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General Manager

Work Experience

QUALIFICATIONS

MBA (General Management) Bradford, 1992
Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma, 1995
Institute of Quantity Surveyors examinations, 1980
City & Guilds Services Technicians Certificate 631, 1977
GCE A levels, 3 passes. GCE O levels, 5 passes.


OVERVIEW

A successful Interim Manager with a previous career spanning 20 years in General and Commercial Management. Professional and academic qualifications underpin a wealth of experience and expertise from within Contracting and Manufacturing businesses in the UK, Europe and the Far East.

Market Sector Experience:- Waste; Rail; Construction; Engineering; Building Services; Building Materials and, Recruitment.

Competencies :- Customer focused, Implementer, Negotiator, Numerate, Strategic thinker, Developer and leader of multi-discipline teams, Motivator


INTERIM MANAGEMENT CAREER
(January 1996 – Present)


Position:– Alliancing Manager – Railtrack plc., London.
West Coast Route Modernisation Project, Value £6.3 billion

Duties:-
· Carry out Healthchecks on Phase I & II Alliances to ensure that they are functioning properly and adopting best practises of Alliancing.
· Producing Healthcheck reports and action plans.
· Encouraging and assisting the alliances to comply with the Alliancing Agreements
· Obtaining data as required each period to produce KPIs for the Alliances and the project as a whole. Producing Charts, graphs and other outputs including reviews and analysis reports.

Duration:- July to November 2001, December 2001 to present.




Position: Director – High Profile Recruitment Limited, West Sussex.
A start up business to handle ad hoc assignments.

Duties:-
· Company formation.
· Database production.
· Website production.
· Market research.
· Mail shot production.
· Advertising and recruitment.

Duration:- January 2001 to June 2001.

Position: General Manager – Saint Gobain – Solaglas, Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Building materials supplier and contractor (aluminium and structural glazing).

Duties:-
· Evaluation of a £10 million turnover business unit.
· Produced business plan and presented it to French parent company.
· Review & change of processes in administration and production areas.
· Business development and client relationship building, private and public sector.
· Staff evaluation, re-organisation and redundancy programme.
· Closed two other business units and integrated their works and staff into the Bradford operation.
· Recruitment and training.
· Project planning and controls.
· Risk evaluation of client requirements prior to tender submissions.
· Resolution of disputes and clearing up a back-log of bad debts.
· Involvement with month end accounts, budgets, forecasts and contract reviews.

Achievements:-
· Increased sales by £5 million p.a., including new business and integrated projects from the businesses closed down in Hull & Preston
· Reduced fixed costs across the three business units of circa 35%.
· Reduced variable costs of projects through sound negotiations.
· Increased gross profits and reduced losses across the business.
· Built a stronger management team to take the business forward.
· Implemented significant office refurbishment and introduced additional computer hardware into the business to speed up processes and improve quality of output.

Duration:- April 1999 to December 2000.

Position:- General Manager Saint Gobain – Solaglas, Ipswich.
Building materials supplier and contractor (aluminium and glazing).

Duties:-
· Evaluation of a £4 million turnover business unit.
· Produced business plan and presented it to the operational board.
· Agreed action plans with the operational board to continue with the operation whilst building a plan for closure and integration of Ipswich operation into the Coventry operation.
· Review & change of processes in administration and production areas.
· Staff evaluation, re-organisation and redundancy programme.
· Project planning and controls.
· Risk evaluation.
· Resolution of disputes.
· Involvement with month end accounts, budgets, forecasts and contract reviews.

Duration:- December 1998 – April 1999

Position:- General Manager Saint Gobain – Solaglas, Coventry
Building materials supplier and contractor (aluminium and structural glazing).

Duties:-
· Guardianship of the company until an internal applicant for the post could be released from his current position to fill this roll.
· Produced an evaluation of this £8 million turnover business unit and put forward recommendations for change.
· Business development and client relationship building.
· Staff evaluation and re-organisation.
· Recruitment and training.
· Project planning and controls.
· Risk evaluation.
· Involvement with month end accounts, budgets, forecasts and contract reviews.

Duration:- November 1998 -December 1998.

Position:- Project Manager/Commercial Manager - Saint Gobain – Solaglas, Coventry
Building materials supplier and contractor (aluminium and structural glazing).

Duties:-
· Troubleshooting on a project which had been severely delayed because of complications in the design process, lack of progress by the client and difficulties with supplies from overseas.
· Procurement of goods and services.
· Project planning and reaching agreement with sub-trades.
· Negotiating extensions of time and agreeing revised programmes.
· Production of loss and expense claim for prolongation, disruption and acceleration.

Duration: August 1998 – November 1998

Position:- Management Consultant - Saint Gobain – Solaglas
Building materials supplier and contractor (aluminium and structural glazing).

Duties:-
· To review the existing processes and organisation dealing with tendering and estimating.
· To recommend improvements/changes.
· To present findings to the operational board.

Duration:- June 1998 – August 1998.




Position:- Business Manager – Eve Group Plc.
Eve Asia Limited, Bangkok, Thailand. (Construction and Engineering infrastructures for telecoms, broadcasting and power industries)

Duties:-
· Business and management review.
· Reporting back to the Group and offering recommendations for change
· Preparation of business plans and commercial strategy.
· Providing advice and support to the General Manager.
· Budgets and forecasts.
· Installation of hardware and software.
· Management training and recruitment.
· Business development.
· Tender submissions and contract negotiations.
· Formalisation of systems and reporting to UK parent.
· Meeting with the board every 6 to 8 weeks in the UK to discuss findings, proposals and requirements of the board.
· Involved with monthly management accounts, analysis/reviews and dealing with UK Finance Director.

Duration:- November 1997 – June 1998

Position:- Commercial Manager – Jarvis Plc. (Western Track Renewals, Swindon).
Railtrack installation, repairs and renewals.

Duties-
· Assist the new management team with the management and re-organisation of the newly acquired business.
· Managing the marketing, tendering and estimating and quantity surveying teams.
· Dispute resolution.
· Preparation of budgets and forecasts.

Duration:- May 1997 – November 1997.

Position:- Business Development Director- Nixon Associates (Recruitment)

Duties:-
· Business development.
· Review of existing processes and recommendations for change.

Duration:- Four months.

Position:- Management Consultant – Thames Water Plc. (Waste Management Division)
Waste Collection and Disposal Services.

Duties:-
· Review of operational activities.
· Analysis of fleet utilisation.
· Review of management information system.
· Recommendations for change and profitability improvement.

Duration:- One month.




Position:- Commercial Manager – Haremead-Kier Joint Venture Company
(Construction and Engineering Services for Pharmaceutical Industry)

Duties:-
· Sub-contract management.
· Monthly valuations of M&E services.
· Negotiation and agreement of interim accounts.
· Dispute resolution.

Duration:- Four months.

Position: Management Consultant - Eve Group Plc. (Eve Claydon Ltd.)
(Construction and Engineering Services to the Regional Electricity Companies)

Duties:-
· Business review at an ailing subsidiary.
· Plans to remedy the situation.
· Dispute resolutions.

Duration:- One month.


PERSONAL

AGE 45
D.O.B – 13.10.56
Married with 2 children – 14 & 16 years old
Interests – Travel, Gym, Golf, Charity fundraising events (Abseiling, Cycle Vietnam, Walking Great Wall of China)
Languages – French (spoken and written)

Education

MBA (General Management) Bradford, 1992
Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma, 1995
Institute of Quantity Surveyors examinations, 1980
City & Guilds Services Technicians Certificate 631, 1977
GCE A levels, 3 passes. GCE O levels, 5 passes.

Skills

A successful Interim Manager with a previous career spanning 20 years in General and Commercial Management. Professional and academic qualifications underpin a wealth of experience and expertise from within Contracting and Manufacturing businesses in the UK, Europe and the Far East.

Market Sector Experience:- Waste; Rail; Construction; Engineering; Building Services; Building Materials and, Recruitment.

Competencies :- Customer focused, Implementer, Negotiator, Numerate, Strategic thinker, Developer and leader of multi-discipline teams, Motivator

Languages

English. French. Small amount of spoken Thai.

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