Philip Lumsden

Overall Accountable for the delivery of the Subsea Production Systems globally, ensuring that they are delivered on-time, within budget to the highest quality whilst maintaining high safety standards for the teams and suppliers involved.

• Delivered a five-year strategic plan to drive product efficiencies through the full value stream
• Assessed performance of external vendor supply chains while handling internal logistics.
• Selected, trained and performance-managed staff to build results-focused team.
• Drove Key Performance Indicators (KPI)s and continuous improvements throughout logistics and supplier operations.
• Administered expenditure, preventing budget overages with successful control strategies.
• Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, achieving inventory targets for finished goods.
• Spearheaded contract negotiation to obtain favourable terms for quality, cost and delivery requirements.
• Overhauled existing systems to increase accuracy, reducing costs and waste.

Delivered Project Management strategy to enable Dril-Quip to deliver their first major Subsea Production Project.

• Analysed and resolved complex resource issues for delivering a highly complex Project.
• Determined project schedules and kept projects on track using proactive adjustments to workflow.
• Handled negotiations with outside vendors and service agencies to meet project needs.
• Delivered exceptional service to clients, maintaining relationships for future business opportunities.
• Managed variation order processes by preparing bid packages, contract reviews and client negotiations.

Delivered strategic leadership, development, and growth of the Brownfield Quality and Continuous Improvement Department.

• Collaborated with internal teams to collect and evaluate customer feedback, implementing improvements to address customer pain points.
• Presented monthly key metrics to executive management through detailed, informative reports.
• Developed plans and strategies to promote continuous improvement.
• Prepared timelines for pipeline development projects to manage stakeholder expectations.

Delivered strategic leadership, development, and growth of the Asia Pacific Quality and Continuous Improvement Strategy.

• Promoted continuous improvement by problem-solving and sharing suggestions to optimise team operations.
• Aligned regional goals, processes and resource allocation with organisational strategy.
• Oversaw staff operations, training and performance to accomplish objectives.
• Planned implementation of new organisational policies.
• Identified issues, developed hypotheses and communicated insights and recommendations to key decision-makers.
• Identified initiatives not meeting targets and worked with executing teams to find solutions.
• Oversaw progress of multiple key strategic projects.
• Supported preparation of strategic business cases and presentation materials.

Controlled Engineering, Procurement and Construction teams across projects.

• Upheld quality excellence by monitoring and correcting work, delivering projects on time and to meticulous standards.
• Coordinated hiring, recruitment and training strategies to build successful subsea control systems project team.
• Designed and implemented training to further develop staff based on project goals.
• Handled negotiations with outside vendors and service agencies to meet project needs.
• Built company reputation by managing and successfully delivering projects.
• Developed scope of work for product classifications and devised sourcing strategy to reduce costs and clarify projects expectations.

Managed projects and work packages across Subsea Projects.

• Built exceptional stakeholder relations, reporting on project milestones and delivery.
• Built and nurtured professional relationships with wide range of stakeholders.
• Led cross-functional teams in project completion, offering continuous guidance to proactively mitigate delays.

Led operational control and profitability of Subsea Controls Systems Manufacturing department.

• Managed and developed department Leadership bench to ensure optimal team performance.
• Analysed data and information to identify issues and create tailored solutions.
• Completed customer orders with speed and accuracy.
• Managed teams by overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.