Benn Hepworth
Canvey Island,Essex
Summary
I am a keen and professional individual with the ambition to succeed and provide value to everything I apply myself to. I have a dynamic approach to work and am flexible enough to ensure success but remain rigid enough to remain focussed on the end result.
I pride myself on my integrity and want to drive a team to be the best it can be while building a safe and enjoyable workplace.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
FTTP Operational Optimisation Manager
Openreach
01.2024 - Current
- Responsible for the nationwide performance of Openreach's Full Fibre roll out.
- Supported approximately 90 teams (circa 3000 engineers) to deliver on core KPI's and saw a reduction in cost with an increased productivity and customer satisfaction.
- Supported both Director and Managing Directors, with insights to support nationwide decisions.
- Interrogated performance data to understand and identify opportunity within the business to maximise performance and reduce costs.
- Provided regular insight to various key stakeholders with a realistic glide path to achieve specific results for several KPIs.
FTTP Operations Manager
Openreach
Suffolk, Essex
03.2022 - 01.2024
- Built, grew and developed a strong team of 100+ engineers and maintained direction and team alignment.
- Strong safety planning and engagement focus.
- Good commercial understanding of the overall business goal; including finances, time management and cost mitigation. Achieving a 15% reduction in unit cost.
- Passion and drive to deliver a strong performance both within my team and the wider teams around me.
- Liaising and collaborating with key stakeholders to deliver results across the board.
- Identifying areas of improvement and building strong, strategic and methodical plans to enable success.
- Understanding change and implementing thorough plans to improve service.
Full Fibre Patch Lead
Openreach
02.2021 - 02.2022
- Ensured team wide safety across all aspects of engineering.
- Generated an engaged workforce to supplement results and service.
- Coached and supported colleagues to be the best they can be in order to deliver a great customer service.
- Analysed and optimised engineer and team performance to achieve results.
- Supported the Patch Manager for a smooth and well functioning operation.
Head Trader and Market Maker
Arjun Capital
06.2012 - 02.2021
- Responsible for a $120m Oil Desks P&L.
- Generating revenue with new ideas and market dynamics.
- Responsible for 40 traders across the globe all, operating in various Oil Future derivatives, including the subsidiaries of Oil.
- Liaised with various large institutional customers to generate business and revenue as well as ensuring a long lasting and professional relationship through engagement and revenue generating activities and ideas.
- 11-20% ROI per month up from an initial 6% prior to me taking over the oil desk.
- Good understanding of macroeconomics and cross asset arbitrage to mitigate risk and maximise profitability.
Education
A-Levels - ICT
SEEVIC College
Essex06.2012
A-Levels - Business Studies
SEEVIC College
Essex06.2012
A-Levels - English Lit/Lang
SEEVIC College
Essex06.2012
A-Levels - Combined Science
SEEVIC College
Essex06.2012
Skills
- Leadership and Engagement
- Customer Service
- Time Management and Prioritising
- Colleague Wellbeing and Safety
- Entrepreneurship
- Driven and Motivated
- Finance and Macroeconomic shifts/trends
Achievements
- Built and developed several teams across the business and excelled in all KPIs
- Built a well rounded and engaged contact base in multiple organizations
- Increased revenue and net profit by a multiple of 4 times within a 3 month period at Arjun Capital
- Second largest Oil Futures liquidity provider, globally
- Self proclaimed, youngest Market Maker for the NASDAQ futures exchange
Timeline
FTTP Operational Optimisation Manager
Openreach
01.2024 - Current
FTTP Operations Manager
Openreach
03.2022 - 01.2024
Full Fibre Patch Lead
Openreach
02.2021 - 02.2022
Head Trader and Market Maker
Arjun Capital
06.2012 - 02.2021
A-Levels - ICT
SEEVIC College
A-Levels - Business Studies
SEEVIC College
A-Levels - English Lit/Lang
SEEVIC College
A-Levels - Combined Science
SEEVIC College
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