Meet our Lean Manufacturing Consultants
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People Centric. Every one of our team share a passion for engaging people in driving improvement and making a real difference with their work. We thrive on those light bulb moments for people when they ‘get it’.
Alignment. Our consultants are recruited via a strict evaluation process, which measures personal values, skills, knowledge, character and behaviours. The calibre of our people and our approach are the key to our success, hence the reason for such an emphasis on their alignment.
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Learners. To be part of the team our consultants are expected to commit to a journey of learning and personal development. This includes a full day of hands on learning with the team every 6 weeks, plus on site development utilising our Achieving Excellence Model. We are always one step ahead of the competition with our commitment to learning the latest industry techniques.
Teamwork. Our team also work together on site to ensure our clients receive the best possible service. Teamwork is at the heart of everything we do, therefore we have no Prima Donna’s as consultants.
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Gary Sheader (aka Mr Manufacturing)
Gary has been applying his change management skills in a range of sectors over the past 10 years, including; manufacturing (automotive, engineering, nuclear, furniture, security, textiles, plastics and electronics), healthcare, dentistry and charitable organisations. He is recognised as an Ambassador for Manufacturing in the UK and spends the majority of his time recovering lean improvement projects that have failed to add value to the business or gain full employee engagement. To make this possible Gary has developed the Achieving Excellence Model™ for managing large scale change programs that takes a holistic approach to achieving Operational Excellence. He has a small team of carefully selected consultants that support the delivery via his Lean Manufacturing Consultancy business Futurestate Solutions Ltd.
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Phil Brown (aka Fixit)
Phil joined Philips Electronics as a Production Technician at their factory making TV tubes in Durham. This was the start of a 29 year career with Philips in manufacturing, product development, quality and general management. In 2006 he was MD of the LG.Philips cathode factory in Blackburn when they won the Britain’s Best Factories Award for world class manufacturing. On leaving LG.Philips at the end of 2006 Phil set up on his own, working with other companies to improve their operational performance. Working with large multinationals, SMEs and family run businesses the challenge is always to get the best out of your resources; your equipment, your processes, your cash and most important of all your people.
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David Searle
David has worked in a variety of management and leadership roles for both large and small UK and US blue-chip companies including Rolls-Royce, Marconi companies and running the UK operation of Accellent, the worlds largest medical device contract manufacturing organisation. David has a passion for developing effective teams as well as clarifying organisational structures and roles. He has been applying his particular type of gentle change management skills after experiencing the benefits that can be obtained by empowering and mentoring individuals and building teams to deliver in a range of sectors over the past 15 years.
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Office Based Futurestate Team
Trish Sheader
Trish joined Futurestate Solutions as Office Manager after working in Retail for over 14 years. During this time she has held supervisory and managerial positions, and gained an abundance of customer facing skills. She is highly organised, with a passion for detail and quality. Her qualifications include Accounting, ICT and a BA (Hons) Degree in Social Sciences and Politics. More recently she has undergone training in Psychotherapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy and NLP, developing and running her own weight management workshops. Trish plans to expand her knowledge surrounding the social sciences and emotional intelligence.
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Thomas Hirst
Thomas is Futurestate Solutions’ web and social media marketing coordinator, He’s responsible for managing all social media accounts such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, and the regular updating of the company’s website.
Thomas wishes to expand his marketing knowledge and implement this here at Futurestate Solutions.
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Thomas wishes to expand his marketing knowledge and implement this here at Futurestate Solutions.
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