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Birmingham, GB

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

• Promoted from Operations Director, to take full ownership of P+L for European division (£80mn).
• Role includes all of the below responsibilities, and additionally Sales, Business Development and Marketing.
• Responsible for creation of divisional plan and budget, monthly, quarterly, and yearly
• Created a 5-year growth strategy plan to shape the business future.
• Leading 7 direct reports including 2 plant managers, Head of Operations Head of Supply Chain, Head of Engineering, Sales Director, Head of Customer Service. Responsible for 600+ employees.

United Kingdom

• Expanded role which includes responsibility for Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Quality, for the European Vehicle Solutions division of CVG.
• Responsibility for two sites, UK and Czech Republic, absorbing the roles of the former managing directors in each location.
• Implemented restructure to save £1 million year on year, by creating a functional based leadership team. Achieved saving during first six months of 2023.
• Introduced S&OP process and rolled out across both locations, to save a combined £1.5 million on inventory.
• Leading a footprint consolidation project to reduce overhead by 25% and increase production efficiency by at least 25%.

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

• Assumed full responsibility for operations at KAB Seating.
• Set strategy for a culture refresh in line with the core values which are: Continuous Improvement, Teamwork, Integrity, and Innovation.
• Formed a new management structure, then implemented to enable the leading, mentoring, coaching, and developing of employees, across the full facility from General Operator to Senior Manager.
• Introduced SMART objectives to deliver 45% increase in output, improved internal and customer quality, and operational efficiency and productivity.
• Re-organised manufacturing facility to provide increased flexibility and improved capacity for new business.

• Led mentored and coached a cross-functional team of departmental managers covering Material Planning, Production Planning, Purchasing, Logistics, and customer service.
• Achieved significant inventory reduction and increase in stock turns
• Created the purchasing strategy to enable a team of category managers to deliver against aggressive cost avoidance targets.

Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom

• Created forecast and demand planning strategy for complete product portfolio.
• Implemented complete production control and material planning function to a business that is transitioning from engineering consultancy to volume manufacture.
• Built and developed a new team to manage physical inbound and outbound logistics, material scheduling and production planning.
• Introduced IATF16949 compliant KPI suite, and increased composite (carbon fibre) production efficiency from 60% right first time to 92%.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Led and managed a cross-site, multinational team, responsible for purchasing and Supply into all UK and Turkey customers, including Ford, JCB, and Jaguar Land Rover.Making business critical decisions on method of supply, and movement of parts; covering a SKU count of >50,000.8D process, 5 Why’s, and root cause analysis of premium freight costs, and.

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Managed a European-wide team of planners achieving 98% “On time In Full” deliveries to major European retail accounts, such as Amazon, John Lewis, and Media Markt.Responsible for EMEA S&OP Process, from available at factory, though to customer delivery.Ownership of forecast and inventory strategy for 2000 SKU’s at $200 million turnover.Design and.

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Accountable for demand planning pertaining to a spares inventory valued at £130 million.Producing and presenting a five year forecast for 17,000 parts, across 6,000 in service aircraft. Provisioning decisions for all Airbus programmes, committing the company to spend in excess of £200 million per year.Expert level data analysis using Syncron forecasting.

Worldwide

Varied and challenging period covering all aspects of military logistics. UK based fighter squadron support, managing deployed inventories and supply chain, fuels, and warehouse operations.Including overseas tours in Iraq, USA, Falklands, and Turkey