Howard Garbutt

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ABOUT HOWARD GARBUTT

As a business leader heading up Food and Drink Manufacturing operations, do you need someone who can provide solutions to: leadership issues-restructured teams; operational leadership that delivered doubling of volume and enhanced quality management of your large scale capex projectscost management-budgetary control driving margin increase; direct cost management resulting in significant savings across direct and indirect costs.Then please call me on 07•••••••68 for an initial discussion.A snap shot of my Competencies and Skill Set:• Successfully relocated a factory and build. Responsible for complete fit out of M&E, process kit, filling lines, cold storage and recruitment of full complement of staff at all levels.• Brought in business worth over a period of 4 days.• Significant experience at compiling budgets working to a standard cost method. • Managed Supply Chain and Planning function to deliver reduced stock outs and service level improvements to 99.8%.• Enhanced productivity by closing lines and restructuring working patterns, saving upwards of £200k.• Qualified Mentor• NEBOSHMy career as a Site Manager has been across most categories: chilled, ambient, food to go, dairy, drinks, working at senior level. I have led teams across all functions (Engineering, NPD, Technical, HR, Supply Chain, Procurement, Commercial) as Head of Site. Managed multi-site operations. Grown businesses as well as restructuring and rationalising. Worked alongside motor industry practitioners to implement lean techniques - SIC, Kaizen, 5SLed teams in both large unionised businesses, and small entrepreneurial organisations.Exposure of working with all major retailers (Waitrose, Aldi, M&S, JS), and Food to Go (Pret, Compass, Starbucks, Costa) from Board level down. P&L accountable