Partner at Litmus Partnership
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Partner at Litmus Partnership
- Past
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- Regional Operations Manager at ARAMARK
- Managing Director at Catering Solutions Management Limited
- Business Development Manager at NAAFI
- Business Development Executive at Compass Group
- Regional Operations Manager at Eurest / Compass Group
- Area Manager at Ladbroke Entertainments
- Catering Services Manager at Huddersfield Technical College
- Hotel Management at Trust House Forte
- Education
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- Thomas Danby College, Leeds
- Ecclesfield Comprehensive
- Hunshelf Secondary Modern
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John Bodman’s Summary
A highly experienced senior operations management professional with a strong track record of establishing new, rejuvenating under performing, and implementing change and improvements in diverse catering and hospitality facilities across a range of industries. Managed substantial regions comprising multiple sites, high profile clients and significant teams, demonstrating strong people and client relationship skills.
John Bodman’s Specialties:
Leadership, Communication, Financial Development, Training, Strategic Planning, Change Management, New Product Development, Menu Planning, Management Information Systems ( MIS ), IT Literacy in Microsoft applications,
John Bodman’s Experience
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Partner
Litmus Partnership
(Food & Beverages industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
The Litmus Partnership is a UK based strategic management company which exists to offer world-class facilities management and catering consultancy solutions to organisations that wish to review their outsourced and internally managed support services.
Litmus is not just about delivering cost efficiencies. We actively promote partnerships that will deliver true value for all parties ~ the client, the service provider and the end user. -
Regional Operations Manager
ARAMARK
(Privately Held; Hospitality industry)
February 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for the successful operation of the employee catering facilities of 28 client contracts in the North West of England and managed both directly (Bentley Motors Limited) and through two Operations Managers.
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Managing Director
Catering Solutions Management Limited
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Food & Beverages industry)
January 2000 — February 2008 (8 years 2 months)
An independent catering services consultancy providing operational, audit and interim services to clients in the business, industry, education, leisure and retail markets.
Selected Achievements:
Project managed planning, approach and delivery for several major reviews of existing facilities, change programmes and transitioning of new contracts; these include supplier negotiations, menu design, staffing, TUPE transfers and positioning facilities to successfully achieve profit targets. -
Business Development Manager
NAAFI
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)
April 2003 — March 2006 (3 years)
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the provision and support to operations teams for sales growth and profit development
- Sourcing, developing and introducing new food and service offers within leisure and retail food-to-go operations
- Regular analysis of performance criteria and the establishment of benchmarks for performance
Achievements
- Identification and development of catering and retail concepts supporting the delivery of £475,000 additional profit
- Management of the catering work-stream for NAAFI’s PAYD (Pay As You Dine) project in Germany, leading to the most accomplished PAYD implementation to date
- Successful rollout of several food service offers within NAAFI leisure and retail operations leading to the improvement of sales volume by 3.5% -
Business Development Executive
Compass Group
(Food & Beverages industry)
1981 — 1999 (18 years)
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Regional Operations Manager
Eurest / Compass Group
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)
October 1981 — December 1999 (18 years 3 months)
Responsibilities
- Responsible for all aspects of strategic sales and business development within existing operations
- Development of branding strategies, sales and market development programmes
- Monitoring of activities and reviews of personal and team achievements against targets
- Full accountability for the profitability of individual client accounts
Achievements
- Consistently delivered annual profit contribution expectancy of C.£330,000
- Successfully maintained and extended the company’s client portfolio
- Led the development of individual and team recognition
- Devised and successfully implemented multiple customer satisfaction improvement initiatives
- Successfully introduced new menu and service concepts -
Area Manager
Ladbroke Entertainments
(Food & Beverages industry)
1979 — 1981 (2 years)
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Catering Services Manager
Huddersfield Technical College
(Food & Beverages industry)
1975 — 1979 (4 years)
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Hotel Management
Trust House Forte
(Food & Beverages industry)
1970 — 1975 (5 years)
John Bodman’s Education
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Thomas Danby College, Leeds
Diploma , Catering , 1967 — 1970
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Ecclesfield Comprehensive
1962 — 1967
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Hunshelf Secondary Modern
1962 — 1967
Additional Information
John Bodman’s Websites:
John Bodman’s Interests:
Food development, training, employee development, new projects, service & financial improvement, Visual Basic, technology, flying model helipcopters, travel,
John Bodman’s Groups:
Hotel Catering & International Management Association (HCIMA)
Member of Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA)
Professional Contractors Group (PCG)
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ARAMARK ALUMNI AND CURRENT EMPLOYEES (800 Plus members) -
The High Powered Food & Beverage Forum - Foodservice & Retail Executive Management Networking
John Bodman’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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