Stephen Broadhurst

Expertise

A highly qualified and experienced, but down to earth, hands-on individual, Steve is part of our Operational Excellence leadership team. He is a specialist in linking strategy to local objectives by designing, delivering and improving interconnectivity within both single and multi-site organisations and between X-Functions to maximise performance and growth.

With a career spanning from apprentice to senior Engineer to C-suite interactions across a range of – international – household names, achieving his Executive Doctorate in Management in 2019, Steve specialises in change and transformation; enabled through effective communications, collaboration, leadership, coaching (transactional and transitional) all underpinned by visual management which interlinks the fit-for-purpose, Required-to-Operate, Processes.

With emphasis and focus upon reducing costs, adding value, continuous improvement, performance and growth, Steve designs and builds a methodical operating system which optimise operations by tracking metrics in real time. Through effective and efficient Organisational Design, this provides the ability to compare actual against production plan requirements, together with meaningful data upon which to make informed decisions and take confident and targeted action against.

Steve Advises On

• Operational, Production & Manufacturing: Control of and optimisation.
• People development and confidence, to include: Training, Motivation and Engagement
• Delivering top-down requirements, through hands-on, bottom-up practical application and delivery.
• Sustaining Change and Results.

Sector Experience

• Aerospace & Defence
• Food & Beverage
• NHS/Test & Trace
• Rail
• Global Television media
• Distributors
• Pharmaceuticals
• Waste Recycling Centres

Career History

• École des Ponts, Paris | 2017 – 2019
• Grenoble École de Management, France / Geneva / USA | 2014 – 2017
• City & Guilds in Aeronautical Engineering (Distinction)
• Six Sigma Lean Master Black Belt (accredited) | BQF certification | Claudius Consulting | 2019 – Present
• Six Sigma Lean, Service & Manufacturing Black Belt (accredited) | University of Bedfordshire | 2019
• (1C) Lean LERC in Service (The world’s only accredited service course) | Cardiff University | 2017
• PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner (accredited) | The Knowledge Academy
• Leadership and Engagement Training | Airbus and Hitachi Consulting
• Fellowship in (Lean) Manufacturing Management (FMM48) | Cranfield University

Publications

• Author of a published book on authentic leadership, well-being, excellence and continued improvement – ‘Spirituality in the Workplace: A Tool for Relations, Sustainability and Growth in Turbulent and Interconnected Markets (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society), published by Routledge, April 2021.