Steve Jones Email & Phone Number

Bolton, Gb

Steve is a founding director of the BioPhorum Operations Group (BioPhorum), an industry collaboration with the aim of sharing operational best practice in the areas of drug substance manufacturing, process development, fill finish, IT, technology roadmapping, cell & gene therapies. BioPhorum brings together a community made up of industry experts from biopharma drug substance manufacturing companies, who meet and work together to focus their energy on emerging industry challenges, importing and… Show more Steve is a founding director of the BioPhorum Operations Group (BioPhorum), an industry collaboration with the aim of sharing operational best practice in the areas of drug substance manufacturing, process development, fill finish, IT, technology roadmapping, cell & gene therapies. BioPhorum brings together a community made up of industry experts from biopharma drug substance manufacturing companies, who meet and work together to focus their energy on emerging industry challenges, importing and customising appropriate external best practice, and delivering outstanding results that are quickly cloned across member operations – making the journey better, faster and cheaper. Show less

My consultancy business, taking on contracts either directly or through larger consultancy businesses

- Conducted a review of a major vaccine manufacturer’s end to end value chain and established a step-wise plan to increase capacity by 100%.- Established a lean manufacturing culture in a sterile filtration and blending operation that resulted in step improvements in schedule adherence and an 18% increase in throughput.

Developed accounts, managed programmes and delivered projects to clients in the pharmaceutical, aerospace and high-tech sectors. For example;- For a major monoclonal antibody manufacturer, managed a 2.5 year change programme that increased capacity by 24% whilst reducing cost and improving regulatory compliance. - For a small molecule manufacturer, transformed the clinical trial supplies operation to become highly responsive and flexible, reducing costs by 50% whilst improving service… Show more Developed accounts, managed programmes and delivered projects to clients in the pharmaceutical, aerospace and high-tech sectors. For example;- For a major monoclonal antibody manufacturer, managed a 2.5 year change programme that increased capacity by 24% whilst reducing cost and improving regulatory compliance. - For a small molecule manufacturer, transformed the clinical trial supplies operation to become highly responsive and flexible, reducing costs by 50% whilst improving service levels.- For a global pharmaceutical company improved the effectiveness of the drug discovery operation by establishing an objective decision process, effective portfolio management and improved sharing and collaboration between sites.- For a plumbing fitting manufacturer reduced inventories by £4M by establishing kanban replenishment techniques and lean philosophies to the shop floor.- For several boxed software manufacturers, improved their service levels, increased peak capacity and reduced product obsolescence.- For an aircraft repair and overhaul company established streamlined shop scheduling processes.- For an FMCG label supplier increase capacity by 40% through introduction of cellular manufacturing techniques. Show less

New plant start up - Installed & commissioned new factory, set up maintenance system, managed new product introductions & scale-up

Focused step change improvements at global automotive & aerospace manufacturing sites

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Designed & tested bits of jet engine

Masters, Mba

B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering