Nigel Dixon Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Royston, England, United Kingdom

Cramlington, Northumberland

- Managed a global logistics team based in 4 countries with an annual spend of circa $8m- Business International Trade Controls lead for export controlled goods and licensing- Business Customs lead for regulatory, GE standards and integrity of Customs Activities - Developed logistics strategy and managed 3PL vendor base- Business system developer for the introduction of an automated logistics process. to include embedded vendor control, Purchase Order issue, Customs and… Show more - Managed a global logistics team based in 4 countries with an annual spend of circa $8m- Business International Trade Controls lead for export controlled goods and licensing- Business Customs lead for regulatory, GE standards and integrity of Customs Activities - Developed logistics strategy and managed 3PL vendor base- Business system developer for the introduction of an automated logistics process. to include embedded vendor control, Purchase Order issue, Customs and Export Controls compliance - Champion of data clean-up process to improve the quality of business data- Continuous change and simplification lead for Logistics and supply chain team- Dangerous Goods focal for the business working closely with the HSE team- LRQA qualified Internal Auditor Show less

Ripley, Derbyshire

- Invited to join a GE joint venture to resolve a major HMRC Inward Processing Relief failure with a £54m demand- Engaged with HMRC to establish a settlement and the go-forward process - Managed a team of 11 indirect temporary agency staff with target delivery time- Devised and introduced a new go-forward management system agreed with HMRC - Obtained HMRC, the renewal of the IPR authority for business continuity- Developed the IPR process and delivered training for the… Show more - Invited to join a GE joint venture to resolve a major HMRC Inward Processing Relief failure with a £54m demand- Engaged with HMRC to establish a settlement and the go-forward process - Managed a team of 11 indirect temporary agency staff with target delivery time- Devised and introduced a new go-forward management system agreed with HMRC - Obtained HMRC, the renewal of the IPR authority for business continuity- Developed the IPR process and delivered training for the teams- Delivered positive result on the demand to be paid to HMRC- Collaborated with the IT team to systemise and automate the process and data tracking Show less

Lincoln, United Kingdom

- Invited to join European Gas Turbines which became a Siemens business to resolve a HMRC Inward Processing Relief (IPR) adherence failure with a demand issued for £507k and lead the Logistics team- Collaborated with the Finance team to develop and introduce a new process to manage the IPR Authorisation- Supervised deliveries in many customer locations for the offloading of the company’s equipment, this was often at the customer’s request and expense- Also managed the packing… Show more - Invited to join European Gas Turbines which became a Siemens business to resolve a HMRC Inward Processing Relief (IPR) adherence failure with a demand issued for £507k and lead the Logistics team- Collaborated with the Finance team to develop and introduce a new process to manage the IPR Authorisation- Supervised deliveries in many customer locations for the offloading of the company’s equipment, this was often at the customer’s request and expense- Also managed the packing, painting and despatch teams - Led the team to update the company’s Packing Standard realising cost savings- Part of a Sourcing team that outsourced the business’s Export Packing process to a third-party vendor including TUPE transfer of employees- Manged the new outsourced export Packing vendor developing the agreed KPIs with them - Trained and certified to be the business’s Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor and Managers EHS to IOSH standard- Collaborated in a cross functional team to replace the ERP system with SAP- Develop logistics strategy for the business including out-of-gauge shipments, FCL, LCL, Air, Road and Courier shipments- Developed despatch and delivery plans to customers and contractual requirements Show less

Shipley, West Yorkshire

- Part of the management team for developing the business following the merger of 2 business’s- Operational responsibility of a medium sized freight forwarding company with a team of 4 direct reports - Collaborated on the development of a business system to automate quotations, bookings and creating Shipping Documents and the installation of a local area networked computer system- Key account manager for a principal global account- Day-to-day negotiation with 3PL vendors and… Show more - Part of the management team for developing the business following the merger of 2 business’s- Operational responsibility of a medium sized freight forwarding company with a team of 4 direct reports - Collaborated on the development of a business system to automate quotations, bookings and creating Shipping Documents and the installation of a local area networked computer system- Key account manager for a principal global account- Day-to-day negotiation with 3PL vendors and customers- Support to the Sales team with customer visits and issue resolution Show less

Immingham

- Reported to the General Manger for day-to-day activities- Operationally ran freight forwarding activity with some Sales activity- Covered the Ships Agency team for ships husbandry and customs services as required- Part of the team that developed the Base Chemical Shippers Group - Collaborated with software developer for development of customs software package and LAN.- Responsible for staff training and development- Project managed the logistics for 2 special… Show more - Reported to the General Manger for day-to-day activities- Operationally ran freight forwarding activity with some Sales activity- Covered the Ships Agency team for ships husbandry and customs services as required- Part of the team that developed the Base Chemical Shippers Group - Collaborated with software developer for development of customs software package and LAN.- Responsible for staff training and development- Project managed the logistics for 2 special projects- third part negotiation for warehouse, pick & pack, logistics services Show less

East Midlands Airport

- Responsible for running a small satellite office at East Midlands Airport with 2 direct reports- Managed the 2 principal freight contracts - Managed the ready to serve programme for aircraft and aircrew operating from EMA- Responsible to ensure the crew hours and aircraft technical logs are maintained accurately- Prior to going to the EMA office, operated as an Operations Assistant to the Operations Manager- Responsibilities included crew scheduling, flight planning and… Show more - Responsible for running a small satellite office at East Midlands Airport with 2 direct reports- Managed the 2 principal freight contracts - Managed the ready to serve programme for aircraft and aircrew operating from EMA- Responsible to ensure the crew hours and aircraft technical logs are maintained accurately- Prior to going to the EMA office, operated as an Operations Assistant to the Operations Manager- Responsibilities included crew scheduling, flight planning and liaising maintenance department Show less

Institute Diploma (Logistics), International Business/Trade/Commerce

A-Level, Mathematics