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Technical Director

Work Experience

INTERIM ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE :-


March 2001 to date : Global Ltd
Position : Managing Director

Working for “World Number One” Industrial / Construction Tyre manufacturer.
( T/O $400M p.a. - Employing 5000 people worldwide ).
Reporting to their Sales / Marketing Director in Luxembourg.

Brief was to set up a small team of “Company Doctors” to turnaround under-performing areas of Sales / Distribution. These assignments included the following :-


UK – Duration 5 months – T/O £6.3M
Full Company audit with recommendations and implementation plan.
Losses of £450k reduced to break even within Fiscal Year. Annual run rate showing £250k profit.
Management Information System developed ( Excel based ), providing Sales and Operational focus, and enabling accurate internal and external communications.


Italy – Duration 4 months – T/O € 14M
Installed activity / financial based Budget / Monthly reporting systems. Broke down internal barriers and engendered a more open, focused culture.
Full activity based Budget / Monthly reports implemented and accepted by Group CFO.
Aligned stocking plan to sales pattern, identifying a € 1.7M stock reduction over a 9 month period.
Negated a previous request for an extra € 2M of funding from Group. ( funds raised by a combination of stock alignment and credit management ).

France – Duration 7 months – T/O € 18.4M
France acted as “top up” warehouse for Europe as well as Home sales.
Company split into BU’s ( Export / Inter Company and Home ), giving staff focus and accountability.
Pricing and stocking plans reviewed and aligned to sales pattern.
Business much more communicative and able to react to market shifts, financial support no longer required from central reserves.

Australia – Duration 3 months – T/O Aus$12.3M
Management re-structured and focused across 6 depots.
Sales admin centralised, regional stock aligned to regional sales requirements.
Activity based Management Information Systems developed.
Turnover up by 23%, losses of Aus$670 converted to Aus$450k profit over 12 month period.

Logistics and Market research projects were also carried out for Group during this period.


1979 to Oct 1992 : Various U.K Engineering Design houses.
Position : Project Manager / Design Engineer.
Responsibilities : Freelance Mechanical Design Engineer ( Ltd Company status ), working on a contract basis for various design houses based in the North West.
Work carried out on site or at the outside design offices.
Over a 13 year period worked for a variety clients for periods of between 3 months and 2 years.
Contracts varied from working alone as a Mechanical Design Engineer, to managing a team of 30 Designers.

Clients included :- Costain, B.N.F.L., Rolls Royce Motors, British Aerospace, I.C.I., J.C.B. Special Products, Shell Research. Daresbury Science Research Centre, Massey Ferguson.



CORPORATE CAREER SUMMARY :-



June 1997 to Feb 2001 : The Belle Group ( Sheen, Derbyshire ) T/O £ 30M. 250 employees at four manufacturing sites. ( 3 UK, 1 Poland )
Position : Group Technical Director
Responsibilities : Main Board Director reporting to the Group M.D.
Group mission to grow the Company both organically, and by acquisition, and improve the bottom line performance.
Responsible for all Belle Group engineering at three sites, including new product development, current products MOD, cost reduction programs and procedures.
Engineering viewed as the driver for change within the Belle Group, and the focus was to develop full product lines to specific market sectors, with an increased contribution to the bottom line.
Significant changes were required to elevate the status of Engineering within the Group. A common platform was created with harmonised working practices and a single CAD system. This enabled Project Teams to be set up to handle the prioritised workload, regardless of their location.
This flexibility, along with NPD, rapid proto-typing, and FEA techniques allowed us to re-engineer all of the core product ranges, as well as introduce significant new products.
The main core product ( T/O £12M ) was re-designed, and cost reduced, giving an additional bottom line contribution of over £750k p.a., and has since grown sales dramatically.


Oct 1996 to June 1997 : Case Corporation Ltd ( Manchester ) – acquired Fermec Oct 1996
Position : Operations Manager – Compact Equipment Division
Responsibilities : Responsible to the Compact Equipment Director for the manufacture and development of the mini-excavator and skid steer loader product lines.
Re-organisation due to acquisition limited career progression. Skid steer loader range already produced in Wichita, Kansas, and mini-excavator line scheduled to move to France.


Oct 1992 to Oct 1996 : Fermec International Ltd ( Manchester ) – T/O £ 100M
Position : Product Manager – Skid Steer Loaders
Responsibilities : Responsible to the Skid Steer B.U. Director for the development, manufacture and worldwide market placement of the M.F. branded skid steer loaders. Products developed and manufactured in partnership with Belle Engineering ( Sheen ) Ltd., and Trak International (now Omniquip) based in the U.S.A.
European homologation, and CE marking created considerable challenges, requiring a cultural change in our relationship with Trak International.







1976 to 1979 : Michelin Tyre Company Ltd ( Stoke-on-Trent )
Position : Design Engineer – Technical Development department.



1970 to 1976 : Michelin Tyre Company Ltd ( Stoke-on-Trent )
Position : Technician Apprenticeship.

Education

Education, Courses and Qualifications



2003 : Associate of The Institute of Management Consultants.

2000/2001 : NPD Process – Dr Alan Barnard MSc. PhD. C Eng. FRAeS.

1999 / 2000 : Ecovin Project – Institute for Enterprise and Innovation.
Nottingham University

1970 to 1976 : North Staffs Polytechnic.
Full Tech Certificate ( Distinction ) in Product Design – HNC equivalent

1964 to 1970 : Hanley High Grammer School for boys.
5 GCE “O” levels.

Skills

Core skills lie in Engineering / Design Management, as is shown by the career path from Design Engineer to Group Technical Director. Has held Engineering Management positions for over 15 years, and working in a freelance environment for much of the time has gained a wealth of experience of different cultures and working practices.

Very enthusiastic and motivated, good team builder and communicator, and enjoys the challenge of making significant progress over relatively short timeframes.
Able to adapt quickly to the task in hand, willing to work in any location, and thrives on the long hours and commitment required.

Has a proven practical approach to problem solving. This, combined with “activity” based Management Information techniques, and extensive management experience, make him equally at home in the Board Room or on the Shop Floor.

Formed own business in March 2001 ( Global Ltd ), to provide interim management / consultancy services.

Languages

English, Basic French

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