Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Personal Information
HOBBIES AND INTEREST
Timeline
Manager
John Amor

John Amor

EASTLEIGH,Hampshire

Summary

Having first class leadership and communicating skills and capable of providing guidance and advice to support and lead personally and professionally.

Motivated senior manager with over 20 years of experience, recognised for assessing operational needs and developing solutions to save costs, improve revenues and drive customer satisfaction. Resourceful and well-organised with excellent leadership and team-building record.

Focused leader with impressive track record in collaborative, cross-functional teamwork within high-pressure environments. Adept at project planning and managing multiple accounts at once. Dedicated to improving company sales goals and meeting business objectives.

Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work history

Director and Consultant

Amor Proactive Ltd
11.2023 - Current
  • Working internationally providing a range business development and implementation strategies
  • Offering experience in Banknote manufacturing, PMO, Auditing, Policy deployment, Training and Development, Asset care and Pulp and Paper Technical advice.

Transformation Director

Portals International
10.2021 - 11.2023
  • Lead of asset sales
  • This including technical support to buyers, removal management and worldwide relocation planning
  • Develop and deployed energy crisis programme reducing the overall sites consumption
  • Reset and rebuilt the site structure to meet with customer demands including equipment and headcount streamlining
  • Driven and ensured discipline with the site leadership team in continuous improvement activities whilst leading the cost reduction programmes for the site
  • Built strategic and performance gap analysis
  • Delivered key projects, making a further £1 Million reduction focusing on waste and energy through Lean tools and techniques and capital expenditure
  • Built strategic implementation plan/roadmap for site transformational step change and executing the plan against critical milestones
  • Key player within the Site Leadership Team to set the site strategy linked to the wider business.

Operations Manager

Portals International
06.2017 - 10.2021
  • Delivered the site safety road map and tools to drive accountability and ownership at all levels, this including building and the deployment of the BCP for COVID-19
  • Delivered improvements to overall factory variance through Leadership and Lean tools and techniques, circa £1.5 Million reduction
  • Responsible for the site maintenance and teams circa 250 team members
  • Developed team members through clear progression planning, Coaching and Leadership training
  • Created an aligned workforce with operations and engineering joint objectives
  • Delivered sitewide FMS driving accountability and ownership and local levels.

Head of Department

De La Rue
04.2015 - 06.2017
  • Leading the department by developing and deploying the Operational strategy ensuring that the Operational Excellence framework is embedded, Leading for Tomorrow
  • Support Cells Floor Management System ensuring day to day business is managed through localised timely PDCA cycle, Manage for Today, team of 60 reports
  • Responsible for the Site wide Hazardous and Non-Hazardous waste management
  • Implementation of Department KPI's following the SSQCDP pillars Incorporate asset care methodologies including into the day-to-day culture
  • Provide leadership and support to all ensuring appropriately motivated, developed and performance managed through effective coaching.

Site Asset care/World Class Manufacturing Lead

De La Rue
08.2013 - 04.2015
  • Setup of WCM Pillars for Site linking into site vision
  • Delivered site maintenance strategy and governance programme
  • Implementing a process of change across site
  • Driving the use of improvement tools
  • Training Programme– Rolling out WCM tools & Techniques to upskill workforce
  • Logging and tracking of site key performance indicators
  • Coaching and supporting Senior Management Team.

Production Shift Lead

De La Rue
09.2011 - 04.2013

Education

NVQ Level 3 - Managing own professional development within an organisation

Institute of Leadership & Management
07.2012 - 09.2012

NVQ Level 3 - Setting objectives and providing support for team members

Institute of Leadership and Management

NVQ Level 3 - Planning, allocating and monitoring team members work

Institute of Leadership and management

NVQ Level 4 - Implementing change in area of responsibility

Institute of Leadership and Management

NVQ Level 4 - Planning and Managing Projects

Institute of Leadership and Management

Lean Six Sigma

Sigma Pro
08.2009 - 08.2009

World Class Manufacturing

KCTS

Skills

  • Improving safety, production, and product standards both day-to-day and longer term
  • Leadership and development of key individuals, and leading teams at all levels
  • Creating High Performing Teams
  • Project Management
  • Representing the business and brand consistently with clear customer focused approach
  • Budget Control and Accountability
  • Great Communication and influencing skills, along with Stakeholder engagement
  • Strategic consultancy
  • Business development
  • Business planning
  • Daily operations
  • High-value project management
  • Operations oversight
  • Programme oversight
  • Policy development
  • Operations management
  • Strategies and goals
  • Staff development
  • Leadership
  • Team building
  • Programme development
  • Problem-solving

Personal Information

  • Date of birth: 08/18/1979
  • Nationality: British

HOBBIES AND INTEREST

  • Theatre and live events
  • Volunteering at local Theatre group
  • Travelling
  • Building and DIY

Timeline

Director and Consultant

Amor Proactive Ltd
11.2023 - Current

Transformation Director

Portals International
10.2021 - 11.2023

Operations Manager

Portals International
06.2017 - 10.2021

Head of Department

De La Rue
04.2015 - 06.2017

Site Asset care/World Class Manufacturing Lead

De La Rue
08.2013 - 04.2015

NVQ Level 3 - Managing own professional development within an organisation

Institute of Leadership & Management
07.2012 - 09.2012

Production Shift Lead

De La Rue
09.2011 - 04.2013

Lean Six Sigma

Sigma Pro
08.2009 - 08.2009

NVQ Level 3 - Setting objectives and providing support for team members

Institute of Leadership and Management

NVQ Level 3 - Planning, allocating and monitoring team members work

Institute of Leadership and management

NVQ Level 4 - Implementing change in area of responsibility

Institute of Leadership and Management

NVQ Level 4 - Planning and Managing Projects

Institute of Leadership and Management

World Class Manufacturing

KCTS
John Amor