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General Manager Special Vehicles

Work Experience

25th May 2001 Took a voluntary redundancy package from LDV following
the collapse of the collaborative venture with Volkswagen
for new model development. The package will allow me to
take up the challenge of a new career move, preferably in
I.T. which I have enjoyed most over the last five years.

1999 – 2001 General Manager, Special Vehicle Operations
Responsible to the manufacturing Director for controlling
the development of the Special Vehicles Business
When LDV asked me to increase the scope and volume
of Special Vehicle Orders in 1993 around 20% of vehicles build had an element of Special Vehicle work on them to a maximum conversion value of £2,500. By the time I left this had grown to around 60% of vehicles with a maximum conversion value of £14,000

1993 – 1999 Business Manager, Special Vehicle Operations
Responsible to the Logistics Manager for setting up
and managing a new in house Special Vehicle Operation with a brief to expand this side of the business in line with LDV’s claim to be ‘The Van Specialist Company’

1990 – 1993 Product Line Manager, Vans (Birmingham)
Responsible to Sales Engineering Manager based
In Eindhoven for specification development and control
on all Van products to all world markets. Also responsible
for the issue of all product related technical information
and the approval of conversions carried out after sale.

1987 –1990 Sales Engineering Manager
Responsible to Sales & Marketing Director for all
Technical Sales activities and specifically the management of all Special Vehicle Orders (500 p.a.)

1981 – 1987 Assembly Manager (Body, Paint, Trim and final assy.)
Responsible for 6 superintendents, 29 Foremen, 625
Direct and 35 indirect operators.

1977 – 1981 Plant Industrial Engineering Manager (2000 operators + 500 staff)
Responsible for 2 Supervisors, 3 Section leaders and 8
Industrial Engineers carrying out work measurement,
method study & projects.

1973 – 1977 Industrial Engineering Supervisor, Direct Labour (1800
operators)
Responsible for 4 section leaders and 12 Work Study
Engineers carrying out work measurement, method study
& projects.

1971 – 1973 Section Leader, Direct Labour (400 operators)
Responsible for the activities of 4 Work Study Engineers
carrying out work measurement, method study & projects

1970 – 1971 Deputy Section Leader – Machine shops

1967 – 1970 Work Study Engineer

1967 Trainee Work Study Engineer

1963 – 1967 Assembler of axle, suspension and steering units

1959 – 1963 Assembler of tractors

Education

1953 – 1959 Central Grammar School
G.C.E. ‘O’ level passes in :- Mathematics, English Language, Physics, French, German and Woodwork.

1968 B.L.M.C. Staff Training College, Warwickshire.
M.T.M – 2 Course, Membership of the M.T.M – 2 Association attained.

1969 – 1971 Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Staffordshire.
Institute of Work Study Practitioners course, Membership
of the Institute awarded – currently M.M.S.

1990 –1991 Leyland Daf Vans, Birmingham.
Dutch Language course – London Chamber of
Commerce (Preliminary) – pass with distinction

Skills

Man Management, Lotus applications, Microsoft applications, Relational databases in particular

Languages

O levels in German/French and LCC Preliminary Dutch

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