Peter Foot

Background

About Peter Foot

Apart from never being the FD at ShoeZone (there is another Peter Foot out there that was their FD), I have over twenty five years of experience in SME and large (turnover ranging from £50m to over £500m) Blue Chip multi-site FMCG/branded manufacturing businesses in both the industrial and food sectors. Extensive Board and functional leadership experience operating at both the strategic divisional level and as well as business unit level. My reputation has been built on trust, credibility and getting the ‘job done’ by driving high standards of functional excellence through team engagement and a relentless focus on performance culture.Extensive experience of partnering with MDs and Boards to grow EBIT and cash through:• Margin enhancing NPD and EPD, cost price increases and SKU rationalisations• Identification and delivery of large and small acquisitions• Driving continuous improvement and restructuring across operations• Improvement in cash performance through accountability and ownership of working capital• Creating and cascading strategy using relevant KPIs, critical projects and functional objectives• Challenge and focus to prioritise resources more effectively• Creating line of sight accountability and hence collective ownership of business performanceWith expertise in transforming finance functions to deliver business improvements by:• Building high performing and effective finance teams• Delivering reliable, trusted and accurate financial information• Putting in place strong commercial support