Typical Assignments

This page under continuous construction will:

 

Business Development &Marketing 

  • Analysis of business development opportunities
  • Establishment of internal service level agreements in large organisations 
  • Business unit commercialisation 
  • New product sales and marketing assistance
  • Internal and external communications programs

Financial Management & Governance

  • Research and briefing for clients on issues affecting new capital projects
  • Advice and tender preparation to acquire target businesses
  • Operational audit

Manufacturing & Engineering

  • Evaluation of manufacturing equipment purchase
  • Instrumentation and control system review
  • Engineering design tasks
  • Workshop relocation

Systems Development

  • Establishing manufacturing management systems
  • Information systems specifications and implementation

Quality Management

  • Procedures documentation
  • Quality systems implementation planning and advice on third party certification

Logistics & corporate support

  • Management improvement of warehousing and distribution activities
  • Advice on long term contracts and negotiation for purchasing and selling major goods and services
  • Tender evaluations
  • Procurement (purchasing and contracting) management change implementation
  • Outsourcing and benchmarking

Organisation and Human Resource Development

  • Interim general management pending a permanent appointment
  • "Executive enhancement" or one-on-one coaching of managers in critical roles and other training
  • Advice on senior management organisation
  • Cultural and corporate change program management
  • Support services reorganisation
  • Reengineering and work redesign programs

Research and Development

  • R&D Program establishment and management

Government

  • Development of proposals to privatise and reform regulatory activities
  • Preparation and presentation of submissions to Government inquiries

 

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