Keith Robertson Email & Phone Number

Delivering business performance improvements and project management Contact 07952 499033. Email kr57ltd@hotmail.comClientsBulginSpringmount CapitalMeggitt Certech - Part of Morgan Advanced MaterialsLane4 - Associate, working with the Civil Service and NissanAirdri GroupFormula SystemsHartridge (Delphi) - Diesel Systems Test Bench ManufacturersSecuronCrittall WindowsPaxman French HornsTeknomekProjectsTransferred press and CNC component manufacturing business from UK to TunisiaTransferred $7M t/o manufacturing business from USA to Vietnam and UKAssessing potential acquisitionsDeveloping Operations StrategyWorking with Tier 1 Aerospace supplier to raise output and reduce manufacturing costsIntroducing global Sales and Operations Planning system to balance inventories in Europe, China and USAImplementing Lean techniques in 2 Chinese factories manufacturing hand dryers and safety equipment for elevatorsReviewing Quality Management System to improve customer quality experienceValue Stream Mapping of business to lay foundation for delivery performance improvementDesign and implementation of Pulsed Assembly line for capital goods assemblyProject Management of $5m export contract Interim Operations Director and MD rolesClient training

London, United Kingdom

Visiting Lecturer on the Project Finance module for the MSc in Finance

London, United Kingdom

Member of Ofcom’s Olympic London 2012 Programme Board, responsible to the Board for developing and delivering Ofcom’s strategic and operational approach for its Olympic Assurance team. Achievements include:• Developed strategy which enabled team to operate to tight service response times, working without the support of Ofcom’s regulatory powers and using largely non Ofcom personnel• Designed and built a technical service organisation of 120 personnel to cover Ofcom’s presence at 35 venues for 18 hours/day during the Olympic and Paralympic Games• Devised and implemented talent engagement strategy to recruit and train 80 engineers from 10 European countries. Coordinated performance management process to audit team • Justified and managed a £3M project to install a network of 70 radio frequency monitoring sensors to support the engineering team across London and the Olympic venues• Set up 4 equipment verification centres in the Olympic Park and Sailing venue to test the compliance of over 100,000 pieces of portable radio equipment during the Games period

Harlow

Full P&L responsibility for UK manufacturing, logistics and technical operations. Member of Turbon Group Executive Management Team.Developed focused and productive relationships with main customers to improve demand management and delivery performance, from less than 90% On Time Delivery (OTD) to consistent 98%+. Eliminated £120k pa customer fines for poor service.Played key role in managing the reduction of Group inventory by €12m (33% reduction) whilst improving OTD and general customer service performance.Successfully transferred UK operations to Thailand and Romania on time and without compromising employee relations, customer service or product quality.

Full P&L responsibility for UK manufacturing, global purchasing, wholesale operation and Indian JV factoryInjected new life into the demoralised workforceImproved quality across the business reducing returns rate from 15% to 3%, restoring confidence of key customersReduced factory lead times from 30 to 5 days to significantly improve the cash positionImplemented "Lean Culture" and established Hertfordshire's first internal "Business Process Improvements" NVQ programme for the workforceResourced component manufacture from Germany to India saving £1.2m

London And Corby

Responsible for 3 manufacturing plants in south England• In two years transformed a £7M t/o loss making adhesive tape business into £450K PBT• Managed a successful programme to transfer operations to sites in UK and Brazil and the subsequent closure of a 150 employee site in London• Managed the transfer of £5M t/o python pipe business to take advantage of Saint Gobain’s existing under utilised Belgium operation and to better service and penetrate the larger European market

England

Implemented "Lean Culture" and supporting KPI's across 3 UK sites.Member of Textron's Corporate Continuous Improvement Team with responsibility for running "Best Practice Leadership Forums" in Europe and USA

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Part time tutor on the "International Operations Management" module

Yorkshire

Returned this loss making scissor manufacturer to profitability over 2 years. Negotiated new financial and commercial terms with banks, customers and suppliers whilst implementing successful turnaround programme

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Diploma & Certificate In Industrial Management

Hnc In Engineering