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Andrew Norbury is motivated to provide professional support to organisations that need a strong leader of change programmes or innovation growth programmes.  He has developed and delivered supply chain and product initiatives with programmes that successfully delivered double digit EBITDA for internal/external clients.

Expertise

  • Leadership of total supply chain investment outcome including culture, manufacturing, commercial, planning, procurement, inventory and finance outcome management. 

  • Leadership of projects within a blue-chip environment. 

  • “Hands-on” and coaching style of delivery in resource constrained environments. 

  • Providing engineering solutions, including designing and developing manufacturing equipment, engineering maintenance management, quality management, shift management, change management, technical product development, packing, liquid, and process design development and testing. 

  • Department management including developing leaders and managers. 

  • Expertise in change programme management, stage and gate systems design and implementation.

  • Collaboration with and leading the innovation executive, for example leading an annual commercial contribution of NPD product launches which incorporated sales, brand marketing, channel, finance and  the regional executive.

Leadership style

He has a collaborative and supportive style, creating partnership and shared ownership in complex matrix organisations.  Noted for leading through analysis, decision making, setup and initiation.  His steely determination and influence at board level helped a FTSE 250 company invest £300m worth £44.7m EBITDA and £347m NPV.