Kieran Clinch
Waterloo
Summary
Results-driven Operations and Planning Leader with 3 years' management experience overseeing a 75-person manufacturing facility delivering £20m+ in annual sales. Track record of building high-performing teams, driving measurable efficiency improvements, and delivering complex systems and infrastructure projects. Business graduate combining strong analytical capability — including SQL, Power Query and ERP — with a people-first leadership approach. Now seeking a broader operational or planning leadership role within a large, purpose-driven organisation.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Production and Systems Manager
Joloda Hydraroll
Liverpool
2023.10 - 2026.03
- Site-level operational responsibility for all manufacturing functions across Liverpool facility, leading a team of 75 employees to deliver over £46 million in sales during my tenure
- Redesigned planning process, reducing live production tasks by 27% and improving manufacturing response times through improved capacity visibility, clearer task readiness and centralised production schedules
- Built and implemented SQL-powered RCCP dashboards for the UK business, improving visibility of capacity constraints for operational leaders and providing live lead time indicators for the sales team to guide future sales
- Serve as primary MRP system owner for the UK business, responsible for system configuration decisions, maintaining data integrity, and upskilling operational team members to improve adoption and usage across the business
- Balance labour requirements, with recruitment and agency staff, against material availability, including managing call-offs for key materials such as sheet steel and aluminium extrusion, to achieve all business requirements
- Collaborate with procurement to manage UK inventory strategy, defining stock-take methodology and frequency, and rationalising active SKUs to reduce planning complexity
- Oversee day-to-day operational escalations including machine outages, personnel gaps and material quality issues, rapidly replanning production schedules to maintain customer delivery levels
- Responsible for all people management and development activity for the site, including redesigning the apprenticeship programme, recruiting 10 apprentices over 2 years, and participating in multiple work placement schemes
- Coordinated transfer of two complex products from sister facility, delivering full production capability within 2 months and achieving a 43% reduction in manufacturing time, shortening project lead times by 2 weeks
- Led end-to-end manufacturing implementation for new product range following group acquisition, introducing 4,500 new SKUs into the Liverpool facility. Managed capacity constraints through strategic outsourcing decisions to meet tight project deadlines, delivering production readiness from Q4 2024 with a production value of £11.2m to date.
Graduate Management Trainee
Joloda Hydraroll
Liverpool
2022.10 - 2023.10
- Delivered c. £300k CapEx project for solar panel implementation with an estimated payback of under 2 years.
- Led project to improve the MRP system success, eliminating historic issues and errors, automating KPI reporting and upskilling operations team members.
- Supported launch of cloud-based accounting software in Netherlands-based subsidiary
General Management Industrial Placement
Aldi Stores Ltd
Neston, Cheshire
2020.07 - 2021.07
- Progressed from store assistant to store manager, leading to 2nd most improved store regionally, based upon KPI performance.
- Shadowed an executive mentor to develop my strategic understanding and management style.
- Delivered project to implement and improve performance in new KPI of Operational Efficiency, for regional director team.
Education
1st Class BA - Business Management with a Year in Industry
University of Liverpool Management School
Liverpool 2018.09 - 2022.07
Skills
- Operational Planning
- Business Strategy
- People Management
- Data Analysis
- Project Management
- KPI Reporting
- Microsoft Excel, Power Query and SQL data usage
- MRP / ERP
Certification
IOSH Managing Safely – December 2023
References
References available upon request.
Projects
- Solar Panel CapEx: October 2022 - April 2023 - £300k investment approved by board with 2 year payback
- Site Layout Improvement Project: April 2024 - December 2025 - Redesign factory layout for Liverpool site to improve safety and efficiency, overseeing £95k investment in infrastructure improvements
Voluntary and Community
Alumni Mentor — University of Liverpool Management School | 2023 – Present
Invited back to speak to current students about placement experiences on multiple occasions. Particpate in a structured 1:1 mentoring programme supporting undergraduates with workplace applications and career progression, and currently enrolled in the current cohort of mentors.
Timeline
Production and Systems Manager
Joloda Hydraroll
2023.10 - 2026.03
Graduate Management Trainee
Joloda Hydraroll
2022.10 - 2023.10
General Management Industrial Placement
Aldi Stores Ltd
2020.07 - 2021.07
1st Class BA - Business Management with a Year in Industry
University of Liverpool Management School
2018.09 - 2022.07