Ian H.

Experience

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  Corah plc

  Jan 1990 - Sept 1995

  Group Finance Director

  Improved profits and cashflow by £10m over 4 years from large losses by focus on margins and tight control of working capital (with Board colleagues) leading to a successful trade sale and exit for bankAlso acted as Joint MD of Clothing Division for a year to accelerate improvements in operations and profitability in the run-up to sale process.

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  Oscar Faber plc

  Jan 1996 - May 1997

  Group Finance Director

  Achieved early exit from bank ‘intensive care’ and additional new bank facilities to finance £0.5m share buy-back. Debtors > 60 days driven down by 50%; and a £3.5m drop in debt resulted from bringing management focus to cashflow as well as profits, by changing reporting and review process

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  BHS

  Dec 1997 - Aug 2009

  Responsible for 3PL logistics contract for warehousing, ecommerce, transport and food for restaurants and coffee shops (frozen, ambient and chilled). Also retained responsibility for Import function. Set up new Import function from scratch to very tight timescales. Set-up process for automated financial review and scoring of proposed suppliers as part of new authorisation process and reviewed existing suppliers to identify / manage financial riskLed due diligence on and gained approval for new £10m t/over import division (Bhs Supply) after recommendation to Board (part of strategic review). Division was set up within 3 weeks.

  • Head of Logistics

    Feb 2007 - Aug 2009

  • Head of Imports

    May 2001 - Feb 2007

  • Supply Base Manager

    Dec 1997 - May 2001
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  Arcadia Group Ltd

  Aug 2009 - Feb 2015

  Head of Logistics

  Main responsibility was for BHS, but also took on an Arcadia DC and its three brands.

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  BHS

  Mar 2015 - Sept 2016

  Head of Logistics

  Set up logistics function for stand-alone company.Separated warehousing and transport operations from Arcadia GroupReduced costs and improved service.

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  Arcadia Group Ltd

  Jan 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2018 - Apr 2018

  • Senior Finance Manger - Logistics

    Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Logistics Controller - Topshop and Topman

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
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  At home

  May 2018 - now

  Retired