Experience

The Irish Times

• Ireland
• Newspaper Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• General Manager, Citywest

  • May 2021 - Present

  Activity - National newspaper printing for The Irish Times Group titles and 3rd party customers. Reporting to Group CEO. Responsibilities - Culture, P&L, Operations performance, Industrial relations, Supply chain, Logistics, Commercial development and relationships, Quality & Security, Maintenance, Health & Safety, Strategic planning, Capex programme, Internal reporting, contributing as a member of the Senior Leadership group. Activity - National newspaper printing for The Irish Times Group titles and 3rd party customers. Reporting to Group CEO. Responsibilities - Culture, P&L, Operations performance, Industrial relations, Supply chain, Logistics, Commercial development and relationships, Quality & Security, Maintenance, Health & Safety, Strategic planning, Capex programme, Internal reporting, contributing as a member of the Senior Leadership group.



Smurfit Kappa

• Ireland
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager, Smurfit Kappa

  • Sep 2017 - May 2021

  Activity - Development and execution of Innovation blueprint across multi-national packaging group. Reporting to Group CEO and Director of Corporate Planning. Responsibilities - Driving an innovative, internal start-up, commercialising alternative applications for Smurfit Kappa's materials and capabilities. Investigating Innovation theory, best practice among peer organisations and Smurfit Kappa’s internal efforts and results. From this we developed a blueprint for colleagues to better manage opportunities which would be outside normal business activity and have typically failed to deliver on their potential. In subsequent years, this initiative has produced a number of revenue-generating products and it has become part of Smurfit Kappa’s ongoing strategic planning activity. Show less



Ryco Book Protection

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations & Supply Chain Director, Ireland & UK

  • Apr 2006 - Aug 2017

  Activity - SME, converting and distributing flexible plastic materials and application equipment, worldwide. Reporting to Group MD. Responsibilities – Business turnaround & Culture development, Operations & Continuous Improvement programme, Supply chain rationalisation, Logistics, International Key Account management, New Product Development and Innovation, M&A activity, execution & integration, Capex justification & implementation. Activity - SME, converting and distributing flexible plastic materials and application equipment, worldwide. Reporting to Group MD. Responsibilities – Business turnaround & Culture development, Operations & Continuous Improvement programme, Supply chain rationalisation, Logistics, International Key Account management, New Product Development and Innovation, M&A activity, execution & integration, Capex justification & implementation.



Smurfit Kappa

• Ireland
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Manager, Smurfit Display

  • Apr 2000 - Apr 2006

  Activity - Manufacture & supply of Point-of-Sale products and services.Reporting to SBU Chief Executive Responsibilities - Operations & metric-based Lean Programme, Design studio, Customer Service, Supply chain, Product, Service & Market expansion, Capex implementation (Digital manufacturing), Industry awards / recognition, Quality accreditation, Health & Safety performance, Smurfit Kappa synergies & benchmarking.

• Production Manager, Smurfit Print

  • Jun 1996 - Apr 2000

  Activity - Litho printing business, transitioning from traditional market (computer manuals) to higher margin (4-col) products. Reporting to Production DirectorResponsibilities – Shift planning & performance, KPIs and metric reporting, PM programme, Kaizen champion, Union negotiations and LRC presentations, Developing supervisory roles and indivduals.

• Graduate Management Trainee

  • Sep 1993 - Jun 1996

  This programme introduces participants to the disciplines of a manufacturing business. My placements focused on - Project Management of a £3m Capex - a clean-room 'pharmacell' in a carton plant in Witham. Production Planning in a converting plant in Gosport.Sales and Marketing in Interlock - a solidboard divisions plant in Glasgow - following its acquisition.Design of the manufacturing process for Smurfit Pallet Systems in Chelmsford.