John Wheaton

Cost & Revenue Improvement/Transformation

John is a leader in cost transformation and revenue improvement. He has driven value through the development and execution of creative global procurement and supply strategies. Producing practical actionable plans and providing 'hands-on' delivery in a variety of situations: re-shaping; consolidation; growth; and survival. Implementing re-organisation, rationalisation supply chain re-engineering, category management, outsourcing and off-shoring, international trade, strategic alliances & JVs, new product introduction, M&A integrations and divestments.

Career details and achievements

John has held senior level positions in multi-billion dollar global firms and start ups:

Current:
• Private Equity Owned turnaround in USA

Previous:
• CMO & CPO for Chinese Industrial Group

• Founder & MD Simons Global Product Sourcing (Project procurement service focused on construction)

• Director of Trading for Xchanging

• Vice President Procurement & Supply Chain for Novar plc (formerly Caradon, RTZ, latterly Honeywell)

Skill detail, track record and services provided

Overall, John has more than 20 years international experience in industrial, outsourcing and consulting businesses: manufacturing; metals; engineering; defense; services; consumer products; building products and construction.

Throughout his career John has effected major change enabling businesses to achieve increased shareholder & customer value, growth and productivity. He has managed over $2Billion of expenditure annually sourcing materials, goods and services from all over the world including various emerging markets. His outsourcing experience includes the development of make v. buy strategies, plant rationalisation programs and off-shoring. John has implemented a number of ‘blended’ supply chains delivering the cost benefits of off-shoring/low cost country sourcing (LCCS) with the service benefits of on-shoring/local sourcing. He has enabled accelerated entry into new markets and improved market penetration through dramatic reduction in product development time.

His experience in startup and M&A includes: raising $2m seed funding to $400m for an acquisition; part of the start up team that put Xchanging on path for IPO; and the integration of 3 N. American businesses creating $1bn sales.

John was educated at Cranfield University (Management Development Program), Hertfordshire University (BEng Industrial Engineering).