DR ALF OLDMAN > background > Significant Management Achievements

Finance/ Accounting

Seriously raised the profile of financial management in Office of National Statistics (UK central government department, employing 5,500 people), robustly challenging all plans & performance for value-for-money, risk management & strategic fit.

Stepped-in as Acting Group Finance Director for a fully listed PLC in FMCG sector (Stoves)

Masterminded financial justification for a £35m. new factory (DRG)

Saved £7m. by tax planning initiatives (Torrington)

Acted as emergency "FD" to loss making "buyout" in consumer durables (Valor/ Stoves)

General Management

Halted losses in a European multi-site precision engineering business (Torrington)

Transformed a high cost German manufacturing centre into a European Logistics Centre (Torrington)

Co-ordinated and integrated acquisitions of French and Italian engineering groups (Torrington)

Closed six European sales and distribution companies (Torrington)

Hived-off and sold a food processing business (Acre)

IT and Project Management

Completed three Y2K, turnaround, enterprise projects, on time, within budget and without impacting customer service (Alliance Holiday Inn, Stoves, New World)

Turned around a large bespoke warehousing project which had twice aborted going live (Stoves)

Slashed "Cost of Quality" with design & implementation of bespoke "manufacturing execution system" (DRG)

Halved "IT" costs by downsizing in an engineering business (Torrington)

Downsized from mainframe in packaging business saving £0.5m. a year (DRG)

Sponsored physical distribution software in German warehouse (Torrington)

Introduced new purchasing system in Defence Research Agency improving control.

Installed numerous financial systems improving control.

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