the new Managing Director into the business; managing new strategy planning and restructure for National Contracted Revenue growth; business-wide review of IT systems; implementation of new digital transformation agendas; and the continuous development of broader strategic initiatives for the business – which included looking for opportunities for operational improvement, process improvement and overall commercial success. A member of the senior management team, holding accountability for reviewing strategy, business restructure programs and company performance for future contracted growth, I have notable achievements continuing to increase our market share and achieving sustained business growth in a highly competitive market. I provided leadership, business initiatives, strategies, working with all of the areas of the business to ensure that sales, marketing, human resources and financial obligations are aligned in order to meet long-term strategic and financial objectives and KPI’s

The focus of this position was holding accountability for directing and leading a robust national structure, management team, and team of 50 employees across different business divisions to drive United Plant Service’s growth aspirations. In particular, I provided strategic and operational leadership to grow and become more commercially effective during a period of business re-structure. This was achieved by establishing clear objectives, embracing innovation and change, recruiting the right staff, effective process mapping and focusing on business development and key client relationships. I demonstrated success in the development of high-quality, direct customer contact lead generation services, the development and integration of value propositions, strategy, policy, procedures, systems, operational rhythm and flow and performance management. As a result, I remediated capability gaps to enable delivery of growth strategy, implemented tighter management controls, re-negotiated customer agreements, secured national contracts, and prioritised business initiatives leading to increased GP margins within a 12-month period and over higher revenue stability.

In 2001, I was a Director for Mac Plant Services, an independent asset maintenance provider that provided engineering support and maintenance to heavy mobile equipment to mining, construction, quarrying and waste sectors throughout Scotland. During this period, I was involved in developing and implementing the business strategy to expand operations into England. This position saw me undertaking strategic analysis of United Plant Service’s national expansion and managing the implementation of that strategy to enhance the profitability of services across the UK. Working in conjunction with the senior management team, I ensured that we built a long term sustainable and profitable business by providing strategic direction and input. Key responsibilities included building commercial capability, delivering revenue and profitability growth, reducing costs, increasing productivity of business across the national and maintaining consistency of service delivery across all business units.