Christopher Greenough

NAME: Christopher Greenough

RESIDENCE: Shrewsbury, Shropshire

CURRENT EMPLOYER: SDE Technology

POSITION: Chief Commercial Officer

Personal Statement: I have always strived to give my utmost in any job, task and undertaking I am involved in. I have gained experience in my manufacturing role over the last 28 plus years, and have the ability to talk and promote manufacturing as a career for the next generation.

I see that I have the ability to enthuse people, to engage with all groups, and to add to whichever team I choose to join.

Personal Profile: A professional in the field of manufacturing, from his twenty plus years within the industry, he has risen through every job within his current company and received the recognition of his work, and became Commercial Director 10 years ago and then onto Chief Commercial Officer in 2019. Possessing exceptional negotiation and communication skills along with an excellent project management and process background. A lively, determined individual who is self-motivated and driven to succeed. A lateral thinker, who implements a problem-solving attitude to his tasks.

A committed person who leads his team from the front, encouraging and empowering others to set and achieve high standards through the process of providing clarity whilst enabling them to deliver against their objectives. Core Skill Set: Development and Implementation of a worldwide sourcing strategy. Implementing and executing continuous year on year cost reduction strategies, through negotiation, quality improvement, engineering initiatives, lean manufacture and cost modelling techniques Supplier Development. Responsible for delivering overall supply chain improvements through collaboration and end to end value stream management through lean principles and collaborative techniques. Project Management (Resourcing projects, capacity planning, process improvements etc) Managing NPI introduction. Stakeholder Management, Influencing stakeholders, making proposals / recommendations either for strategies or expenditure to senior management. Supply chain management through defined KPI’s for Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development and Management. Lead assessing (supplier evaluation), and Lead Quality Auditor. Quality Lead – Implementation and succesfull recert of IATF 16949. Sales lead, and main Customer focus for all commercial negotiations. Commercial and Sales Lead. Operatrions, Quality and HR lead.

Smaximized productivity and sales. Detail-oriented and dedicated to cultivating efficient environments for top service.

I managed the move from ISO 9001 to, what was then was TS16949, now known as IATF16949. This involved reviewing all procedures and processes,and introducing robust actions plans to track any non conformances, and make sure the whole plant was up to standard.