From passion
to performance
Energy, positivity and determination are at the heart of our services, client relationships, and outcomes.
With decades of experience inside blue-chip enterprises we know what works, and what doesn’t.
Kinetic helps forge more effective and profitable businesses.
Whether it’s a major transformation or a focused intervention, we’ll help you to stay competitive – maximising value while keeping things realistic and cost-effective.
OUR STORY
Ian Watkins
Kinetic Founder & CEO
A long track record of success.
Kinetic’s Founder, Ian Watkins, has more than thirty-five years of experience in Procurement and business transformation. He began his career in the late 1980s with John Laing Construction and gained strategic procurement expertise through roles at top-tier global global, blue-chip businesses including GlaxoWellcome / GlaxoSmithKline and several other blue-chip life sciences companies.
Having successfully initiated, implemented, and led high-performing strategic Procurement Shared Service Centres at Amersham Health / GE Healthcare, Allergan Inc., and Eisai Europe Limited, as well as the design and delivery of several high-profile and complex business change programmes, Ian moved away from permanent employment and into consultancy and Interim Management in 2013 with a specific focus on Procurement, commercial real estate, and workplace transformation.
During his Interim career he has worked with clients in a wide range of sectors including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food manufacturing, consultancy, live broadcasting, private healthcare, as well as print and online media.
Kinetic was created as part of the ongoing development and growth of Ian’s business transformation services, helping organisations to identify business improvement opportunities, develop value-creating strategies, and achieve lasting positive change.
OUR VALUES
Trust
We’re genuine, consistent and reliable. We care about our work. We dismiss the unnecessary, favouring jargon-free dialogue and clean, minimal aesthetics.
Innovation
We champion a culture of discovery, driven by curiosity and creativity, encouraging fresh ideas at every level. This commitment fuels progress and sets us apart.
Responsibility
We take ownership, ensuring engagement and empowerment. We believe actions speak louder than words, and we demonstrate commitment through results, not empty promises.
Transformation is at the heart of all we do
We are down to earth, straight-talking, pragmatic, hands-on, and commercially-driven business improvement practitioners who are passionate about business improvement. We thrive on significant challenges, address pain points, seize opportunities, and lead transformation programmes with integrity.
Combining big business experience, constructive challenge, and the personal touch we leverage versatile skills gained across diverse clients and industries to focus on your needs and objectives and deliver lasting positive change.
We aim to exceed expectations, build a reputation as trusted advisors and implementation partners, and create a compelling Return On Investment .
Transformation isn’t just a service, it’s our ethos.
Who we work with
Kinetic provides solutions for a wide range of organisations including global multinationals, SMEs, family-owned, and PE-backed businesses, in diverse industry sectors, which need to evolve to remain competitive in a rapidly changing world.
We would be delighted to hear from you and discuss how we can help.
Where we work
We are generally sector agnostic and have built a wealth of highly transferable best practice experience gained across diverse industries.
Construction & Infrastructure
Energy & Utilities
Financial Services
Food, Retail and Hospitality
Manufacturing
Pharma and Healthcare
Private Equity
Public Sector
Technology, Media, and Telecoms
Engagement models and fee structures
Each client and scenario will have unique challenges, opportunities, and outcomes. We are happy to explore various fee models, including hybrid combinations.
Detailed conversations are essential so that we can fully understand the needs of your business and how we can best help.
SERVICES AND RESOURCING
• Consultancy
• Interim Management
• Teams
FEE STRUCTURES
• Retained
• Fractional
• Fixed Fee
• Day Rate
• Gain Share
Be part of it
We’re always interested in hearing from highly experienced independent professionals who’d like to work with us as an Associate.
If your background, experience and approach align with Kinetic’s purpose and values please get in touch.
Our approach
At Kinetic we fundamentally believe that successful transformation should be done with you, not to you.
From the outset of every client journey, starting with the first conversation, we take the time to form a deep understanding of your organisation, its core challenges, its key requirements and its people, from C-Suite to shopfloor.
By being adaptable and versatile we engage and collaborate, combining inquisitiveness, insights, experience, and intuition to identify the root causes of problems, and propose workable propose solutions.
We form, implement, and lead curated teams of seasoned Interim Managers, specifically selected for each client, challenge and opportunity, who have the professionalism, personality, and reliability to lead targeted change at pace.
Our engagement of independent professionals provides Kinetic’s clients with the benefits of a highly skilled and dynamic talent pool whilst isolating them from potential risks associated with IR35 and Off Payroll Working legislation.
