Mike Stone Email & Phone Number

Tenterden, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

International manufacturing base of large $16 billion turnover US group producing snack foods and several joint ventures across Europe and the Middle East.Manage site operations to cover Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Production ensuring best practice is carried out at every level.Control of supply chain across 36 countries ensuring service delivery of 99.50%Develop and mentor direct reports to achieve site wide lean implementation to improve current performance in safety reporting, OEE, Quality measures and maintenance excellence.Ensure our supply chain and planning process is robust enough to supply our customer needs achieving 99.9% Service DeliveryDevelop and implement a continuous improvement process to engage and develop the operational structure working towards world class goals.Lead a proactive team of direct reports to drive value adding procedures within a controlled performance management system, using FI, Lean and Six Sigma thinking and tools.2006 - 2007Fellowship in Manufacturing Management - Cranfield University Specialist and intensive Master's level course in World Class Manufacturing Techniques such as Six Sigma, Lean Methodology, and all other modern techniques.

Privately owned dairy processing business supplying milk based products to retailers across the UK in various liquid formatsManage group operations covering 1 production facility and 6 distribution depots with an overall structure of 435 employees. Total ownership of the Production, Engineering, Distribution, Technical, SOP and commercial departments.Implementation of BRC audit systems in line with consumer expectations.Reporting directly to the Chairman of the business and working autonomously from site.Returned the company to an operating profit within 18 months from a 1.7m loss.

Implemented management systems to control Production, Productivity, Overtime and Waste.Managed a team of 17 managers and 10 supervisors within all departments with an overall headcount of 435.Implemented management performance review systems to manage individual KPI's for the operations management.Set up management reporting systems and communication forums on an action completion basis.

Managed a team of up to 8 Process Managers across 3 packaging areas and a staff structure of 150.Assisted in the planning process of a 7-day 24hr production facility.Headed a working party to improve OEE and reduce operational costs.Assisted in BRC audit process to ensure compliance with consumer regulations.

Assisted in the set up and commissioning of a production facility recruiting and training staff to ensure GMP.Controlled performance outputs to ensure KPI adherence.Control of a production facility with up to 50 staff and 6 Team Leaders ensuring daily plan delivery.Lead improvement project teams to champion best practices and reduce operating costs.Put in place staff and manager review process ensuring 6 monthly PDR's were completed.

Control of 6 production lines ensuring KPI's are met in line with expectations.Develop and train staff in line operations following procedures and specifications.

Control of daily site plan to ensure customer deliveries were met on a daily basis through stock planning and control of production planning with 1100 SKU's.

Control of production lines and up to 15 staff ensuring products are manufactured to agreed specifications for major customers.

Production OperativeWorking on production line using various pieces of equipment to produce poultry based products for major supermarket customers.