Results driven Head of Operations. An extensive background in both SME and OEMs, including international roles. A pragmatic leader and highly respected team player who creates robust strategies to translate vision into reality. Specialising in driving strategy through CI programmes to achieve challenging objectives within a highly regulated environment.
Why are they a good candidate?
- A sustained record of success in the B2B Aerospace, Automotive & Defence sectors
- Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills, capable of identifying and stripping out waste
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to pitch equally to shop floor and C-suite
- Fully experienced Lean leader including 6 Sigma Green Belt
- Excellent understanding of Industry 4.0, 5G and IoT transformations
3 greatest professional achievements:
- I led the consolidation of a global supply chain, removing 3000 suppliers (35%). Focusing the project on business risk, I avoided £650k in expected future failure costs and by driving new approaches to purchasing made a saving of £2.7m in administration annually.
- I modernised the approach to product development, expanding the skills and competencies of the team which enabled the volume of new product launches to increase from 8 – 36 per year. In doing so generated an additional 40% turnover and broadened the market appeal of our products.
- I managed the consolidation and relocation of three sites into one facility to increase productivity. I defined a more efficient production flow and removed £370k of stock, halved product lead time to 16 weeks improved delivery from 84% to 93%, and quality from 94% to 97.5% RFT.
3 most important things about next move:
- A role that develops and delivers strategy, leaving tangible, sustainable results
- A role that pushes my boundaries, so I learn and develop ready for the next role
- A role that drives management by process in the team rather than single point of knowledge