I work with businesses to devise practical solutions to help solve their Operational problems, across such areas as Supply Chain, Procurement, Service, Production and Management. These solutions are tailored to the culture and style of the company itself.I am happy to look at any activity that a business knows it need to do, but just struggles to find the time to make happen.I work with a professional drive and a sense of fun too!

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and responsible for all operational functions from logistics to procurement, manufacturing to aftersales and service, in both the UK and Overseas. Restructured manufacturing on arrival, seeing on-time delivery improve rapidly through quick implementation of best-in-class production planning, work-place layout and standardized work using existing resources and team. Addressed immediate procurement challenges, seeing stock-outs fall significantly, through improved stock accuracy and control, major Bill of Material restructuring and predictive stock agreements with identified strategic suppliers. Set-up defined Aftersales and Service team, reducing client field complaints and winning long-term service agreements in Saudi Arabia, India and UK Blue-Chip Companies, whilst improving operating efficiency. Ensured safety and security taken as key objectives, seeing real safety rates increase and outstanding actions fall by 90% during pandemic, through extensive safety training, hazard spotting, 5S activities and driven action closure programme.

Reporting to the Group Chief Executive Officer and responsible for all business functions from sales and through to engineering, finance, procurement and operations, across two UK sites.

Reporting to the General Manager and responsible for all the operational undertakings of the organization, through from production to technical management, manufacturing engineering, planning, continuous improvement and logistics.

DAE Systems Ltd are a high quality Contract Manufacturer and Engineered Solutions Provider to the Rail, Nuclear, Defence, Highways and General Engineering Sectors. Since October 2012 they have been part of the DAE Systems Group of Companies.Reporting to the Group President, I am responsible for all site activities, from Sales and Marketing to Operations and Finance. My role is to:Take a technically very competent business that had been a little neglected before 2012, on a rapid journey of both operational and business excellence.Oversee the successful integration of the parent company organisation and its own product range into daily business at the Chippenham site.

Responsible for the procurement of all direct and indirect materials and services, with an annual spend of over £35 million, across multiple UK sites. Also responsible for all product shipments, deliveries and storage.

Generic title to cover multiple functions in Production, Production Planning and Logistics. This incorporated managing all service and manufacturing activities within a business of over £50 million, supplying both goods and aftermarket requirements to demanding rail industry end-users including Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens and Unipart Rail.

Responsible for recovering and then managing all operational activities within a business of over 350 people, supplying sequenced deliveries to demanding Automotive customers, including Toyota, Honda, Jaguar and GM. Also involved in both commercial and strategic decisions on existing and future contracts, including eventual site relocation to Derby.

Responsible for managing and motivating large multi-functional teams to achieve demanding delivery, cost and quality targets. Covering the manufacturing, engineering, quality, planning, material control and warehousing functions, progressed from a single unit of 25 people to over 150 people in three locations in both high and low volume business applications.