Chris Yates
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Experience
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Babcock International Group
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United Kingdom
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Support Manager
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Mar 2017 - Present
Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth I am responsible for identifying and leading improvement and change projects that will deliver financial savings and service delivery improvements within the Base Services and Estates departments of the Royal Naval Dockyard
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Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Total Delivered Cost Manager
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Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
Gaydon, Warwickshire
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Lloyds Banking Group
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Project Manager - Internet Banking
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Jan 2016 - Mar 2016
London, United Kingdom
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Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Improvement Manager
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Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
Gaydon, Warwickshire I was responsible for leading AML towards its Organisational Excellence objectives.
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Lloyds Banking Group
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager - Internet Banking
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Mar 2011 - Dec 2012
London, United Kingdom My role was to ensure tested Commercial Internet Banking software changes were ready for implementation and release, right first time and on time.
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Resource Manager
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Jun 2009 - Mar 2011
At the centre of the Lloyds Banking Group Integration programme, my role was key to ensuring the many change programmes were suitably resourced with excellent change management professionals and could therefore deliver the expected synergy benefits.
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Managing Consultant - Operations Excellence
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May 2007 - Jun 2009
As an internal consultant, my role had two main objectives: (a) Transform traditional banking processes into world class operations whilst delivering significant annual savings and (b) identify and implement opportunities to improve the customers’ experience. I also worked as part of the Lloyds / HBoS Integration team, identifying synergy savings in LTSB & HBoS Operations.
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Post-graduate MBA Student
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Oct 2005 - May 2007
Post –graduate MBA student, working in conjunction with a local manufacturing company as the sponsor organisation for my research into employee engagement and subsequent dissertation. Also undertook a detailed assessment of my sponsor’s manufacturing capability, resulting in direct labour cost reduction of 35% and product value streams shortened by 25% for key products.
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Senior Consultant
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Apr 2004 - Oct 2005
Worked at board level with client organisations to evaluate and improve businesses strategy, enhance business processes, realise untapped financial and operational opportunities and help businesses achieve their ambitions (financial and operational) using a bespoke methodology.
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HENDRICKSON EUROPE LIMITED
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United Kingdom
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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Improvement Manager / Materials Operations Manager
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Jan 2001 - Apr 2004
Instrumental to the streamlining of the entire product supply chain through outsourcing non-core product manufacture and restructuring Manufacturing and Warehousing into product focussed, customer led business units.
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Senior Manufacturing Improvement Consultant
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Jan 1997 - Jan 2001
Working for the UK automotive industry's trade association, I undertook fours years’ training and development in best practice process improvement, lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and supply chain techniques, working alongside Japanese ‘master engineers’ from Honda, Nissan and Toyota.
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Education
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University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
MBA -
Newcastle University
BEng (Hons), Mechanical Engineering -
North Tyneside College of Further Education
OND, Diploma in General Engineering