Raymond Smebye Email & Phone Number

Bergen, Vestland, No

Stockton On Tees, Gb

As a Business Development Director for px Group Scandinavia, I am dedicated to uncovering new opportunities and driving growth for our company. My role revolves around matching our UK strengths with the potential we see in the Scandinavian market. I actively seek out investment prospects, forge valuable networks, gather crucial information, identify strategic partnerships, explore potential acquisitions, and scout for market opportunities and tenders.px Group specializes in providing engineering, operations, and maintenance services to high-risk and high-tech industries. We manage and maintain a wide range of facilities, from industrial parks and gas terminals to biomass plants and subsea pipelines. We are also involved in groundbreaking projects such as plastic recycling facilities and bio methanol production from household waste. In many ventures, we serve as the owners engineer, collaborating with energy companies and industrial parks.I am also looking for opportunities to develop industrial parks and ports, leveraging our expertise in engineering, client attraction, infrastructure optimization, and strategic investments. We are open to acquiring industrial parks with untapped potential.Organic growth is a key area of interest, and I actively seek collaborations with customers involved in hydrogen, ammonia, plastic recycling, e-fuel, biofuel, SAF, LNG, carbon capture, and similar facilities. Our team excels in concept development, feasibility studies, detailed design, and operations and maintenance management.At px Group Scandinavia, we are passionate about offering energy as a service, providing innovative and tailored solutions to meet our clients' evolving needs.If you are seeking a partner with a proven track record, unmatched expertise, and a commitment to excellence, I invite you to connect with me on LinkedIn. Let's explore the possibilities together

Laksevåg, No

Digitization incl. digital transformationAdditive ManufacturingNew markets and products (hydrogen, offshore wind power, CCS, and more)Continuous Improvement of processes

Laksevåg, No

Laksevåg, No

Product and Service DevelopmentService Handling (Customers and Suppliers)Marketing and Market Development (new markets and positions)Continuous ImprovementQuality AssuranceDigitalisationManagement and AdministrationDevelop tomorrow's markets, products / services and customer / supplier service. The role is also the company's most important resource in creating culture, and establishing and maintaining methodologies, techniques and tools for continuous process improvement of core processes in the company. This includes the company's work on digitization. I am also worked closely with our parent company and our sister companies through the common initiative, Flux Innovation.Broadend our market possibilities, product range, customer base and sets of business models. Despite less sales resources and pandemic we have managed to increased the company's order intake, backlog, gross profit, sales activities and employee satisfaction. Best December 2019 since 2015, best first half year in 2020 since start-up.

Laksevåg, No

Process Improvements, Digitalisation, IT, QA, Social media, I was also responsible for Production and Warehouse at HQ in Bergen from January to July 2019.Responsible for continuous improvement in the company. This included processes, digitization tools, IT systems / tools, as well as the quality assurance function.Implementation of new a ERP system with customised functionality and dashboard with real time management performance indicators; analysis tools in PowerBI and Qliksense; increased traceability and efficiency of logistics; implementation of EHF functionality; reduced footprint in Bergen from 6500 sqm to 3500 sqm while at the same time planning for growth; procurement of storage machines with associated software (integrated with ERP); acquired a new and 100% customized production line with an efficiency potential of 400%; acquired a welding robot that welds 10-15% of the time to a regular welder on high runner products; prepared a detailed report for efficiency and digitalisation of Active Services as well as sister companies. Close cooperation with management in sister companies, parent company and the board of the parent company.

Laksevåg, No

Started a new company together with key personnel from Fluid Control, with Flux Group / HitecVision as majority shareholders. Company was established 2 weeks after bankruptcy.Responsible for inside sales, production & field services and warehouse (70% of the organisation).Responsible for establishing IT systems (file disk, ERP, BI tools, etc), secured on-boarding of key customers from old company; central to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 certification; establishing a strategic plan with associated action plans, actions and KPIs; streamlined a variety of sales, procurement, production planning and warehousing processes; lean training and introduction; established profiles at social media channels and responsible for making and publishing content.

Treasurer

Treasurer

Sola, No

Responsible for several departments and functions within Hoses & Couplings; Sales, Production & Operational Services, Warehouse, Innovation & Business Development, Document Control Center, Fluid Control Academy.P&L responsibilityMember of the senior management team. Reports to CEO.Developed and implemented new sales strategy.Improving processes, efficiency and delivery precision.

Sola, No

Responsible for one out of two priority business units within the company, Operational Services. Responsible for the result of the business unit, as well as developing the different departments within the BU. Also responsible for establishing 3 new departments. The BU includes Field Services, Asset Integrity Management System, Fluid Control Academy, and Consulting Services. Up to a certain point it also included Document Control Centre. Responsible for the integration of the majority of the employees at TPS AS (acquired by FC) with BU Operational Services in FC.P&L responsibilityThe BU has approx. 25 employees. Member of the senior management team. Reports to CEO. Contributed to develop the company’s strategic plans and goals. Changed the BUs structure, composition and its focus on making efficient work processes. Decreased sick leave significantly.Made a number of weaknesses in and around the BU visible, and implemented a number of actions to improve processes and increase well-being amongst the employees.The BUs delivery precision improved enormously, and achieved the highest delivery precision in the company.

Sola, No

Established and implemented appropriate work methodology in project organizations. Established new procedures, processes and project documentation templates. Established strategy, goals, and action plan for the department. Budgeting, performance monitoring and cost control. Planning, coordination and execution of project activities and governance subject to the department.Led the greatest project the company had ever undertaken. Member of the senior management team. Reported to the CEO.Contribute to develop the company’s strategic plans and goals.

Bergen, Hordaland, No

Established a project department within the company.The business area / department consisted of project management, project sales and a document control centre. Established procedures and project documentation. Established strategy, goals, and action plan for the department. Budgeting, performance monitoring and cost control. Planning, coordination and execution of project activities and governance subject to the department.Ensuring best possible use of resources and organization within the department. Ensuring that objectives, requirements and procedures given by governments, customers, and the standards the company at any time was certified for was followed. Work related to acquisition of Fluid Control group, and the merger of the companies. Member of the senior management team. Reported to the CEO.

Owner / manager

Sandsli, No

Led all internal sales activities within Swivels & Marine Systems, formerly known as «Floating Production». In some of the largest projects I led and coordinated all activities across several companies, and up to 20 people directly involved. Prepared technical and commercial offers, and specifications. Standardized tender documentation.Participated in several studies, including - Shtokman FPU- Draugen Field Submerged Loading SystemPresented the company at conferences and trade shows.Some of the systems I have had a central role in selling are - swivel stack systems for BP's PSVM fields in Angola on FPSO PSVM- swivel stack systems for Tullow Oil's Jubilee Field in Ghana on FPSO Kwame Nkrumah FPSO- swivel stack systems for BHP Billiton's Pyrenees field on FPSO Pyrenees Venture- submerged loading system for Shell's Draugen Field.

Sandsli, No

Led all internal sales activities within Swivels & Marine Systems, formerly known as «Floating Production». In some of the largest projects I led and coordinated all activities across several companies, and up to 20 people directly involved. Prepared technical and commercial offers, and specifications. Standardized tender documentation. Participated in several studies, including - Shtokman FPU - Draugen Field Submerged Loading System Presented the company at conferences and trade shows.

Sandsli, No

Assisted project managers in the Project Management Department for Floating Production. Prepared technical documentation such as manuals and procedures for testing, packaging, installation etc. for different swivel components, full swivel systems, fluid transfer systems and turret systems. Follow-up of suppliers and customers. Follow- up of plans, reporting and interface control. Worked with the following projects and clients:- Aker Smart 1 - Reliance and Aker Floating Production- Front Puffin - AED Oil and Sea Production- Vincent - Woodside and Maersk Contractors- Golar LNG

Insjön, Se

Served customers

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Served assigned routes / areas. Responsible for maintaining a certain level of goods, and prepare the car before starting the assigned routes. Also responsible for doing the financial balance for the car.Increased sales on all routes I was assigned to, and was regularly to be found on the lists of the best sellers in Hjem-IS Norway.

Marketing and accounting.Increased the number of visitors and increased revenue in night clubs, discos and events.

Worked in all Leatherman stores in Hordaland county.

Graduate Certificate, Marketing

Mba Adv, International Business + Entrepreneurship And Venture Development

Cand. Mag., Computer Science

Bachelor, Electrical Engineering - Automation

Higher Education, Prepreratory Course For Engineering Education

Basic Course, Health And Social Work Studies