Nick Deans

Experience

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  Fiberite Packaging

  Jan 1994 - Apr 2000

  Shift controller/Solid Board Maker

  Shift controller across a large solid board operation comprising 80 members of staff on a three shift operation supplying meat boxes and fruit boxes for major supply chain merchants from pulp to priniting and final despatch.Fiberite Packaging were part of the British Gypsum group who manufacture plasterboard for the building industry.

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  Sappi

  Sept 2000 - Jul 2006

  Finishing Production Manager

  Finishing Manager overseeing a five shift operation with pulp paper making machine, four reel to sheet cutter/packing machines and distribution warehouse.Sappi Fine Paper Europe (SFPE) is the leading European producer of coated fine paper used in premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising.

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  Gate Gourmet

  Sept 2006 - Jul 2010

  Shift Manager

  Shift Manager across all departments within the buisness including equipment processing, bar packing, food and final mile despatch and transport servicing British Airways Shorthaul Operation and 14 International customer.Gategroup is the leading independent global provider of products, services and solutions related to a passenger’s on-board experience with 250 plus employees per shift at each catering unit producing 16000 meals across all types of airline classes.

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  Heathrow

  Sept 2006 - now

  Logistics / Despatch Manager
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  Gate Gourmet London

  May 2010 - Aug 2012

  Logisitcs Duty Manger

  Duty Manager working across a two shift operation 24/7 ensuring on time performance from back door deliveries to final mile of delivery to aircraft.

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  Gate Gourmet Manchester

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

  Unit Manager

  Responsible for the operational management team, and the management of material and labour costs, operational quality and delivery. I also worked closely with the commercial team addressing customer quality issues and managing major product and service changes.Gate Gourmet is the world’s largest independent provider of catering and provisioning services for airlines.We have more than six decades of experience in providing tasty, nutritious -- and affordable -- meals for travelers. The company is the core business behind gategroup, whose 11 associated brands offer customers a comprehensive scope of products and services for virtually any onboard need -- from innovative menu design to stylish packaging to sophisticated supply chain solutions -- and more than 200 million meals a year to our 270-plus customers at some 120 airport locations around the globe. Show less

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  Gate Gourmet

  Dec 2013 - now

  Project Manager