COO
Mezzan Holdings Limited
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :38 years, 1 أشهر
Food
Employed by Mezzan Holdings which recently listed on the Kuwait stock exchange to strengthen the Executive management team and to improve commercial delivery and manufacturing effectiveness for the business. The remit is to make significant change in line with the delivery of the agreed 3 year plan which includes both consolidation and acquisition of businesses within the GCC
Key Achievements:
•First 60 day plan created and enacted
•Delivered price rises in the Coop Union that were log jammed for Aqua Gulf
•Created an Exec benchmark for the capability of the GM team to enable restructure to occur post Ramadan
•Produced inventory plan to deliver year on year improvement in stock value of 4M KD
•Enhanced the current supply chain function to reduce import issues and warehouse problems
Employed by Bernard Matthews, with a business turnover of £295m operating in primary slaughter and whole birds/crowns, joints and portions, breaded products both fresh and frozen and sliced cooked meats across all proteins supplying branded BM and retail PL with a brief to turn the business from RED rated retail in 2011 to Green and to restructure the business operationally to be aligned with the existing LTP and business objectives.. Reporting to the CEO with7 direct reports and accountable for Operations, Technical, Engineering, Supply Chain, logistics, H&S, Environmental &PMO with a total team of 1000 flexing to 2200 at Christmas each year
Key Achievements:
•Delivered site Technical performance to Green with all major retailers and one Blue
•Delivered new manufacturing kill capability with a spend of £3.2m on time and to budget for October 2012
•Established new Chicken kill and cut capability for 2015
•Delivered a restructure plan for the LTP first stage worth £1.2m annualised
•Rolling out out Lean programme on site to all Tier levels during
SCM, Bacon& Sausage
Employed by the Vion Food Group, with a site turnover of £59m operating in cooked sliced with a brief to turn the business from cash negative to profit. Reporting to the Divisional MD, and accountable for a ledger of £59m, employing 350 people serving the major retailers in the UK and the major foodservice accounts.
Promoted to running 4 sites with combined turnover of £180m
Key Achievements:
•Delivered site turnaround at Vion Suffolk from cash loss to cash positive in 5 months.
•Delivered new manufacturing capability of site with the creation of snacking and freezing lines with capital investment. Ledger growth worth £56K a week. (£2.9m annualised.)
•Delivered 3 pillar financial turnaround with Operational improvements of £75K a week worth £3.9m annualised.
•Rolled out Lean programme on site to all Tier levels
•Developed and enhanced management team
•Rolled out LEAN to Scunthorpe and Hull sites
•Delivered zero impact pay negotiations in 2011 with UNITE
•Designed and delivered new snacking line for the business
•Designed and delivered freezing line for use with food manufacturing customers
•Delivered additional volumes to the Bacon plants with new ledger (Tesco)
Employed by the Parkam Group Ltd, with a turnover of £145m operating in fresh poultry and cooked sliced meats with sandwiches and fillers. Reporting to the CEO of the Group, responsible for a £145mm turnover, employing 1200 people serving the major retailers in the UK and the major foodservice accounts including Shell.
Key Achievements:
•Implemented yield improvement plan at Tranfoods resulting in £780K annualised saving
•Delivered site technical approval for Parkam for SSL which resulted in £5m contract for whole birds and £6m contract for sandwich fillers (6 SKU's).
•Delivered management structure changes at 3 sites in the Group. Tranfood saving £105K.Parkam saving £237K.Trophy saving £69K.Combined annualised of £411K.
•Turnaround of Trophy site through yield and butchery stock control from loss of £60K a week to breakeven by week 6 2010.
•Delivered Effluent savings at Tranfoods together with legal compliance to the annualised value of £56K
•Delivered revised T&C at Tranfoods with UNITE with annualised value of £1.1m.
Named Director responsible for UK Operations for the Pinguin Group with a turnover of £52m supplying frozen vegetables and potato products to the UK and European retail markets. Reported to the CEO and owner based in Belgium
Key Achievements:
•Started the business from the receivers KPMG in less than 48 hours and began to pack and process the 2002 pea crop that was ready to harvest.
•Headcount reduced in 2003 by 60 people on a base of 300 giving a saving of £720K
•Negotiated improved terms with growers in 2003 reducing materials costs £450K together with revised payment terms of 9 months for the 2003 crop.
•Avoided £1m TUPE costs liability by negotiation with the DWP.
•Successfully bid and won the Heinz contract for Aunt Bessie Roast potatoes in 2004 with annual volume of 4000 tonnes worth £2m.
•Set up a lease for all equipment on site to Fortis bank releasing £4m in cash for the group.
Named Director responsible for the UK, European, American and African operations within the Albert Fisher Group with a turnover of £350m supplying Fish, vegetables, salads, ready meals, fruit, to the UK, European and US markets. Reported to the Group CEO and had 12 direct reported across 5 countries.
Key Achievements:
•Led a companywide transformation project with CGEY delivering £6m in operational savings and £5m in procurement savings in 2001/2002.
•Re organised the manufacturing structure of the business reducing the headcount by 163 at Management levels in the 10 sites in the UK in 2002 with annual saving of £4.1m
•Co developed commercial plans with the sales team to win £30m new business in 2002 key being Safeway fresh Salmon and additional M&S ready meals
•Shut down the Grimsby site and absorbed the volume into the Kings Lynn facility with a cost savings of £2m
Production director responsible for 2 sites in the UK and co packing in Belgium with a turnover of £70m producing frozen green vegetables and potato products for the UK retailers and sole supply for M&S. Reported to the MD of Fisher Foods Limited with dotted line to Group Manufacturing Director.
Key Achievements:
•Reduced headcount at the Kings Lynn plant with annualised effect of £345K
•Delivered increased profit number in 1999 from £2.6m plan to £5.5m actual
•Supported the above by reductions in Labour costs of £650K and increased factory& packing yields of 2% which added a further £790K.Increased French fry line output from 5TPH to 6.5TPH through downtime reduction/changeover reduction and PPM which reduced working time by 832 hours worth £360K.
•Delivered 3 successive pay award with zero on cost with a value of £250K
General Manager for the Grimsby site with a turnover of £20m supplying frozen green vegetables to the UK retailers, foodservice and export markets. Reported to the MD of Frigoscandia.
Key Achievements:
•Increased site productivity with reduced downtime and enhanced throughput saving £175K
•Reduced waste on site by £50K
•Installed new mix to pack equipment as a high risk project with a cost of £5m and a cost benefit of £1m p.a.
•Reduced headcount from 170 to 110 perms saving £278K
EARLIER CAREER
then part of the OSI Group with a turnover of £720m supplying Fresh and Cooked Frozen and chilled Chicken to the major retail and food service customers in the UK and Europe together with supplying McDonalds and KFC.Company employed 6000 people in 12 locations. Reported to the Group Operations and Integrations Director
Key Achievements:
•Implemented revised PIP programme for 2006 which resulted in yield improvements of 12K a week at Wisbech, 45K a week at Grantham, £35K a week in Henin and £10K a week in Marquise. Annualised benefit if £1m.
•Implemented planning module to Wisbech for
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