Brendan Fitzpatrick – Management Consultant, Mentor, Coach:
A member of the Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers (IMCA), Brendan formed Global SCM Solutions Ireland in 2014.
Brendan’s focus is on organisation and people development. He is a highly skilled and accomplished global Supply Chain operations manager with over 30 year’s extensive experience within the highly regulated Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical Devices sectors.
As a result he has gained extensive experience and expert knowledge in the total end to end global Supply Chain Management, both at operational and virtual levels.
He managed the Supply Chain operations and worked with international cross functional teams in major multinationals such as Organon, Mallinckrodt and Omega Pharma.
His wealth of experience and skills include:
- Innovative Process Flow Improvement &Transformation
- Implementation & Optimisation of Supply Chain Management operations
- Management of Customer, Supplier and 3PL relationships
- Production & Materials Planning
- Global Shipping & Distribution including Cold Chain
- Warehouse & Inventory management
- New Product Introduction
- ERP (SAP) implementations
- People Development & Training
- Demand management and S&OP
- Manufacturing & Control
- Quality Management systems, Regulatory & compliance
The continuous cycle of process improvement and people development consistently results in exceptional business performance, measureable cost savings, higher operational efficiency, more robust processes that supports growth and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Brendan has worked on many industry bodies including:
- The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport
- Irish Exporters Association
- Irish Medical Devices Association
- Skillnets
He is CMC, CMILT and CPIM certified and he holds a UCD Postgraduate Certificate in Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Enterprise. A QMS Auditor, he also holds FETAC Assessor and Train the Trainer qualifications.
Brendan is also familiar with new business start-ups/SME’s through involvement with Local Enterprise Offices, NDRC, DCU Ryan Academy, ISAX and UCD Innovation Academy, where he achieved the Victoria Award in UCD for the Most Entrepreneurial Student. He also mentors Post Graduate Students of UCD Innovation Academy on New Business Start-up.
Brendan also owns Startup Jouney.ie – a Consultancy, Mentoring & Facilitation service to help new businesses to Startup, Scale-up and be Export Ready.
Volunteer Jobnet Programme Facilitator & Coach at Jobcare
He is also a volunteer Jobnet Programme Facilitator and Coach on the award winning programme developed by Jobcare to address the career development needs of professionally skilled individuals and graduates.
If you feel that Brendan or Global SCM Solutions can help or advise you in any area of the Supply Chain Management process, or in the Training and Development of staff in these areas, we would love to hear from you.
Please feel free to Contact Us us and we will get back to you promptly.