Geoff Stephenson Email Address

Maintenance and Purchasing Co-ordinator and Manager

Fairfax Media Limited [ASX:FXJ] is Australasia's leading media company. Fairfax media operations include newspapers, magazines, radio and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand.

I am a qualified Maintenance & Purchasing Manager at one of Australia's largest media companies. I have an ability to both think and act both strategically and tactically at an operational level to ensure great ideas get implemented successfully. I have initiated significant processes and improvements in preventative maintenance planning, inventory management and purchasing. My ability to work well under pressure and deliver exceptional quality in a high speed, deadline driven environment has contributed to ensuring millions of newspapers have been successfully delivered every week. KEY STRENGTHS •Enabling improved business decision making through the introduction and better use of information, forward thinking and engaging others.•Identifying opportunities in key areas and initiating improvements to increase performance, reliability and reduce costs.•Ability to think and operate strategically together with delivering at a tactical level.•Training and implementation of new processes by providing clarity, benefits and opportunities for ownership of the solution.•Key note speaker in Australia and New Zealand on approaches to maintenance, with feedback including 'Geoff is a thoughtful, articulate, powerful speaker, and left the audience extremely impressed and full of ideas”.