Bill B Blogg - Curriculum Vitae

Personal profile

Experienced and innovative general manager with sophisticated sales, customer service and business administration skills. High personal integrity, and able to relate to and create trust in all. Highly articulate, confident and persuasive team-builder, able to motivate and communicate to achieve exceptional business performance. Dependable and reliable in supporting and enabling team effort to produce genuine long-term sustainable development. Persistent and flexible approach to the mutually beneficial achievement of business plans and personal goals of staff, suppliers and customers. Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience

Over 20 years proven expertise in industrial purchasing, manufacturing, logistics, business development, marketing, sales and service. Background in a wide range of industries, including construction, plant hire, pharmaceutical, hygiene services and industrial process control. Executive accountability for P&L, strategic planning, staffing, and sales development etc., for a $60m international technology business, in a $3bn UK plc. International General Manager since 1991. Management of change within the demanding and pressurised business environment. Implementation of modern management practices, concerning personnel, IT, reporting systems, and partnership customer-supplier relations, etc.

Achievements

As production control executive with XYZ Corporation introduced pc-based systems to reduce lead-times from 7 months to 3 days, and inventory by 80% from $4.7m to $750k. As materials manager with ABC Inc. introduced systems to reduce lead-times from 3 months to 7 days, and inventory from $6m to $2.5m, and 12% reduction in $12m procurement costs. As operations manager with Newco Inc. a 10% reduction in £7m procurement costs. As general manager for Bigco Int. business achieved growth from $800k to £5m, increased new customer growth from 20 to 600 per annum.

Career history

1973-88 Early career development with Newco Inc., Bigco Int., Mainco plc. 1988-91 ABC Inc. International Operations Manager. 1991-present XYZ Corp. General Manager.

Personal details

Bill J. Bloggs
17 Hill Lane
London
NW25 0DB

Tel: 0208 971 5900

Born: 09.10.53

Educated: Sidmouth School 1965-72, and Hertstone College 1972-73, Southtame College 1974, and University of Wales 1973-1977.

References are available on request.

December 2005