Stan Shaw

BACKGROUND

Stan has been working in consulting for some thirty years, in South Africa as well as globally.

As such, he’s acquired some very practical and hands on work experience in many different industries and companies too.

Infused with his vast experience, Stan’s systematic approach to developing business improvement programs is insightful and powerful.

With his exceptional ability to understand the client’s objective and skill in the application of continuous improvement tools, he’s has developed a reputation for delivering sustainable results in excess of the required objective.

Clients experience him as an objective team player who thrives on distilling complexity into practical and goal-oriented solutions.

Never a slave to convention, and thinks freely and applies innovate solutions and is well known for delivery.

As a result, he is highly regarded and sought after by executives within our client base.

One of his attributes is to listen, verify understand and act as a conduit between executives and a workforce distilling each other’s dialogue into terms, each understands.

HIGHLIGHTS

Diverse experience in business management, implementation consultation and business improvement modeling, with the focus on operational process improvement and the supply chain industry.

Empathetic understanding of clients’ business needs and the imperative for sustainable, long-term solutions.

Trains and works with both executive and direct workforce levels, developing material to ensure messages are understood.

SPECIALIST SKILLS
  • Lean enterprise;
  • Collaborative supply chain management;
  • Product life cycle management;
  • Value analysis and value engineering;
  • Deployment of ERP Systems;
  • Production process design, factory configuration and layout;
  • Operational due diligence (mainly for private equity);
  • Compilation of tender documents and requests for quotations;
  • Production layouts
  • Tender process management;
  • Continuous improvement programs through Kaizen;
  • Project management.
Industry experience Background
  • Arcelor Mittal
  • Nissan
  • Barloworld Logistics
  • Real People
  • Hulamin
Sixteen years of international consulting experience combined with fourteen years of line management and executive experience have equipped Stan with an in-depth and unique knowledge of many industries and business processes. A valuable asset to any organisation, Stan has the ability to apply his vast experience to any situation. Our clients benefit from the wealth of new ideas that he generates and the development of concepts that ordinarily, would not even have been thought of.

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