{"id":3172,"date":"2012-03-04T08:17:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T08:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.icebreakerexecutive.com\/?p=509"},"modified":"2012-03-04T08:17:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T08:17:47","slug":"jan-2012-who-is-going-to-start-the-2012-uk-revolution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/?p=3172","title":{"rendered":"Jan 2012 &#8211; who is going to start the 2012 UK revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011<\/strong> This washing says it all. Whilst challenges remain, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/docs\/UnitedKingdom%5B1%5D.pdf\">OECD report<\/a> outlines that there are no UK roadblocks to becoming global and competitive. In fact it\u2019s back to common sense \u2013 making and selling things. Although making up only 10% of the UK economy; manufacturing now accounts for 24% of the recovery. What are missing is YOUR courage, YOUR desire to win and being aware the revolution is OUR responsibility. The difference between certainty and uncertainty is simple \u2013 taking action.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the action taken by the icebreaker team in 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CPO Consumer Goods Private Equity Owned <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>In 3 months reduced 400 initiatives to less than 15 must win programmes to deliver \u20ac12m for 2012 with an immediate cash improvement of \u20ac8m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/case%20studies\/CPO%20Consumer%20Goods%20Private%20Equity%20Owned%20%20j2w.pdf\"><em>case study<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Operations Transition Director<\/strong> <strong>Medical devices<\/strong> (t\/o \u00a3130m) \u2013 Enabled \u00a033% increase in revenues in 3 months with a \u00a31m reduction in costs.<em> <\/em>case study<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transition Programme Director<\/strong> <strong>FMCG <\/strong>(t\/o \u00a3130m) \u2013 Transitional lead from corporate to private equity ownership. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/case%20studies\/Transition%20Programme%20Director%20%28Post%20Acquisition%20Transition-%20FMCG%29%20%20j4l.pdf\"><em>case study<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SME Textiles Business Turnaround<\/strong> (t\/o \u00a37m) \u2013 Overall Business strategy resulting in increased profit of \u00a30.5M. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/case%20studies\/Business%20Turnaround%20Textiles%20%20j2l.pdf\"><em>case study<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interim MD Restructuring Medical Devices<\/strong> (t\/o \u00a312m) \u2013 Saved \u00a3420k vs. restructuring budget with \u00a3755k savings pa.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/case%20studies\/Interim%20MD%20Medical%20Devices%20b1b.pdf\"><em> case study<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interim Head of Engineering (Aerospace Group Subsidiary)<\/strong> (t\/o \u00a3140m) \u2013 In 3 months improved external customer satisfaction 55-76%, with programme on time delivery to budget raised to 85%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/case%20studies\/Interim%20Aerospace%20Engineering%20Transition%20Director%20-%20Head%20of%20Engineering%20Turnaround%20t10p.pdf\"><em>case study<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Due Diligence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Due Diligence<\/strong> (t\/o \u00a3150M) \u2013 VC Retail Turnaround \u2013 launched program to realise a \u20ac8m cash improvement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/case%20studies\/150m%20%20Market%20Leading%20European%20Retailer%20Construction%20Mid%20acquisition%20Turnaround%20t14p%20b15b.pdf\"><em>case study<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Due Diligence<\/strong> (t\/o \u00a325m) \u2013 VC Automotive Manufacturing \u2013 in 4 days identified a plan to \u00a32.0m profit with \u00a32.6m less sales, with target c.\u00a31m cash improvement in first few months. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/case%20studies\/Automotive%20Due%20Diligence%20and%20Turnaround%20planning%20t12p%20j12w.pdf\"><em>case study<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Capability development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interim HRD Software Inc. (NASDAQ) <\/strong>\u2013 Implemented and delivered an internal recruitment capability. Established an HR back office capability in Pune, India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turnaround Director<\/strong> (t\/o \u00a3400m) 3500 employees NHS Sydney stock exchange listed supplier of IT services \u2013Transferred the Group finance operations to the UK. Sold the business and repaid \u00a3150m bank debt.\u00a0 (Shortlisted for listed company turnaround of the year in 2011 IFT Awards).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking back on 2011<\/strong> \u2013 these projects alone have recognized and or delivered a \u00a315m cash improvement, with \u00a315m extra EBITDA, or \u00a370m value add not bad for an \u201cuncertain\u201d year.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s have a great 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 2011 This washing says it all. 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