About us
A Hillingar is the word for a weather phenomenon that allows you to see beyond the horizon.
Hillingar was set up by two experienced managers and planning professionals to support both small & larger organisations in the powerful but complex and sometimes expensive discipline of business planning/forecasting and stock management. This process generates significant cost savings, immediate benefits & business agility whilst supporting objective discussion for informed and timely decision making.
We enable smaller businesses to realise all the benefits of professional planning without the need for complex systems, skills or significant investment.
Experience also shows us that larger businesses running their own Demand Planning processes often do not achieve the results they should be.
Hillingar's refreshing & professional approach provides your business with external support, when it's needed. Giving you new insight to your business, revitalising your future, systems and processes and enabling your business to see beyond the horizon.
Below is an outline of our two founding Directors:
TIM GRIFFITHS, Managing Director
Tim is a highly experienced senior manager used to leading multi-national teams. With over 25 years work experience in numerous Operational and Commercial Demand Planning environments, including Courage Brewing, Sanford & Newell Rubbermaid, has given him a great depth of knowledge and experience that is required to drive businesses forward and to give our clients the best & broadest solutions.
Some of Tim's more recent achievements include:
- Implementation & leadership of European Demand Planning Teams for $550m business, across 9 brands and 10 countries
- Project Leader & implementer to extend a common Demand Planning process to all EMEA Divisions
- ERP Implementation, process leader for Demand Planning & Distribution Order Shipments (Movex)
- European Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) & Forecasting Manager (Manugistics)
- Project manager for full business integration (post acquisition)
ROB LITTLE, Operations Director
Rob has over 20 years experience in Operations, Planning & Senior Project Management in large multi national organisations, including Parker Pen Company, Gillette & Newell Rubbermaid.
His extensive, hands on, knowledge as a senior project manager & department head enables him to understand, develop, lead & implement change in fast moving environments.
Some of Rob's more recent achievements include:
- Set up & development of European S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) / Integrated Business Management processes & systems for $550m business, across 9 brands
- Led wide range of UK, European & Global projects for Warehouse, Distribution & Logistics
- Projects include; ERP systems, facilities & process redesigns & outsourcing. Both temporary & permanent solutions
- Provision of Internal consultancy & project management for integration, mergers & business process development
- Managed a range of Planning, Procurement & Operational teams with budgets up to £30m