Simon Drinkall
Kingston Upon Hull,East Riding of Yorkshire
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in management and production direction, holding an IOSH Health and Safety Qualification. Demonstrates proficiency in staff recruitment, induction, appraisals, and training sessions, alongside effective delegation and supervisory management. Skilled in event planning, handling customer complaints, and maintaining legal compliance through external auditing. Adept at managing rotas, holidays, sickness, and disciplinary actions while ensuring efficient stock procurement and finance management. Proven track record in liaising with suppliers, working to a budget, sourcing funding, and presenting successful bids. Strong leadership abilities complemented by interpersonal skills such as excellent verbal communication and negotiation. Committed to fostering a safe work environment as a trained first aider and mental health first aider.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
2021
2021
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Factory manager
Cranswick Country Foods
Hull, East Yorkshire
2026.01 - Current
- Instituted preventative maintenance measures, minimising breakdowns.
- Oversee factory operations ensuring smooth production flow.
- Drive continuous improvement programmes throughout the factory floor.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations at all times.
- Coordinate staff training for improved safety and productivity.
- Improve production efficiency by streamlining factory processes.
- Implement lean manufacturing practices to reduce waste.
- Coach junior managers in effective leadership techniques.
- Identifies opportunities to improve and streamline manufacturing processes to maximise time and revenue.
Director of Production
CB Solutions
Lissett, East Yorkshire
2019.09 - 2026.01
- Director of Production across 4 separate factories
- Control of offsite initiatives
- Liaising with stock suppliers
- Quality assurance
- Health & Safety
- Staff recruitment
- Delegation duties
- Travel to other sites to ensure quality standards are met
- General day to day running of the site
- Fostered a positive work environment, improving employee morale.
- Upheld highest standards of cleanliness and organisation on factory floor.
- Drove continuous improvement programmes throughout the factory floor.
Area Leader
Cranswick Country Foods
Hull, Kingston upon Hull
1997.01 - 2019.09
- Control offsite initiatives.
- Travelling to clients to ensure Quality and product.
- Liaising with stock suppliers, stakeholders and new business.
- Purchasing and checking of stock and procurement.
- Staff recruitment and training.
- Quality Assurance.
- Customer Complaints and rectifying.
- Health and Safety on site.
- Delegation tasks and duties.
- Organising planners to work to company requirements.
- Mental health first aid support.
- First aid support.
- Fire Marshall support inclusive of training fire drill plans.
- External Auditing.
- Managing large productions areas up to 100 staff.
- Holding morning meetings that set up daily tasks.
- Staff delegation of tasks and duties.
Education
Certificate in Education - Education
University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield, Kirklees 2017.04 - 2019.07
Level 3 Education and training - Education
Education & Training
Hull, Kingston upon HullGCSE's - All Areas
Greatfield High School
HullLevel 3 Food Safety Supervision for Manufacturing - Food Safety
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Hull, Kingston upon HullAdvanced Level in Food Manufacturing - Food Safety
Improve
Hull, Kingston upon HullIOSH Course Completion - Health & Safety
IOSH
Hull, Kingston upon HullEducation and Training - Education
CTC
Hull, Kingston upon HullSkills
- Director of production
- IOSH Health and Safety Qualification
- Staff recruitment
- Induction
- Appraisals
- Training sessions
- Management of disciplinary actions
- Rotas management
- Holidays management
- Sickness management
- Effective delegation
- Supervisory management
- Six Sigma green standard
- Pay grading
- Staff coaching
- Stock checking
- Stock procurement
- Liaison with suppliers
- Working to a budget
- Managing teams wages and hours
- External Auditing
- Legal compliance
- Policies and practices reviews
- Risk assessments
- H&S
- DBS checked
- PAT tester
- Industry accreditations
- Excellent verbal communicator
- Effective negotiator
- Relationship building
- Time management
- Planning skills
- Prioritisation skills
- Mental Health first aider
- Trained First aider
- Disciplinaries/ one to one reviews
- Created and managed the apprentice scheme visiting schools and job fairs to recruit
- Working in a fast paced environment to high standards
- Record stats and compile reports of progress
- Manufacturing process knowledge
- Continuous improvement initiatives
- Production line efficiency enhancements
- Employee motivation tactics
- Leadership excellence
Personal Information
Title: Factory Manager
References
References are available on request.
Timeline
Factory manager
Cranswick Country Foods
2026.01 - Current
Director of Production
CB Solutions
2019.09 - 2026.01
Certificate in Education - Education
University of Huddersfield
2017.04 - 2019.07
Area Leader
Cranswick Country Foods
1997.01 - 2019.09
Level 3 Education and training - Education
Education & Training
GCSE's - All Areas
Greatfield High School
Level 3 Food Safety Supervision for Manufacturing - Food Safety
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Advanced Level in Food Manufacturing - Food Safety
Improve
IOSH Course Completion - Health & Safety
IOSH
Education and Training - Education
CTC