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)