Lee Timms

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Head of Engineering at AG Barr Group

Banbury, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Lee Timms is an experienced engineering leader with a career in the food and beverage industry at companies like AG Barr and Barry Callebaut. As Head of Engineering, he is responsible for the engineering and asset care strategy across multiple manufacturing sites. He holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Northampton.

Lee is focused on building talented teams and is actively involved in recruiting engineers and apprentices for his department. He publicly celebrates the achievements and leadership qualities of his team members, showing a commitment to fostering a positive and high-achieving work environment.

He is currently leading a major digital transformation project by migrating the company to the Ultimo Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system.

Personality Overview

Process Oriented

Status Quo Seeker

Late Adopter

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They are always well-planned and adopt a systematic approach. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Topics They Care About

Smart Asset Management
He is leading the migration to Ultimo EAM to enhance predictive maintenance capabilities using AI and machine learning.
Talent Development
Frequently posts about hiring new talent, including apprentices, reliability engineers, and maintenance technicians to scale his team.
Industry 4. 0
Aims to lead the charge into Industry 4. 0 by implementing the latest technologies in a highly automated manufacturing environment.

Media Appearances

Lee has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2025
Head of Engineering at AG Barr Group
2-2024 - 5-2025
Engineering Manager at AG Barr Group
12-2021 - 2-2024
Engineering Manager at Barry Callebaut Group
2-2019 - 12-2021
Project Engineer at Barry Callebaut Group
8-2016 - 2-2019
Continuous Improvement Engineer at Barry Callebaut Group

Education

2015 - 2016
Bachelor's degree from University of Northampton
2013 - 2015
Foundation degree from Coventry University

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Insights For Selling To Lee

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • Expect them to be slow and cautious, encourage them to ask more questions
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Lee is

  • For them, low risk and acceptance by others are very important, followed by proof of ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Lee

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Lee move?

  • They do not like to take decisions in a hurry, so they could be slow in making their mind up.
  • Can Lee take some risk or not?

  • They are low on risk-appetite and prefer to make informed decisions.

You And Lee

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