Michael O'Leary Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland

Ireland, Uk

o Reporting directly to the CMO, I led a major rebrand project for the Bulmers Irish Cider range, from concept, consumer research, artwork design, through to operational implementation and activation in tradeo Spearheaded the product and packaging development of new big bet NPD projects, rolled out in conjunction with the Bulmers rebrand – Bulmers Dark Fruit, Bulmers Rose and Bulmers 0.0%o Savings of €1.1m in one year by identifying and managing all Value Engineering initiatives across all business functions at two production facilities, in Ireland and Scotland.o Realised a further €1m through identification and external sale of redundant planto Generated income of €480K by coordinating the R&D Tax Credit submissions in both UK and Ireo Prevented a company write off by looking at alternative uses for surplus apple concentrate. This resulted in a sale of over 3000 tonnes of apple concentrate and a joint venture with an Irish Distiller to develop a number for apple-based spirit productso Facilitated regular cross functional workshops to identify and evaluate new saving opportunities whilst constantly re-evaluating all initiativeso Coordinated Operational and Technical relationship with the largest contract packer in the UKo Instigated a project investigating the installation of on-site wine packaging capabilities

Ireland, Uk

o Directed the Quality, NPD, Regulatory Compliance and Consumer Complaint functions across four geographically separate manufacturing facilities in the UK and Ireland, reporting directly to the Group Operations Directoro Coached and developed a Quality and Technical Team, at site and group level, comprising of 50 employeeso Led the transfer and consolidation of manufacturing from two site closures in Ireland and England to the Bulmers Ireland site in Clonmel. Over 100 SKUs transferredo Executed a number of restructures and reorganisations at both site and group level, involving redundancies, performance management of individuals, and Union negotiations. o Improved decision making and project turn-around, by implementing an NPD Stage Gate Process, with over 120 NPD projects reaching final stage implementation each year o Controlled the Technical relationship with all own label, and private label customers and major retailers, such as Sainsbury, Dunne Stores, Musgraves, Tesco, LIDL, ALDI, Morrison’so Approved and established third party contract packaging of C&C brands in Australia, Russia, Canada, USA, Germany, UK, Ireland, Italy and South Africa.o Reduced annual cost of quality from >€1m to <€100K within one yearo Oversaw achievement of Grade A BRC accreditation at four manufacturing siteso Managed commissioning of new production lines installed on different sites

Somerset, Uk

o Headed a Manufacturing Company in the UK, crushing and processing 35,000 tonnes of apples, producing 1.1m HL of Cider per annum, with 140 FT employees, and a budgetary spend of £34mo Oversaw all aspects of production, and represented the Site at Group Level, reporting directly to the Group Operations Director.o Motivated and enabled all employees to achieve clearly outlined goals, successfully controlling costs and returning the site in line with all financial and key performance targetso Championed the reduction in Loss Time Accidents from 6 in the previous year down to 1, by strengthening and communicating the importance of Health and Safety on siteo Instigated a re-structure of the Site Management Team to make it fit for purposeo Resolved a pay dispute, after considerable Union negotiations and threatened strike actiono Directed the Quality, Food Safety, and Consumer Complaint functions across four geographically separate manufacturing facilities in the UK and Ireland, o Led the Quality teams at site and group level, with over 40 employees

Ireland, Uk

Tipperary, Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

County Meath, Ireland

Masters Degree In Agricultural Science, Animal Sciences

Bachelor'S Degree Agricultural Science

Certificate In Packaging

Certificate In Brewing