Simon WRIGHT

Director | Global Turnaround Management. Based in Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

Accomplished business leader with 20+ years experience in developing business, creating growth and leading innovation. Big picture strategist skilled in creating process improvements, positive work environments and high performance teams. Articulate communicator with exceptional negotiation skills. Strong international business experience. Fluent in English, Spanish and French. Skills Matrix: Business strategy | revenue generation | operational efficiency | product innovation | general management | P&L management | cost savings | transformation programmes | strategic change | continuous improvement | global sales | emerging markets | process improvement | complex projects | stakeholder management | mergers and acquisitions | increasing market share | new technology | contract negotiation | customer relationship management | business needs analysis | assessing risk | business turnaround | loss prevention | production management | partnerships | supplier relationship management | product launch | NPD | market appraisals | SLA | research and development | sales strategy | business growth strategy | BI analysis | training and mentoring | executive leadership | thought leadership | design and development | policies and procedures | streamlining

Experience

  • Operational Turnaround Project Director. at Rolls Royce Aerospace
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Operational Turnaround Specialist supporting Rolls-Royce in KMWE, Eindhoven. Netherlands. KMWE offers state-of-the-art capabilities for machined components and sub-assemblies for aircraft structures and systems.

  • Project Director at Daifuku Oceania
    Nov 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Designs, develops, produces, provides sales, engineering, installation, and after-sales services for airport systems, sortation systems for parcel delivery centres and systems for manufacturing and distribution.

  • Interim Operations Director at IMESA SpA
    Apr 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Designs, develops and produces electrical switchboards and container substations for the military, naval, maritime, petroleum, oil & gas industries. Business Turnaround Project

  • Chief Operating Officer / Board Member at Test-Track-Monitor Limited
    Mar 2020 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Co-founded T-T-M to develop and define/execute industrialisation and commercialisation strategy for both an innovative, high-tech medical/industrial-use iMask with intelligent ‘plug & play’ features, and TOI-based digital health platform that monitors physio-psychological health parameters. The work was conducted in response to requests from the marine, gas, oil and energy sectors and medical sectors to effectively manage Covid-19. Created Quality Manual, QMS and all relevant procedures from zero to obtain UKAS Accreditation in accordance with ISO15189 for OH Prime Medical Practice providing covid-19 testing.

  • Operational Turnaround Leader at Aptiv
    Jul 2019 - Mar 2020 · 9 mos

    Harness supplier to Ford, JLR and Nissan with 5000 Arabic/French-speaking employees. Led quality turnaround project with Ford to improve Quality Operating System and reinstate Q1 approval.