Alex Barclay - Turnaround Specialist

LANCASTER FIBRE TECHNOLOGY, UK $100 million automotive Tier 1 supplier of filters and exhaust systems
Interim CEO. Recruited to replace Investing Director and CEO to re-establish control of the company, lacking in management leadership, organizational direction, and experiencing employee, customer and supplier issues. Full P&L responsibility for a $100 million operation during a turnaround assignment.
•	Managed company out of intensive care, managed cash flow on a day-to-day basis, restructured debt, negotiated with creditors, and implemented strategic initiatives.
•	Aligned organizational infrastructure with business strategy, enabling quick recovery of lost sales during start-up phase, moving the company to the next level of growth.
•	Regained trust and fostered collaboration across the organization, providing leadership and building a motivated, performance-driven team.
•	Improved budgetary and cash flow challenges, and delivered customer expectations.
•	Successfully launched five new products within 18 months.

PARKFIELD/UPF GROUP, UK $1.2 billion automotive, Tier 1, fabrication of safety critical components
Divisional Managing Director. Initially recruited to Thompson Industries, Parkfield Group PLC to lead company turnaround post acquisition from Rockwell Automotive. Challenged with resolving serious quality issues with key customer Land Rover, threatening termination of contract. Rapidly advanced through the group to Managing Director and then to Divisional Managing Director. Full P&L responsibility for six manufacturing plants.
•	Processes included: - casting, forging, metal stamping, injection molding, forming, machining, impact extrusion, spinning, plating, SMT, e-coating, powder coating, enamelling, welding and assembly.
•	Products included: - wheels, complete chassis systems, suspension units, trailers, brake drums, door furniture, x-members, exhaust systems, muffler boxes, and gas tanks.
•	Salvaged Land Rover contract and regained customer satisfaction, leading to additional spin-off work gained from other 4-wheel drive manufacturers who switched over to independent chassis, resulting in increased sales of $370m. Company instituted robot technology, the next generation in development technology to support production demands.
•	Developed and integrated highly qualified staff into newly acquired companies.
•	Increased sales in chassis fabrication from $182 to $552 million over a three year period.

Munro Group, Scotland $76 million offshore engineering contractor.
Project Director. Recruited to establish a fabrication yard on a Greenfield site in the north of Scotland to complete the critical Marathon Brae B module support frame, involving setting up assembly and fabrication facility at the site, completing project installation and outfitting on main site at Nigg Bay. Full P&L responsibility for all projects and sales of $76m.
•	Set-up second fabrication facility in Glasgow to assemble Conoco pipework and module fabrication for completion and outfitting on main site.
•	Designed and implemented leading edge automated project control system using DataFlex 4GL language operating on a Novell network, and provide link to Client's AS400 system.
•	MI Systems were equipped with built-in, highly reliable, standardized reporting and data retrieval systems, allowing the monitoring and control of both sites from one location.
•	Specialized in welding and machining of exotic materials, titanium, cunifer, inconels and incoloys.
•	Managed 1100 + employees at peak of project including 50 engineers and managers.

Chungco Group, Singapore and Brunei $600 million ocean engineering group with sites throughout Southeast Asia
Engineering Director. Recruited to build fabrication yards in Brunei and Singapore, including all aspects of welding, NDT and other fabrication procedure methodologies. Challenged with establishing effective communications amongst non-English speaking local labour force, and training a cross-cultural team on fabrication and welding procedures to meet customer requirements.
•	Delivered automatic and semi-automatic welding procedures, electrified both yards, and successfully recruited expatriate and local management teams.
•	Implemented state-of-the-art automated processes and new assembly and welding techniques, significantly increasing productivity.
•	Enabled the building and testing of an offshore platform in six months, down from nine months, and a helideck in 14 weeks, down from six months. Brunei yard became so effective that it doubled its output three years consecutively.
•	Headed up Radiation Safety Committee in Singapore, and underwater work led to training and passing of British Sub Aqua, Second Class Divers Certificate, 1983.

Motherwell Bridge Group, UK $75 million designer and manufacturer of process plant equipment
Group QA Manager. Brought on board based on sound metallurgy and material properties knowledge to establish the company’s first QA system, which was successfully implemented. After first year, promoted to QA Manager within a group consisting of three main divisions with project sites across the globe.
•	Developed a system of quality audits to monitor and control the group’s worldwide site activities, focusing on technical, financial and quality aspects. Dramatically improved the quality and safety record, and subsequently automated the process.
•	Initiated and instituted total computerization of group’s systems and procedures, gaining buy-in from directors of the value of using technology to optimize production. Introduced self-developed computer hardware and processing procedures, which reduced time to produce a weld procedure by 44%.
•	Delivered non-destructive testing procedure manual.
•	Qualified as member of Welding Institute

British Steel Corporation, Dalzell Works, UK Iron and steelmaking; plates and sections
Entered into Graduate Metallurgist Training Program, gaining experience in all aspects of ferrous metallurgy, including: -
•	all aspects of chemical and physical testing
•	photo-microphotography
•	failure investigations
•	heat cycle thermal simulation program leader
•	controlled rolling technology leader
•	management of customer complaints
Progressed quickly through the organization, gaining appointment to Properties Metallurgist in 1974. Completed entrance examinations as a Licentiate, Institute of Metallurgy 1976

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HENRY TECHNOLOGIES, Brantford, Ontario, Canada Designer & Manufacturer of Pressure Vessels & Heat Exchangers.
Vice President & General Manager. Recruited by Group President to restructure the Canadian operation, restore profitability, and gain a leading position in each market sector. Reviewed the structure, conduct and performance of the petro-chemical, commercial and industrial refrigeration markets.
•	Trained, mentored and coached personnel in breakthrough process re-engineering, in moving to a higher level of performance.
•	Delivered demand flow technology.
•	Delivered P.R.I.D.E methodology.
•	Reviewed ELLIOTT business system, updated standards, and amended job costing system to reflect true costs.
•	Established viable SR&ED program.
Effectively stemmed losses and returned business to profit using DFT. EBIT improved from minus 14.4% to a positive 12.7%, whilst sales increased by 23%.

GBL, GBL/GTi THERMFIRE, London, Ontario, Canada Designer & Manufacturer of Thermal Sand Reclaimers and Aerospace Tooling.
General Manager. Recruited by Owner/President to restructure the company, and reposition each business unit to penetrate their new market. Reviewed the structure, conduct and performance of the foundry equipment, aerospace tooling, and air pollution and control industries. Prepared business for trade sale.
•	Trained, mentored and coached personnel in breakthrough process re-engineering, in moving to a higher level of performance.
•	Delivered demand flow technology.
•	Delivered Unigraphics based total product engineering.
•	Delivered manual and semi-automatic, aluminium and magnesium welding.
•	Established viable SR&ED program.
Effectively changed culture from traditional MRP to one that challenges the process, engineers excellence, identifies constraints, reduces waste, and makes it happen.

AB&I FOUNDRY, Oakland, California $75 million component manufacturer for the Automotive and Appliance industries.
General Manager. Recruited by the owner/President of the largest foundry in west coast America to start-up a new division on a Greenfield site. Reviewed the structure, conduct and performance of the automotive and appliance industries. Identified a niche market for the company's products.
•	Designed and developed a highly unique coating process, building the new Division from ground up.
•	Developed sales of $25 million from a start-up position over a three-year period.
•	Trained, mentored and coached personnel in breakthrough process re-engineering, in moving to a higher level of performance.
•	Attracted the attention of the major appliance companies. Plant’s groundbreaking design, lean production, and one-of-a-kind processing gained rave industry reviews.
•	Successfully implemented demand flow technology. Overall, the facility represents the shortest and lowest value stream in the industry, minimal energy, minimal floor space, and minimal people.