Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I have a passion for solving the challenges associated with sustaining and enhancing organisational performance. With over 20 years of experience in delivering improvements to business performance across many diverse sectors through the adaptation and deployment of lean thinking along with formal qualifications in Engineering, Leadership and a Masters in Business Administration. Specialties: Leadership, General Management, Business Unit Management, Decision Making, Lean Systems, Operations Management, Project Management, Value Creation, Global Supply Chain Management, Transformation & Managing Change, Business Process Re-engineering.
Executive responsible for effectively and efficiently managing the global supply chain incorporating all Global operations including local and offshore manufacturing, planning, procurement, quality assurance and customer service. Implementation of Lean systems as well as developing and implementing Capacity Planning, Inventory management, and Demand/Supply management to supply internal and external customers World-wide.
P&L responsibility for the glass technologies business unit which included effective customer engagement to enhance revenues, product design and optimisation and also the reliable delivery of end products to customers all over the globe.
Responsible for the transformation of all Operations activities conducted in our Melbourne facility including the effective supply of product to our global distribution centres. With management responsibility for over 250 personnel in Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Procurement, Production Engineering, Planning and Customer service.
Directly reporting to the owners and responsible for the overall profitability of the business with reports exceeding 100 people from Manufacturing, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Procurement, Global Logistics, Engineering, Finance, IT and Sales. Executive responsible for EBA negotiations, OH&S and Facility maintenance
Responsible for the Operations of the business with a focus on improving profitability through the application of lean tools and company - wide education. Project manufacturing and product installation all over the world during a period of economic turbulence was key to success in this role.