Crimson & Co

Supply Chain Consulting

Our People

Richard Powell

  • Twenty years’ experience of designing, managing and delivering complex supply chain and business turnaround programmes
  • Works at Board level to develop and deliver high impact change within time and budget
  • Typical project examples include business turnaround, supply chain strategy and implementation, cost reduction and performance improvement, all delivering demonstrable business benefit

Crispin Mair

  • Fifteen years’ experience of supply chain and operations improvements projects across multiple industries on a global and pan European scale
  • Skilled at leading highly complex, multi-country and cross-functional projects to drive out real benefit for clients
  • Strong analytical skills, balanced with solid practical experience of designing and implementing new business processes

Simon Butcher

  • Fifteen years' consulting experience leading and delivering supply chain strategy and operations improvement projects covering strategic redesign, warehousing, transport, and inventory reduction
  • Strong implementation track record of delivering operational change
  • Simon has also spent nine years in operations roles with 3PLs and has designed and implemented warehouses and handling systems

Tom Woodham

  • Specialist in the development and implementation of purchasing strategies, tactical purchasing, cost reduction, supplier development and performance management
  • Experienced in manufacturing operations improvement
  • Operational experience in aerospace and automotive manufacturing and planning

Dave Alberts

  • Over 20 years’ experience of designing, managing and delivering complex change programmes, with a focus on manufacturing and planning
  • Works at all levels to develop and deliver change programmes on time, within budget with sustainable results
  • Project examples include supply chain process and performance improvement, ERP implementation, inventory reduction and service improvement
  • Has worked across Europe and the USA

Naomi Hudson

  • A highly commercial finance director and experienced “Big 5” finance/change programme manager, with extensive international experience in Europe, the US and Asia Pac
  • Directed major change projects in cost reduction, finance transformation including shared service centres and ERP implementations, across the media, pharma and FMCG sectors
  • Qualified accountant and has significant corporate P&L responsibility and experience leading large teams

Paul Chadwick

  • Highly experienced procurement specialist, focusing on both strategic and operational areas
  • Uses strategic sourcing approaches across multiple categories to realise significant financial and service benefits for clients
  • Eliminates time and cost in the supply chain by optimising supplier/customer relationships
  • An experienced consultant, he has also held line roles is several sectors, including automotive, light manufacturing, central government and supply chain software/solutions

Nick Miller

  • Twenty years' experience in executing and directing supply chain strategy and IT/change projects with an industry focus on retail and consumer goods.
  • Was the Director of Supply Chain Services for a global business-to-business products and services organisation serving retail and manufacturing companies
  • Strong understanding of the dynamics of retail and consumer goods supply chains and the supporting technologies   

Oliver Hale

  • Eight years’ supply chain experience within the food, automotive and specialist manufacturing sectors
  • Line roles in a range of core supply chain functions including materials & production planning, manufacturing, warehousing and product change management
  • Experience of optimising business processes and systems to deliver sustainable business benefits

Andrew Granger

  • Highly successful operational career with a 3rd party logistics provider, followed by three years in the supply chain group of a major consultancy
  • Specialist in physical logistics and supply chain strategy, with strong experience in retail, FMCG/CPG and healthcare sectors
  • Combines analytical skills with deep industry knowledge to produce robust, innovative, and workable solutions for clients

Alison Walthew

  • Purchasing specialist with over 15 years in line roles within blue chip organisations
  • Practical background of managing long term supplier relationships and leading sourcing improvement teams
  • Extensive FMCG and food sector knowledge, with strong experience of raw materials, indirects and packaging

Phil Mason

  • An operational excellence specialist, developing global manufacturing strategies as well as delivering manufacturing excellence at a site level
  • Delivers projects across all areas of the supply chain including planning and distribution process redesigns, new site modelling and S&OP implementation
  • Has played a major part in the development of Crimson & Co’s global excellence assessment tool
  • World class FMCG manufacturing background

Natalie Henfrey

  • Professional procurement manager with eleven years' experience within fashion retail, food, wholesale, FMCG and the public sector
  • Significant strength in strategy development and creating change within organisations
  • Experienced line manager

Matt York

  • Over ten years’ experience of operational and project management roles in consumer goods companies, underpinned by expertise in efficiency improvements and change management
  • A skilled problem-solver, he is capable of generating viable solutions using proven project management, strategic visioning and analytical skills
  • Using his experience as a coach and mentor, he is capable of driving solutions that are owned, implemented and sustained in client businesses

Kerry Pickstone

  • Extensive analytical skills used to convert complex data into meaningful business information
  • Experience in both operations and planning roles after working with Australia’s largest retailer
  • Ability to adapt to different working environments and employee groups with a reputation for consistently delivering results
  • Experience of working in UK, C&E Europe and Australia

Rob Baker

  • 12 years' experience of supply chain and project management with emphasis on operational improvement and physical logistics
  • Background of both consulting and senior operational line-management covering retail, outsourced logistics, oil and gas, brewing, and utilities
  • International experience, including Europe, Africa and Australasia

James Marks

  • Specialist in operations planning, forecasting and global supply chain analysis, skilled at identifying improvement areas and developing solutions
  • An experienced project manager, able to lead cross-functional project teams to deliver robust, sustainable improvements
  • Uses his wide scope of experience to successfully manage a broad range of stakeholders, both inside and outside the supply chain, to ensure projects are delivered smoothly

Helen Kirkpatrick

  • Experienced in functional and systematic WMS processes meeting diverse operational requirements
  • Delivery of operational enhancement projects in DC operations and procurement
  • Background in the supply chain of a FTSE100 company working across European Operating Companies

Stephen May

  • Experienced in both strategic and procurement roles across many different industry sectors in Europe and South Africa
  • Specialist in detailed data analysis
  • Able to bring clarity to complex problems and deliver innovative solutions and results

James Smith

  • Operational and project experience with a multinational blue chip FMCG, working across the supply chain in make, plan, source and deliver
  • Designs and implements effective enterprise systems and other business integration projects on a pan-European scale
  • Initiates and delivers local and cross-regional projects through excellent team working and leadership

Liz Howat

  • Background in shop floor manufacturing and regional planning within a blue chip FMCG company
  • Specialist in demand forecasting and S&OP
  • Delivers change within a rapidly changing environment

John Keighley

  • Extensive experience of delivering and managing manufacturing performance improvements
  • Highly experienced in leading client project teams to turn around the performance of facilities
  • Has worked in the food and beverage, paper, packaging, retail, textile, tobacco, defence and nuclear sectors across Western, Eastern and Central Europe as well as North and South America

Chris Mouyis

  • Operational roles at a global automotive manufacturing company
  • Experience of lean manufacture, six sigma, supply chain design and business process improvements
  • Specialist in KPI design, data analysis, solution modelling and inventory management
  • Geographical experience covers Europe and Africa