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A. Levin

A. Levin

West Yorkshire
UK

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Head Office T: 01223 257777

Key Skills & Services:

Identification of growth areas by:
Strategic planning, Business development, Technology reviews.

Reducing costs by:
Reducing lead times and hence costs in design and manufacturing, business process re-engineering, strong project management of capital, revenue and change programmes.

Increase morale and output by:
Introducing change programmes, including appraisals, mentoring, and be-spoke training programmes, in parallel with the above.

Registered with the DTI MAS as a Manufacturing Specialist.

Career Background:

11 year strong engineering background with Astra Zeneca, Marlow Foods and ICI in areas of production, control and process engineering. I then moved on to be an internal consultant developing and implementing manufacturing strategies and managing new technology projects (EU, DTI funded) before leaving to become an external consultant.

Have operated as an external consultant since 1997, initially with Accenture working on large projects involving business process re-engineering and corporate strategy development. In parallel I work with Universities and SMEs on technology transfer and ways of identifying how to decrease costs and / or increase revenues.

Industry sectors:

Experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, Retail and New technology.
Acquired through working in Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Food, Retail, Service industry and Public services.

Qualifications:

B.Sc. (Eng).
Chartered Engineer (MIEE).
MBA.

Comments:

For the past 4 years I have been adapting the techniques used by larger companies for application in smaller companies, the focus being to bring to smaller companies the tools and techniques employed by larger companies but at an affordable rate.

Registered with the DTI MAS as a Manufacturing Specialist, providing access to grants for manufacturing companies.

Have worked in Germany and South Africa as well as the UK.