Managing Director

• Jun 2019 - Present

Providing top quality personalised home care and companionship, delivered by compassionate, committed and highly-trained carers. Providing top quality personalised home care and companionship, delivered by compassionate, committed and highly-trained carers.

Materials, Planning and Logistics Manager

• Aug 2018 - May 2019

Production Manager

• Feb 2017 - Jul 2018

Filling and Packing licensed Pet Pharmaceutical Products Responsible for a team of 50 machine operators, operating across 14 filling and packing lines, with 6 team leaders. Performance Management, Training, Recruitment, Health and Safety. Using Lean Tools such as Visual Management, Kanban, and Continuous Improvement Culture to drive efficiencies Conducting Formal performance reviews and counselling or disciplinary enquiries as necessary. Conducting Health and Safety Risk Assessments Reviewing and Updating Standard Operating Procedures on an ongoing basis

Operations Manager

• 2011 - Feb 2017

Buiilding a LEAN culture of understanding the customer and continuous improvementEstablishing a values-driven, KPI led environment, to ensure everyone understands our expectationsImproving production planning, including the implementation of MRPDeveloping costing, pricing, and brand strategies based on product margin and competitor pricingAnalysis of overhead recoveries and fixed expenses to develop full absorption costings and marginal costings of productsArranging finance: including overdrafts, medium term loans, asset finance, forward coverJustifying purchase of machinery based on efficiency savings, and waste reductionOverseeing procurement, including global sourcing of materials and machineryImplementing new IT systems, including ERP systems, management reporting systems, KPI dashboards, and sales analysis toolsImplementing a new user-friendly sales reporting system to analyse sales variances by product / region / customer, and also analyse through-the-till sales data from our customers.I have been involved in, and managed multiple different types of projects including new product development, machinery purchase and installation, and factory relocations

Global Services Manager

• 2008 - 2011

Oversee Global Operations of Sylko Worldwide: liaison with suppliers of raw materials and machinery; exploring new markets for our products; developing new products in line with international trends in collaboration with our marketing and design teams

Divisional Manager, Catering Divisision

• 2006 - 2008

Managed a factory of around 200 employees, producing FMCG products to supply to the national retail trade.

Divisional Manager, Gifting Division

• 2004 - 2006

Production Planner

• 2002 - 2004