Chris Powell

Highly skilled, experienced, and engaged operations leader, striving daily to develop myself and my skills for the benefit of my team, my workforce, my clients, and my company. 

Client focus, Continuous Improvement, and Operational Excellence drive me and my teams.

Actively coaching and mentoring those around me to be the leaders of the future. 

Balancing focus on people and data in order to deliver consistent high standards and excellent client satisfaction. 

Leading people, managing things.

All reinforced by Chartered Manager status and fellowship of the UK's three major management and leadership institutes.

A very brief overview of some key information

• More than 20 years of customer-facing service delivery
• Repeated and sustained sales and profit growth
• Recipient of global awards for Operational Excellence, Environmental, Health & Safety, Business Performance
• Demonstrable excellence in operational leadership and continuous improvement
• Skilled developer of people - passionate about CPD (guided or self-led)
• Chartered Manager
• Accredited Mentor
• Growing individuals and teams to give of their best confidently, and to grow into future roles
• 10+ years delivering hard and soft FM services, recycling, subcontractor management, logistics, and more
• 10 years delivering excellence in technical/OEM/MRO parts supply, outsourced stores management, engineering solutions
• History of prestigious clients around the UK and Ireland

2004 BA(Hons), University of Liverpool

2011 Managing Safely, IOSH

2022 ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor, British Standards Institute (BSI)

2023 Chartered Manager, Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

2023 Fellowship, CMI

2023 Fellowship, Institute of Leadership (formerly Institute of Leadership and Management), IoL

2023 Fellowship, Institute of Administrative Management

2024 Accredited Mentor Status, IoL