Philip Clegg

Managing Director - Asia at BMP Worldwide

Commercially astute and performance-driven Senior Manager with >30 years experience in manufacturing sector; achieved significant career success and progression from initial technical positions in Engineering and Quality, through Operations and Plant Mmt, & more recently Business General Mmt. Demonstrate a highly influencing leadership style; with strong team motivational skills & a congenial but results driven approach to deliver against short & long-term financial goals. A proven track record with P&L responsibility, leading stretch challenges with high complexity; a confirmed ability to develop and execute critical turnaround & start-up strategies. Widely recognised to be a strong team player, able to forge & nurture key internal/external relationships. Has shown repeated success leading international, multi-functional/cross-cultural teams, employing a keen sense of risk awareness & organisational analysis to recommend, lead and deliver opportunities for profitable change while driving performance improvements & reducing costs. KEY STRENGTHS •Develops & implements successful regional business strategy •Delivers growth – through acquisition & new start ups (EU) and organical (EU & China) •Leads integration – from JV formation or leading corporate integration (EU & China) •Restructures – closing sites in France & UK, selling/rationalising sites •Builds strong strategic & tactical leadership teams which deliver •Drives margin improvement – created a lean/6-sigma team to deliver cost saving projects in China •Uses engineering/quality background to recover tough quality issues and lead improvement •Proven experience leading commercial negotiations and building strong senior level relations •Creates conditions for reliable New Product Launches •Languages: German – Good/French & Chinese - Basic