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Hazelwood, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Lead the development and execution of global strategy for the Marine, Stationary Gas and Railroad sectors, driving the delivery through key projects deployed across a range of business operations. Oversee crucial business development, sales, and marketing activities to create industry and thought leading value propositions to increase manufacturing footprint and position the business firmly as a global market leader. Shape the wider business strategies in line with the global corporate agenda… Show more Lead the development and execution of global strategy for the Marine, Stationary Gas and Railroad sectors, driving the delivery through key projects deployed across a range of business operations. Oversee crucial business development, sales, and marketing activities to create industry and thought leading value propositions to increase manufacturing footprint and position the business firmly as a global market leader. Shape the wider business strategies in line with the global corporate agenda, focused specifically on revenue and market growth, go to market initiatives, sustainability, and value creation.Key Achievements: • Established a sole lubricant technology partnership with principal OEM for new Ammonia engine development. • Shaped the overall proposition for the IMO2020, leading the strategic business repositioning and market change delivering thought leading innovations in fuel chemistry; generated a multimillion-dollar market expansion. • Delivered a significant increase in Unit Operating Income from the previous year. Show less

Focused on protecting the company’s reputation by overseeing multiple UK sites on behalf of the corporate Ethics office ensuring all activities adhere to the internal Code of Ethics as well as the Prohibited Business Practices Policy. Key Achievements: • Nominated by UK Board and sequestered by the Corporate Ethics office to serve as a local Ethics leader for the UK.

United Kingdom

Led the integration of this new Lubrizol acquired business, focused on establishing a cohesive EMEA regional leadership direction while coordinating a team of 26. Oversaw a concurrent closure of a facility and consolidation of its support functions into the existing Lubrizol sites. Accountable for regional P&L as well as establishing optimal control measures and systems to enable rapid, yet sustainable growth.Key Achievements: • Led a successful integration of the business… Show more Led the integration of this new Lubrizol acquired business, focused on establishing a cohesive EMEA regional leadership direction while coordinating a team of 26. Oversaw a concurrent closure of a facility and consolidation of its support functions into the existing Lubrizol sites. Accountable for regional P&L as well as establishing optimal control measures and systems to enable rapid, yet sustainable growth.Key Achievements: • Led a successful integration of the business, delivering improvements and efficiencies across supply chain and operations. • Leveraged the Belgian facility’s capabilities to bring adjacent Lubrizol business supply chain in-house; migrated US manufacturing of a key EMEA product into two existing Lubrizol sites in the UK and Germany. • Initiated a shift in organisational structure and culture, leading a complete overhaul of systems, processes, and reporting to increase reliability and customer satisfaction. • Introduced an adjacent sister division cross-selling initiative, leveraging the product portfolio of another Lubrizol-acquired company to diversify products and maximise customer reach. Show less

Oversaw the strategic and operational activities within the Driveline sector in line with the wider corporate strategy, focused on innovation, continuous improvement, industry development, customer requirements and competitor activity. Key Achievements: • Achieved record-breaking, double-digit growth over the previous year.• Leveraged end user market understanding to create a proactive and value-based solution portfolio.• Enhanced market focus by restructuring… Show more Oversaw the strategic and operational activities within the Driveline sector in line with the wider corporate strategy, focused on innovation, continuous improvement, industry development, customer requirements and competitor activity. Key Achievements: • Achieved record-breaking, double-digit growth over the previous year.• Leveraged end user market understanding to create a proactive and value-based solution portfolio.• Enhanced market focus by restructuring and refocusing the team; created a new structure to provide expert support for key, platinum customers in alignment with geographical sales offices. Show less

Singapore

Spearheaded this expatriate assignment, focused on driving key, strategic growth, underpinned by clear, market-led initiatives spanning the Middle East, India, China, Southeast Asia, Australasia, Korea and Japan. Additional accountability for regional revenues and profits. Key Achievements: • Achieved record, year on year growth between 2007 – 2009. • Built a multi-cultural corporate culture, elevating local market awareness with US stakeholders though bi-annual… Show more Spearheaded this expatriate assignment, focused on driving key, strategic growth, underpinned by clear, market-led initiatives spanning the Middle East, India, China, Southeast Asia, Australasia, Korea and Japan. Additional accountability for regional revenues and profits. Key Achievements: • Achieved record, year on year growth between 2007 – 2009. • Built a multi-cultural corporate culture, elevating local market awareness with US stakeholders though bi-annual sub-regional planning meetings. • Influencing a Board-level decision to channel significant resources into the region, including the development of new teams and functions. Show less

Led the strategic and commercial development initiatives with additional responsibilities for Product Management of the Automotive Transmission Fluids focused on turnover and profit delivery.Key Achievements: • Introduced a market led approach within a traditionally technology led and culturally conservative organisation.• Achieved record year on year record growth and near double digit CAGR.

Held commercial responsibility for US Financial Organisations across EMEA region, leading a virtual team across 76 countries. Key Achievements: • Negotiated and secured key contract renewals with companies including AMEX, J.P Morgan Chase and Wachovia. • Generated significant profit improvement and EMEA business gain through global vendor endorsement and re-engineering of non-standard operations.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Led an expatriate assignment in the Central province of Saudi Arabia, with P&L responsibility and additional oversight of Commercial activities with sector annual revenue of US$ 7M. Coordinated the strategic and operational activities of the multi-cultural, commercial team and indirect functional general management of Customer Service, Retail outlets, Accounts, Credit Control, IS Support and HR departments. In addition, engaged as a member of the British Embassy affiliated Riyadh Group of… Show more Led an expatriate assignment in the Central province of Saudi Arabia, with P&L responsibility and additional oversight of Commercial activities with sector annual revenue of US$ 7M. Coordinated the strategic and operational activities of the multi-cultural, commercial team and indirect functional general management of Customer Service, Retail outlets, Accounts, Credit Control, IS Support and HR departments. In addition, engaged as a member of the British Embassy affiliated Riyadh Group of British Businessmen (RGBB).Key Achievements: • Generated steady year on year growth, leveraging product and market reach to consolidate and further develop customer intimacy and loyalty initiatives. • Secured substantial new business gain, including product innovation of ‘US Visa Express’ services for US Government Embassy, later expanded across ME Region to Bahrain and Syria.• Led 120% of subordinate team members to secure internal promotions through effective oversight and management of Talent Development initiatives. • Won the DHL Middle East ‘Station of the Year’ award for excellence in 2001. Show less

Cim Postgraduate Diploma

Cim Postgraduate Diploma

Bpics Inventory Control Management