Gary Dougan MBA

Experience

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  BRITISH FORCES, Germany

  May 2004 - Jul 2006

  Training And Development Officer

  Training and Development Officer 2004 – 2006 | British Forces - Germany & United Kingdom Full responsibility for the project planning and conduct of individual training of 500+ personnel, across a wide schedule of courses to meet directed training requirements. Additionally, responsible for the planning and management, with defence contractors BAE to instigate the conversion of a fleet of 120+ vehicles to a full digitised platform, incorporating all stakeholders. Full project planning responsibility with General Dynamics to plan and instigate the required digitised platform training suite of courses for the successful delivery of a comprehensive training product for 600+ personnel. Operational and project management was conducted simultaneously across all 3 projects. On time delivery was achieved through careful contractor liaison, heading business progress meetings, updating the CEO/Board members, and conflict management across all areas of the projects. Show less

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  UK Ministry of Defence

  Apr 2006 - Jul 2009

  Transportation and Logistics Officer

  Transport and Logistics Officer 2006 – 2009 | British Forces – GermanyResponsible for the business enterprise project and operational management of a large team of drivers and support staff (60+) and a mixed fleet of associated vehicles (80+) to support the organizations capability. Required adherence to maintenance plans, WH&S safety legislation and exceptional team leadership. Selected Contributions: • Rationalised vehicle and manpower allocation, resulting in greater capability to the establishment and reduced running costs• Reviewed and implemented Hazardous Response planning and Framework, resulting in adherence to WH&S legislation • Instigated Improved process and leading a cultural change within the department Show less

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  Australian Defence Force

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2012

  Senior Technical Maintenance Officer

  Responsible for the accountability, maintenance management and distribution of the establishment’s allocation of equipment and ensuring CEO and staff were briefed on current status, disposition and issues. Full operational responsibility for project planning, operational control and successful deployment of 120 complex high-value vehicle platforms, equipment and stores across Australia including planning stages and execution of large detailed road moves, convoys and shipments. Establishment of close working and contractual arrangements with THALES AU on vehicle maintenance and work flows. Additional close linkage with Toll in transport movement requirements to fulfill service needs and enhance delivery requirements. Selected Contributions:• Established a robust analytically supported planning process for the movement of vehicles across Australia utilising pre-existing defence contracts resulting in direct savings of $100k per year.• Conducted an evaluation of servicing and maintenance tasks that identified vehicles were being incorrectly serviced. Contract improvements resulted in increased vehicle availability of 30% per year.• Introduced equipment monitoring tool that enabled snap shot updates of vehicle status allowing accurate trend analysis and identification of potential issues, reducing maintenance and equipment failure by 20%.• Established key stake holder integration forum, enabling transparency of issues and coordinating support from the respective sub-contractor to ensure completion and quality of job are on time. Show less

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  Australian Army

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2018

  Senior Operations Manager

  Responsible for the development, management and initiation of planning involving training continuums for 200+ defence force personnel, including controlling resource forecasting, facilities booking and subsequent management. Developing 3year budget forecasting requirements for resource planning and accounting using the Defence Enterprise Resource Planning software; including an annual budget schedule of expenditures for cash, materials, and equipment and initiating corrective actions to request support in funding.Management of the effective delivery of the team’s WH&S governance, HR management, personnel administration and policy implementation to ensure that the business continued to comply, improve, grow and produce required capability. Selected Contributions:• Managed and project led the business enterprise to ensure that greatest value was achieved for the management of resources, personnel and equipment against a $10million+ budget.• Proven analytical, leadership and project management skills enabled an improvement in process across the organisation, resulting in proven capability growth and delivered results.• Instigated a communicative and team building ethos that involved all stake holders inputting into the overall business support roles, enabling greater cohesion and reduced friction resulting in increased capability output. Show less

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  Department of Defence

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  Senior Compliance Manager

  Senior Compliance/Assurance Auditor 2018 – 2019 | Australian Defence Force – Sydney, AustraliaResponsible for the establishment and management of a Compliance and Assurance cell associated with current Training policy across a national coverage. Selected Contributions:• Instigation and establishment of a National Compliance/ Assurance Framework within a new organisation.• Designed, developed and implemented quality assurance and continuous improvement framework policies• Conduct compliance and assurance audits to ensure policy is being implemented.• Provide national trend analysis for integration into training design programs.• Provide consultation guidance on Policy implementation• Support and implement best practice, operational training excellence and continuous improvement over the national area. Show less

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  Australian Army

  Jan 2020 - now

  I am the Training Manger for a team of 30+ nationally dispersed trainers, who provide capability development and career progression for Defence personnel. I am responsible for the following:Program Implementation across 8 courses: - Lead the planning and coordination with multiple depts, across a variety of locations to deliver a suite of training courses as both residential and non-residential packages, via in person and distance learning technologies.- Enhance organisational capability to meet future business needs.- Validate and Moderate delivered content, Instructors and delivery methods.- Provide executive with briefs as to the status of all courses and personnel.- Conduct of all Quality Assurance compliance to ensure delivery meets directed learning management packages. - Professional development of all staff.Product Development: - Create and execute a learning and development strategy aligned with defence goals.- Conduct needs assessment to identify training needs at all levels.- Drive and improve personnel opportunities and delivery means.Program Monitoring: - Continuous Evaluation of the effectiveness of training and learning package- Assess and develop the entire program across personnel, content and delivery options Show less I was responsible for the program management, planning and coordination of multiple international training and project engagements within the South East Asia region. This involves strategic analysis of international partners, complex planning involving multiple stakeholders and designated country representatives.• Operational scheduling and planning for strategic international engagement and cooperation serials across multiple stake holders for a 3yr period.• Deployment and management of personnel and equipment regionally to provide a scalable response for Whole of Government engagements.• Multiple stakeholder engagements spanning the involvement of key stakeholders’ groups for South East Asia countries and the Indo Pacific region.• Establishment of critical stakeholder network to support engagement frameworks.• Reviewing and processing opportunities for improvement within international security cooperation activities.• Drafting of operational documents and provision of briefs to the senior executive group. Show less

  • Training Manager

    Jan 2023 - now

  • International Relations Specialist

    Jan 2020 - Jan 2023