Hibley Ltd Interim Solutions

Bob James
 
BSc (Hons) Production Engineering
25 years as MD of manufacturing businesses from £5m to £25m t/o

Director of £100m plc

Experience of turnarounds within a group environment

Experience of acquisitions, disposals and JV’s

Successful experience as a MD in two private equity backed businesses

Two years as a director of £40m t/o service business

Qualifications

Areas of Experience and Expertise

TURNAROUND

· Have carried out four business turnarounds within a group environment

· Reducing business cost base to match reduced demand

· Simplified business  and management structures

· Re-negotiation of selling prices with major customers to recover lost margin

· Improved profitability

· Introduced controls, departmental budgets and KPI’s

· Reduction and consolidation of plants

· Reduced inventory and improved controls

· Improved working capital by collecting old debts

· Improved productivity and housekeeping using ‘Lean’ and 5s

· Production of annual budgets and setting KPI’s

 

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

· Developed a business by developing new products

· Acquisition of bolt on business

· Expanding export

· Investment  in new technology to improve/maintain margin

 

BUSINESS DISPOSAL  

· Preparation of business for sale

· Preparation of Information Memorandum

· Delivering management presentations

· Preparing for and responding to due diligence