Head of Engineering – (Interim) Yorkshire Water. Lead a team of Principal Engineers and Maintenance Engineers to deliver Engineering and Customer service provision for Yorkshire.
Business Transformation Lead – Supporting an ERP Program to deliver the implementation of SAP S/4HANA.
Program Manager (Contract),Peel Ports, Liverpool: Led the development of cloud-based
HCM (Human Capital Management), solution (Kronos), enriched existing ERP systems in full compliance with “HMRC” and “Border Force”, governance, process, and procedures to deliver £360k annualised savings.
Project Budget – £14m
Timeline – 12 Months
Expectations – Seamless
Operations Programme 2017 – 2018 … Operational growth / Install two Ship to Shore cranes £12m / Deliver £2m Plant & Equipment / Develop and deliver critical “Skilled” resources / Increase revenue 100%
“Turn-around” Project 2017 … delivered in 12 weeks, saving a loss of £millions
Simon Bird – Director ABP Humber … “This is what good leadership can achieve”
Applied and implemented the principals of “Lean Management”.
Introduced “Systemic” solutions, and KPI management.
Won additional contracts of £655K per annum
Won the 2017 Chairman’s Award for “Operational Excellence”
Acquisition Programme 2016 …
Mark Frith – Port Manager ABP Humber – “The project was delivered flawlessly”
1 programme, 7 projects including TUPE 45 employees,
A seamless transition whilst the port remained fully operational
Network switch from IBM to HP and EDI & TOS system migration.
Increased revenue of £3.6 million per annum and savings of £700K.
Won the 2016 Chairman’s Award for “Customer Service”
ERP Programme 2014 … Delivering “systemic” solutions to
improve customer service
Phil Swash CEO … “He
delivers”
Peter Watkins –
Director Business Excellence – “His approach is to engage the people in the process of
change in order to transfer and embed their rich knowledge into business”
1 programme, 5
projects, 3 regions, (Europe, Americas, Asia)
22 locations,
deploying 800 licences
A global change
management program which excelled expectations
A systemic solution
reducing Enquiry to Order lead times by up to 87%
Developed CRM, and
MDM to support the ETO & S&OP processes.
Led the
implementation of global quality governance, and stewardship.
International Transformation Programme … Phase I Budget $31m / Phase II Budget $53m
Steve Neises – Director Manufacturing (Global) – “Howard has successfully led multiple complex International Plant Rationalisation Change Programs and delivered numerous Product/Process Transfer Projects seamlessly”.
Rick Cummings – Director Operations (Global) – “Upon picking up the project Howard quickly provided some structure and planning to the transfer. I have the utmost of confidence in Howard’s abilities and trust his judgement to take the necessary actions in the best interests of the company”
Phase I
3 Programs, 33 Projects, 6 Countries, 10 Locations,
2,900 Items, 1,100 PPAP Submissions / Approvals in 12 Months
Incorporated “Material Resourcing” projects achieving cost savings of 27%
Established a UK distribution operation (brown field site) Turnover £20 million
Delivered “Supply Chain”, outsourcing projects achieving cost savings of 12%
Delivered annualised savings of $16 million
Phase II
2 programmes, 17 projects, 10 locations, in 5 European countries, 6 product lines, 4,567 line items, 2500 PPAP Approvals in 18 Months
Led numerous IS migrations E.g. AS400 & MFGPro to SAP.
Led an SAP logistics programme incorporating FI, CO, MM and SD modules
Executed a very complex inventory build / transfer of Process / Plant / Tools.
Global APQP / NPI Programme … Designed / developed systemic APQP / NPI solution.
Bob Bersch Senior Vice President Operations (Global) – “Your knowledge of the APQP process has brought visibility and a transparency this business has never experienced before”
Developed APQP software that reduced time to market by up to c.70%, operational costs by c.30%
“Full Process”, visibility to the team and transparency to the management.
It embodies 5s, Lean, Risk Analysis, and 8D problem solving techniques.
Endorsed by the European SQA / STA of “Ford Motor Company” and “Peugeot”.
Invited to North America to develop a global “Corporate” solution.