Paul Bitmead

Background

About Paul Bitmead

Dynamic Senior Manager Operations in technology-driven environment, currently at Well Guidance B.V. in Holland. Comprehensive international experience in the area of drilling, upstream, logistics, “just in time” and “just in sequence” supply of construction and engineering sites as well as any other B2B and B2B2C activities with special and standard parts. Build up and/or restructure and lead transnational operations including team leadership & qualification, finance & controlling, customer management, warehousing, transport and quality management. My scope includes: • Lead international operations under diverse circumstances ranging from boom to economic downturn and consolidation including change management, restructuring, oscillating capacity demands, rapid onboarding of junior engineers and senior new hires. • Ensure highest operational efficiency by controlling and directing rig site operations while utmost safety and quality is met • Adjust operations to a broad range of demands, e.g. for different customers, regions, geological conditions, technologies etc. • Train and empower personnel to meet targets in several dimensions, ranging from leadership and management competencies to technical and other highly specific skills such as safety. • Function as single-point-of-contact and face to the customer onsite as well as offsite to ensure optimal delivery. • Versatile experience in resolving technical and organizational problems in a time- und cost-critical environment onsite to guarantee continuous operations or minimal downtimes of equipment and machines. • Finely honed intercultural communication and negotiation skills acquired through deployments all over Europe, in Russia, in North Africa and in Middle East.