Gerry Martin
Personal Overview
Operations Director with a successful track record in leading, managing, and directing
manufacturing and operational Teams.
Commercially focussed General Factory Manager with full P&L responsibility for Supply Chain.
Effective and targetted in making Teams and processes Lean and efficient.
Strong manufacturing and operational experience in UK and International roles.
Manufacturing vision is in Winning Together, supported by everyone having a voice.
Proven Strategic and Tactical planner/doer to ensure achievement of Goals.
Key Expertise and Experience
Improved sites for multinational and SME’s.
Lean Implementer.
Food, Pharma, Chemical and Plastics Industries.
Supermarket ( FMCG ) and Bespoke Drinks Brands.
Driving/Managing Team for Results.
Commercial Management of business areas.
General Manager ( Ops and Sales reportees )
Management negotiator for Union/non-unionised Sites.
Safety, Quality and Ops Champion.
Develop Winning Teams/Individuals
Customer focussed.
Full Supply Chain cost reduction.
Clarity of Targets and results.
BRC and Major Retailer food audits
B2B contracts and negotiations.
Bonded Warehouse Keeper.
Companies Worked For
Unilever
Hayman Ltd
ICI
Ciba Geigy Plastics
Euro Closed Loop Recycling Ltd
Work Experience
Euro Closed Loop Recycling
Head of Operations
Jan’11 – Present
ECLR are a leading food grade plastic bottle reprocessor. Bought over in April 2015 by Euro
Capital.
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Full control of operations of business. Safety, Quality, Planning, Purchasing,
Operations, Logistics and Capex. Turnover £26m.
Transformed business to a modern manufacturing facility.
Developed and implemented clear Strategy for Operations. Winning Together.
Delivered P&L for Operations - purchasing to delivery of goods.
Team sign-up to targets and goals. Established and sustained regular open reviews.
Broke down barriers between departments and shifts through frank, open and
structured communication and training sessions.
Set, met, and reduced budgets through my Team.
Reduced costs year on year ( minimum annual savings of £400k ).
Tripled growth in output through implementation of and TPM techniques ( 5S, SMED,
Improvement Teams, use of Fishbone and Why-Why). OEE on plant uptime and
availability. Introduced target based Visible Factory concept across the business.
45% increase in plant availability through focus on PPM and OEE.
Drove business to OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 accreditations.
Tripled days with accident record. Quality pass rate doubled.
Managed Capex plans/budgets upto £10m.
Empowered staff.
Hayman Ltd
Operations Director
Aug’00 – Dec’10
Hayman Ltd process, pack and distribute a range of drinks, fine alcohols and solvents for the
drinks, pharmaceutical, food, flavours and fragrances industries. Customers included M&S,
Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Tesco’s, Diageo, Allied Distillers, 3M and GSK.
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Strategy and policy for Supply Chain, from procurement of raw materials to delivery
of final product.
Accountability for Operations including Safety, Security ( Bonded Warehouse ),
Procurement, Planning, Production, Storage, HMRC, and Distribution. Capital
Expenditure and stock management were under my control. Turnover £26m.
Commercially responsible for Hayman Partner Bottling.
Cost Reductions year on year ( £250k minimum ), in Supply Chain and Operationally.
Achieved profitable growth in Hayman Partner Bottling ( £150k ).
Delivered topline growth through increasing customer base and sales from declining
volumes.
Restructured organisation to improve accountability, communication & reduce costs.
Reduced cost base and increased responsibility at all levels.
Brought in and embedded Lean Manufacturing techniques across the business.
Increased Line Efficiency from 33% to 75%. Safety record ( 2 reportable accidents in
6 years ).
Quality improved through further enhancing ISO9001 and Procheck ( BRC ) standards.
Developed/implemented 3 year rolling Capital plan to meet Operations Strategy.
Started and lead regular communications sessions which improved staff engagement.
Operations Manager (Director Designate) Aug’00 – Mar’03. On Board from Apr’03.
Lead New Product introduction team.
National Starch & Chemical Ltd. ( ICI )
Site Manager
Oct’97 – July’00
National Starch manufacture starches for Food and Industrial sectors. ICI bought from
Unilever in 1998. Turnover £24m. Early adopter of Lean manufacturing techniques.
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Site had best Safety record in Europe under my leadership.
Kernel of Quality Award for best Quality record in business WorldWide.
Completed full SAP and MRPII implementation.
Initiated TPM ( Total Productive Maintenance – Lean Manufacturing ).
Had Team go through full Lean Programme ( CI, 5S, Why/Why, Fishbone, 7W’s ).
Got on and off-site commitment to site development plan, annual balanced scorecard
and targets. Focussed Team, and hit the targets.
Managed £4.5m capex in two years.
Set and achieved site budgets. Saved £571k in supply chain.
Implemented IPPC ( Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control ).
National Starch & Chemical Corporation Ltd. ( Unilever ) April’89 – Oct’97
Process Supervisor
Production Manager
Production Manager
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Hamburg, Germany
Tilbury, Essex.
2yrs
4yrs Fluent Speaker
2yrs
Ciba Geigy Plastics Ltd
Aug’86 – Apr’89
Ciba Geigy Plastics processed and packed a variety of epoxy, phenolic and other resins.
Shift Manager ( Youngest ever in UK business)
Jun’88 – Apr’89
Chemical Engineer
Aug’86 – May’88
Key Qualifications
 Diploma in Company Direction ( Institute of Directors )
 Chartered Chemical Engineer ( CEng MIChemE )
 Effective Manager Course – Open University, part of DMS
 BSc (Hons) in Chemical & Process Engineering
 Upper Second Class - 2(i). University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Hobbies
I enjoy keeping fit, primarily through training for and playing rugby. Coach U-18’s backs.
Reading and meeting with friends are my other main interests.
Personal Information
UK citizen, married, DOB 2/3/64, full clean driving license. Flexible on location.
Address :
21 Holbrook Close, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, CM3 5ST
Tel :
07825 106 878
01245 328814
Email : GerryM36@aol.com
LinkedIn ID : 130100679
Gerry Martin Current Package :
Salary
: £77,250
Car Allowance
: £9,000
Bonus
: to 30% of salary
Death in Service
: 4% matched
Long Term illness cover
Private Medical ( self + family )
25 days holiday
Laptop and phone