Coleshill House, 67 Coleshill Road, Birmingham B37 7HET

t: 0121 270 1820 e: intray@john-phillips.co.uk w: www.johnphillips.co.uk

PERSONAL DETAILS

NAME: LESLIE GILL

LOCATION: Lancashire

MARITAL STATUS: Married

NO. OF CHILDREN: Four

VALID WORK PERMIT: Not required (British citizen)

QUALIFICATIONS: Warwick Business School

1988 – 1991 Executive MBA

1981 Birmingham Polytechnic

HNC & ONC, Mechanical and Production Engineering

VERIFICATION OF
QUALIFICATIONS: Can be provided

PROFESSIONAL BODIES: Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply &
Warwick Business School Alumni Association

FURTHER TRAINING: Krauthammer Open Sales Training programme, Chartered Institute

of Purchasing & Supply (MCIPS), by examination, Executive Project
Management (Cranfield Business School).

RELOCATION: Generally Yes

LANGUAGES: Not mentioned

CURRENT SALARY: £58,000 Plus £550 pcm car allowance Plus Pension.

REQUIRED SALARY: Negotiable

NOTICE REQUIRED: Three Months Maximum

LESLIE GILL

PROFILE

Self-motivated business professional with many years progressive experience within the automotive
and associated supply base industry. Strong track record of hands on success, clear sighted
individual with demonstrable skills in leading teams, delivering profitable growth and facilitating
process improvements. Excellent cross culture and Customer Relationship management skills,
fostering open communication. Experienced and tenacious in negotiation and skilled at achieving
Win-Win solutions. Intelligent, flexible, approachable, with an entrepreneurial drive, yet focused and
determined to succeed.

Achievements, examples
• New business negotiated circa 150 million GBP V.A.S.
• Successfully grown account by winning new business
• Implemented Strategy for Low Cost Country sourcing
• Leading a site redevelopment project of £10 millions

Key Skills & Experience:

• Leading Commercial responsibilities for new product development over the product life cycle
• Planning and implementation of global sourcing and supply chain for multinational site locations.
• International Co-ordination of customer & supplier relationships
• Negotiation of full acquisition costs contracts of supply
• Control of global supply contracts and supplier quality performance for three sites ( 2 in UK and
Turkey)
• Sourcing and resourcing and out sourcing of non core business
• Self development and formal training, MBA and MCIPS by examination

CAREER SUMMARY

2007 – Present: F.E.C Technologies Limited

EMCON Technologies bought by Faurecia, establishing a new
company name F.E.C.T in 2010. This is the leading global exhaust
emission control technology company, supplying passenger car,
commercial vehicle and engine manufacturers’ world wide. $3.4
billion business has operations in 23 countries with 13,000
employees and several long-term joint venture relationships (2009).
The parent company has € 11.3 Bn turnover (2009)
UK Turnover: £3.4 Billion. UK No. of Employees: 13,00

Commercial Project Manager

• Reporting to Business Group Global Director

• Principle responsibilities are to plan and implement European
strategy for B2B commercial / programme management.
• Manage current sales and develop opportunities to improve
sales and margin across a portfolio of products.
• Manage the revenue stream, with detailed business plans
• Maximise profitability through value added opportunities
• Manage customer contracts & relationships.
• Co- ordinate international programmes for current and new
products
• Manage quarterly revenues and currency reconciliation for South
Africa and European operations
• Leading new business strategies in to low cost country sources

2002 – 2007 Manager - Procurement & Supply & Forward Procurement

Specialist – New Product Introduction
 • Team of 6 people
• Responsibilities included:
• Procurement and supply for two UK sites and Turkey operations
• Supplier performance measurement
• Procurement and supply for the European Spares Division,
comprising raw material and assembled components.
• Incorporating project management of the international supply
chain, utilising global and low cost country sourcing initiatives.
• Supplier selection, total acquisition costs, negotiation of contract
terms; packaging and delivery logistics.
• Management of the commercial viability of major customer
projects.
• Strategic supplier selection and risk analysis.
• APQP supplier project management.
• Daily responsibility for the UK sites, covering cash flow, price
negotiation, supplier performance and quality.

2000 – 2002: Faurecia Automotive Seating

Core business being: - Design, development and manufacture of
automotive seating.

Engineering Manager

• Member of the Senior Management team with responsibility for 5

Engineers.
• Defining and implementing the manufacturing strategy and
developing ‘best practices’.
• Management of the full spectrum of engineering function.
• Planning and implementing of business plan and facilities for J.I.T
supply

2000 – 2002 Thyssen Krupp Automotive (Contracted Consultancy)

Major 1st tier supplier to the Automotive Industry with pressed
components, assemblies and full service supply.

Purchasing & Project Manager

• Having Engineering Programme Management responsibilities

• Successfully achieve delivery of projects ahead of time and
under budget for the launch of new products in two plants ,
Belgium and UK
• Project managed facilities installation and suppliers to achieve
dead line
• Managed £5 million Cap Ex budget
• Delivered quality products to the customer
• Ford Motor Company UK
• Establish ‘best practice’ and translate the voice of the customer
into engineering targets.
• Leading teams in the application of quality and reliability tools.
• Covering a working knowledge of Warranty Data and a detailed
understanding of FMEA, DFMEA, G8D, APQP.

1998 – 2000: Alstom Transport Limited

Description of what company do

Head of Manufacturing Engineering & Project Manager

• Reporting to the Operations Director & General Manager, Having

4 managers & 32 Engineers as direct reports.
• Project Manager for the implementation of £10 m site
redevelopment program. Resulting in a 100 % improvement in
throughput.
• Kaizen Breakthrough workshop, achieving a waste reduction of
£4 mil p.a.
• Led the Production Engineering function across all programs.
Resulting in an effect deployment of resources and the adoption
of new standard operating procedures.
• Management representative on the H & S Executive
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CAREER SUMMARY / 2

1994 – 1998: Rolls-Royce Motor and Bentley Motor Cars Limited (Crewe)
Description of what company do

1997 – 1998 Senior Manager, Quality Process Engineering

• Responsibility included:
• Focusing on New Model Introduction - designing the production
and manufacturing strategy to utilise the most appropriate
technology and blend of craft skills. Having 3 Managers, 20
technical staff and up to 55 hourly paid staff.
• Successfully deployed Manufacturing Strategy and lunched the
vehicle on time to the market.

1994 – 1997 Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

1986 – 1994: Jaguar Cars Limited

Description of what company do

1990 – 1994 Principal Engineer – Manufacturing Engineering

1988 – 1989 Project Engineer - New Product development

1986 – 1988 Project Engineer - Advanced manufacturing Engineering

1981 – 1986: Austin Rover Group

Description of what company do

1983 – 1986 Project Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Development

1982 – 1983 Process Engineer

1981 – 1982 Transfer Team