Simon Ringham Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Banbury

National

• Enthuse and engage teams from 8 sites and improve performance.
• Drive improvement, providing challenge through auditing and annual improvement plans.
• Largest site employs 500 people, last RIDDOR November 2015.
• Engagement: Delivered risk assessment workshops to all site teams.
• Implemented measurement with emphasis on pro-active measures to improve culture.
• Establish health and safety as a line manager responsibility.

• Responsible for Factory, Engineering, CI, Technical, Warehouse, Safety.
• Key member of leadership team
• Engineering - projects management - automation to reduce direct labour cost to business in an external climate of labour cost increases.
• Warehouse - development of MRP to enable raw materials stocks to reduce from 800 to 500 pallets combined with reduced “stock out” disruption. KanBan implementation.
• Technical - standards, product quality, relationship with retailers. Move to unannounced technical audits - BRC version 7 – Grade A+ achieved.
• Implementation of KPIs throughout Operations, driving improvement and accountability.

• Development of product SOPs as a foundation for standardised working and improvement.
• Reduction in reliance on agency labour and building of factory teams.
• 75% reduction in accident rate. External audit scores from bottom of group to top.

Bristol, National, Trowbridge

Responsible for successful development of safety culture across 2 divisions totalling 31 sites. Accidents halved in a 700 strong team and reduced exposure to major risks. Implemented 14001 and 18001.Additional secondment responsibilities:Factory Production Manager:Responisble for:Goods In, Warehouse, Butchery, Veg Intake, Dispensary, Kitchens. 3.

Poland, England, Wales

• ABF were vulnerable to accidents and prosecution within this recently acquired subsidiary. Achievements:
• Identify root causes of poor performance and address them – culture and accountability.
• Results: Lost time accidents reduced by 60% in 3 years, audit scores from bottom of division to top.
• Additional responsibility of managing the green field start-up of Engineering within a new site in Poland. Responsible to Project Director for:
• Engineering equipment overhaul, transfer and commissioning.
• Recruitment of Production and Engineering management and teams.

Nebosh Diploma (Chartered), Health And Safety

Hnc, Mechanical Engineering