Robert Birch Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Australia

Managing the Regional Operations for QLD & NT. 7 sites that warehouse and distribute over 8000 different SKUs. Full COR and accountability for our Supply Chain Processes, including our own truck fleet across the operations.Brisbane site has an Automated Powder Coat line running 5 days a week and producing approximately 3500 square meters of finished product per day.Stock holdings of over $20M and directly Managing over 150 staff split across Distribution, Drivers, Warehouse, Receiving and Powder Coat production across a variety of rosters. Introducing Lean principles to the business and Leadership Team to drive waste out of our processes. Developing succession plans to ensure the growth of the business through our current and future leaders

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Australia

Full accountability of the Finishing Department. Managing over 100 Staff across a 24/7 roster system and 5 areas.Producing over 2M STD meters of product each month to supply local and National Markets

Hemmant, Brisbane

Goodman Fielder is one of the largest listed consumer food producers and suppliers across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region, with a portfolio of iconic, most trusted food brands. The Hemmant Site manufactures 360000 units of Garlic bread per week and distributes over 18 million units of Garlic bread (3PL) nationally and internationally. The site has 80 employees and operates a variety of rosters to ensure consumer demands are metResponsibilities: *7 Direct reports, all of which are functional department Managers and a total site employee base of around 80 employees.  *Day to Day responsibilities of managing a successful facility including Payroll, People Development and Succession Planning, Performance Management, Change, Capital and Project Management, Multi-Functional Relationship Building and Maintaining, Reporting and Driving Success through Business Planning.  *Monitoring of KPI’s and project WIG’s and sourcing solutions to enable a positive changes when needed *Re-negotiated waste contracts to generate revenue from waste rather than paying for removal. *Re-negotiated the lease agreement for the car park hardstand saving the business $250,000 PA . *Currently involved in Capital Projects and projection planning for CY17 and beyond to ensure stability and success for the site. These plans over the next 3 years will see investment of approx $10M and will yield a site labour reduction of around 60% through Automation.  *Develop and execute all strategic plans including determination of KPI’s, annual Business plan and embed these into performance plans for the 7 direct and 5 indirect senior leadership team and monitor progress systematically *KPI Ownership: SIFR (Safety), energy and water consumption, waste generation (environment), customer complaints, BRC/WQA compliance (Quality), Manufacturing cost per unit (Cost), Overall Equipment Efficiency (Efficiency), Deliver in Full (DIF – to customer internal and external)

Richlands, Brisbane

Oversee day by day operations; Prepare for seasonal fluctuation leveraging Labour hire partners and capability matrix on site and actively drive engagement in local community. Maintaining and driving CCA’s cost out and sustained service levels above 99% philosophy. During this time the site was communicated that it would be de-manning across all areas and going through the largest change management program CCA had faced in its history of manufacturing in Australia. Lead Team’s in Brisbane and be a part of National projects that touched all Operational sites in Australia and New Zealand. Key Responsibilities & Achievements *Managed a variety of Production Areas of the CCA business in Queensland.  *4 Direct reports and 28 In-direct reports that flex to 35 during peak season.  *Day to Day responsibilities of managing a successful facility including Payroll, People Development and Succession Planning, Performance Management, Change and Project Management, Multi-Functional Relationship Building and Maintaining, Reporting and Driving Success through Business Planning.  *Monitoring of KPI’s and project WIG’s and sourcing solutions to enable a positive change should these not be on track *Project Managed the installation of 2 new Blow fill lines and the subsequent operation of these areas. Full responsibility to deliver the timeline, technical, engineering, maintenance and production staff and management of the entire process including the development and implementation of training plans to all the above parties *Relieving in the role of Manufacturing Manager for sustained periods of time during projects and other phases of our plants journey *Active member of the HACCP and OHS teams on site

Griffith, Nsw

Packaging Operations Manager *Manage the whole Bottling facility at Casella in Griffith NSW. During this period this was the largest wine manufacturer and exporter in Australia and sustained the fastest growth of any winery in the world between the years of 2003 and 2008 *Successfully installed a Turnkey KHS 36000BPH line whilst maintaining the sites production on its Cask and 3 other Wine lines. This included project managing the KHS technicians, onsite maintenance and engineering staff and operational teams *Managing Maintenance and Production teams to complete the huge task of supplying the fastest growing wine label in history reporting directly to the Winery Operations Manager. *7 Direct Reports with approximately 90 In Direct reports during peak season *Worked with key personnel at Casella to achieve success in a very competitive market in both US and Domestic fronts.  *Participated in NPD design and existing design improvements for greater shelf appeal and efficiency of the plant