Manufacturing Professional with over 30 years experience gained within the food manufacturing, supplying most major retailers including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, M&S, as well as manufacturing iconic home brands and private label products.Target-driven, having held high profile challenging management positions at 4 different European unionised sites. Professionally developed and skilled in providing open, honest leadership. With significant success in developing and drastically improving underperforming plants & teams within Safety, Quality, Production, Planning and Engineering. I place people and business development at the core of everything I do.Extensive change management experience, employed for over 15 years helping major global businesses deliver strategic objectives, plant acquisition, integration and expansion projects. A major team member in CAPEX led investment projects including the build, commissioning and start-up of 3 brand new manufacturing facilities in the UK, Germany, Belgium & China, as well as site relocations and closures.I apply my early engineering background and lean methodologies to help identify, challenge and resolve issues to optimise workflows and bring significant cost reductions.