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Alan Harkness is listed as Quality Engineer at Coherent, based in Greater Dundee Area, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Alan Harkness.
Alan Harkness previously worked as Global Supplier Quality at Ncr and Senior Supplier Quality Engineer at Ncr. Alan Harkness holds Msc & Mba, Quality Management And Business Studies from Abertay University.
17 years experience of Supply Chain Management covering all major facets of Supplier Engineering: Operational Support, New Product Introduction, Supplier Development, Supplier Engineering Team Leader and Global Supply Line Management. Six Sigma trained and certified with a passion for continuous improvement, a champion of quality within a cost driven environment and an adaptable leader. Data driven and able to implement change through clear communication and collaboration with stakeholders. Career Objective: Procurement Leadership role in a growth industry.Specialties: Supply Chain Management, Quality Improvement, Process and Policy Development, Supplier Metrics, Waste Reduction, Cost Reduction.
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Supplier Development and Performance Management driving Quality improvement within high tehcnology / low volume laser design and manufacturing operation.
Driving Continuous Improvement of Supplier Quality across a range of global suppliers and commodity types with close linkage to the overall Quality organisation and its strategic objectives. Current / recent involvment with:- Cost Recovery- Quality Planning and Incoming Inspection- Supplier Scorecard / Performance Management- Global Colour Control- Supplier Engineering - Global Re-Structuring- Barcode Labelling Standard- Low Cost Factory Support- Remote Working Experience- Supplier Business Reviews- Global Team Leadership
- 6 Sigma Project Support- Authored ‘Design For Colour Customisation’ guidelines- Cost Reduction: Set up Y2k Cost Reduction activities. - Design and Implement 'Last Time Buy' Process- Organisation Subject Matter Expert on Paint and Finishing.- SLM Team Leader within NCR 'Product Customisation' initiative- ISO 9000: Drove review of SLM ISO update to reflect org change.- LEAN Champion: Reducing defective material and waste- Sarbanes Oxley: Responsible for SLM management system- RoHS: SLM co-ordination role for NCR FSD RoHS Compliance.- Continuous Improvement - led Supplier Engineers on multi-faceted approach involving Process Redesign, Cross Functional Teams, Defective Material Analysis and focus on Customer Quality Goals / Failure Data.
Supplier Engineer with organisations Supply Line Management function. - Colour Customisation Business Process- Delivered paint cost reduction of over 30%.- Introduction of low VOC Paint System, reducing cost and VOC- Special Customer Engineering Requests- Major Hard Tooling Projects- Student Supervision- Supplier Development Programs (Sheet Metal / Turned Parts / Misc. Electro-Mechanical Parts)
M.Ba (distinction) Masters degree in general business administration. ‘First in class’ in both Diploma and Masters years, winning.
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Alan Harkness works for Coherent.
Alan Harkness is listed as Quality Engineer at Coherent.
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Alan Harkness holds Msc & Mba, Quality Management And Business Studies from Abertay University.
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