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Packaging and Quality Assurance Controller

Work Experience

April 2000 to present Services Ltd

June ‘88 – Apr 2000 GUS Home Shopping, UniversalHouse, Devonshire Street,Manchester, M60 6EL
Jan 99 – Apr 2000 QA Controller (Home & Leisure Division)
Mar ’92 - Jan ‘99 Group Packaging/QC Controller
Sept 91 - Feb 92 Packaging Controller
June ‘88 - Sept ‘91 Packaging Manager
1979 - 1988 Colgate Palmolive Ltd
1977 - 1979 Courtaulds Northern Weaving Division

Education

School John Rigby Grammar and 6th Form College
University Leeds University 1976-1979
Qualifications B.A. (Hons) Economics

Skills

A highly self motivated Senior Executive with over 15years of successful General Management experience within manufacturing and retail businesses. Specialist skills within technical disciplines and Home Shopping business sectors at strategic and functional levels.

Enthusiastic and results driven with excellent interpersonal skills and a high work rate, Enjoys the challenge of change and adapts quickly and easily to new work environments and challenges.

Set up his own business in 2000 to provide clients with an extensive range of QA and Packaging services including Interim Management and Project Management.

Languages

English

Other

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

1. SERVICES LTD.

Accountabilities

· Set the company up in August 2000 and as sole Director has full profit responsibilities for all aspects of the company’s performance.

Achievements

· Profitable in 1st year with turnover of £0.25m pounds.
· Gained some prestigious clients – Argos, Tesco, Matalan, B & Q, Scotts of Stow.
· Achieved positive client testimonials.

2. GUS HOME SHOPPING

Accountabilities

· To provide clear leadership and vision to the Division’s Technical Support departments of over 50 direct staff.
· Initiate and manage a change programme to improve procedures and processes and create a centre of excellence, ensuring results can be objectively measured.
· To build a strong sense of teamwork and develop synergies to improve effectiveness.
· To exploit any opportunities for outsourcing or introducing new technology.
· To develop and manage a realistic resource and operating budget ensuring appropriate staff development and succession planning is in place and reviewed.

Achievements

· Establishment of role profiles, objectives and regular performance appraisals.
· Introduction of Personal Development Plans.
· Implementation of new Company Packaging Standards across the supplier base, and a revised packaging specification system.
· Improved supplier communication by the introduction of pictorial technical manuals and a company video.
· Re building of the in house Laboratory and re defining its strategic objectives.
· Outsourcing of pre delivery testing of textiles.
· Introduction of new Laboratory administration system.
· Improvement of 3% in critical fault detection at warehouse inspection along with an 8% reduction in costs.
· Implementation of a new returns exception reporting system
· Re organisation of sample control department and introduction of a bar coded sample-tracking system.

3. COLGATE PALMOLIVE

Achievements

· Introduction and management of a project control system.
· Specification and implementation of an innovative new range of packaging for sister company in Denmark.

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