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P. Cocks

Bedfordshire
UK

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Head Office T: 01223 257777

Key Skills & Services:

Advising managers with particular emphasis on profitability, operational effectiveness and customer perception, especially in companies undergoing rapid growth, performance recovery, changing working practices or new market penetration.

Specific skills include strategic and business planning, the implementation of Japanese derived lean manufacturing and cost reduction processes and most importantly the ability to assess people, processes and systems and their affects on bottom line performance.

Identifying and bringing about mergers and acquisitions together with the subsequent uniting, building, focusing and motivating of teams within the new organisation.

Career Background:

A senior Director/manager with over 30 years experience in establishing, managing and growing both large and small companies around the world. 15 years experience working closely with Japanese companies, renowned for their lean manufacturing methods.

Positions held include:
President, International Business Development and UK Managing Director for a major global Automotive component supplier.
Managing Director of a specialist hose manufacturer to the offshore oil and gas industry.
Vice President of a US company supplying chemical and mining industry pipelines.
Technical, manufacturing and sales positions in aerospace and general industry.
Non-Executive Director of the UK’s leading supplier of outdoor toys.

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Comments:

A good team player, capable of interfacing at all levels and with a proven track record of providing down to earth advice and encouragement, in order to generate continuous improvement. Analytical and logical with a pragmatic approach to problem solving.

Extensive experience of growing new and rejuvenating troubled businesses and of operating and business practices in many parts of the world including China, India and South Africa as well as Europe and North America.
Phil is backed by an extensive network of ibd members, who can provide additional specialist support, if required.