Stephen Ottley

Managing Director and Head of Chemicals & Pharmaceutical

With more than 37 years of consulting and management experience in the US, South Africa and throughout Europe, Steve has a track record of success consulting to over 300 clients on how to reduce costs, release cash, improve service, increase competitiveness and drive measurable value. In his 37 years Steve has worked across almost all industry verticals but for the last decade focusing predominantly on Energy, Chemicals, Industrials and Pharma industries. Steve has deep expertise in strategic procurement and supply chain integration, supported by a keen understanding of supplier negotiations, cost reduction programs, and the implementation of operational improvement and digital methodologies.

In addition to his deep Strategic Procurement and Logistics experience Steve has deep Operational improvement experience, building on his initial career in the motor industry working on major turnkey installations including Honda, Triumph, Rover, Austin, and Rolls Royce model launches. Trained by Honda and Mazda in LEAN techniques Steve has implemented LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies across dozens of global manufacturing operations.

Prior to Maine Pointe, Steve held leadership posts with a number of global boutique consulting firms, including Doctus-Byrne Fleming, Krestahague and Lexion Consulting. He helped several of these firms grow significantly by building and developing successful teams that delivered hundreds of millions of dollars savings with significant returns on investment for clients.

Steve holds a HND in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Production Engineering from Oxford.