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Brighouse, West Yorkshire

• Full management responsibility of this highly esteemed specialist subcontractor providing aluminium glazing facades to the UK market. This included strategic and operational leadership, governance, compliance, HR and.
• Overcame resistance and won the trust and engagement of the workforce through active listening, identifying needs and challenges. Successfully led change to modernise this previously very traditional business.
• Led transition from outdated legacy system to a new fit-for-purpose accounting system. Introduced a range of other processes, procedures and software in alignment with business needs and ensured they were embraced and.
• Introduced new client base, addressing lack of middle-sized contracts.
• Led largescale HR project to update job descriptions and contracts of employment and standardise benefits ensuring full regulatory compliance.

North

• Led the northern region of this construction sector sub-contractor, accounting for c. £30m annual turnover. This included two commercial teams based in Glasgow and Scotland and delivering major projects of up to £10m.
• Established stability within commercial teams. The role of commercial director had been absent for the 2 years previous, with managers operating autonomously. Overcame resistance and silos on arrival to build trusting.
• Turned around unreliable financial reporting to empower senior level decision making through clear and precise data insights.
• Drove major improvement in profitability through successful negotiation of two key accounts. Rebuilt seriously deteriorated client relationships leading to the possibility of significant contra charges and financial.

• Led process and procedure improvement to achieve key accreditation of this construction materials SME with a turnover of c. £20m.
• Introduced necessary processes standards and compliance to achieve Achilles BuildingConfidence accreditation, CHAS, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. This covered HR, supply chain and SLA agreements with contract suppliers.
• Drove unit performance and profitability through supporting strategic change.

• Led the development of this commercial aluminium glazing start-up, providing strategic and operational leadership to establish effective governance and compliance. establishing all key processes and procedures both.
• Led growth from start-up to turnover of £3.7m.

Established synergies within sister business units, maximising PLC opportunities. Led roll-out of business process design methodology across various business units, enabling standardised ways of working.