Jeremy Stern

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Turn the Ship Around!

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Engagement Model Offered

Day Rate / Hourly Rate; Technical / Advisory; Project based; Interim / Contract; Full time Transition

Suited to Organisational Types

Start-ups; Scale-ups; SME; Corporate

Jeremy is a senior enterprise transformation and operational excellence leader with 28 years of experience across automotive, defence and advanced manufacturing, including Jaguar Land Rover, Atomic Weapons Establishment and Volklec.

He specialises in fixing systemic operational, quality and governance challenges in highly regulated environments, redesigning enterprise systems and enabling large-scale cultural and performance transformation

Jeremy’s Arena

  • Automotive, Defence & Advanced Manufacturing.

  • Battery Cell & High-Integrity Engineering Systems.

  • Technical Focus: QSSE (Quality, Safety, Security & Environment), Manufacturing Systems, Product Engineering, Transformation.

  • Function Expertise: Enterprise Transformation, Operational Excellence, Regulatory Governance, Continuous Improvement.

Superpowers

  • Designs and delivers board-level transformation programmes that restructure performance, governance and culture.

  • Translates complex regulatory and operational environments into clear, scalable systems that reduce risk.

  • Builds and stabilises large-scale operational capability across highly complex organisations.

  • Enables individuals and teams to elevate performance through structure, clarity and disciplined execution.

Impact in Action

  • Delivered ~£1bn enterprise transformation programme at Atomic Weapons Establishment.

  • Built board-level transformation function and enterprise business partner model.

  • Created QSSE capability from greenfield at Volklec, enabling multi-sector compliance.

  • Achieved ISO 9001, ISO 13485, IATF 16949 and AS9100 certification readiness.

  • Led large-scale operations across 5 business units (~1,500 direct, ~3,500 indirect staff)

Working style

  • Strategic, transformational, rigorous.

  • Structured and systems-led in approach to complex problem solving.

  • Calm under pressure with strong focus on clarity, governance and delivery discipline.

  • Combines board-level thinking with operational, hands-on execution.

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