Alan Saunders Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Dorset, England, United Kingdom

I am an energetic, innovative New Product (or Research and) Development Manager with over 30 years’ experience in a variety of industries. I lead and mentor teams using a variety of styles and successfully manage concurrent projects using a milestone process whilst being flexible with any changes required. I expect to get involved in the detail engineering decisions, working closely with the technical expert on the project. Familiar with CE and other Approval processes. I have a high level of commercial experience working with both customers and suppliers. I work from the market and customer requirements to produce a product roadmap allowing controlled product development for the benefit of both the customers and the business. I am responsible for recruiting, mentoring, training and appraisals. I can maintain a patent watch and have eight patents.

Semley, Dorset

• Building and managing a team of six engineers responsible for the entire product life cycle, including being main technical point of contact for customers. • Reporting to MD and part of management team taking overview of the business. • Applying Aerospace standards, CE marking. • Developing a) new products and maintaining existing and b) tests for in-house test facility• Working with in-house and external machine shops and other suppliers. • Successful recruitment, staff appraisals, develop a skill matrix and hence training plan. • Provide report to allow R&D Tax Credits to be claimed.Additional Achievements☑ Reduced cost of poor quality - non-conformances - from 212 open down to 50 in 3 months, oldest was open 728 days, now 45. ☑ Designing, training and implementing DO and quality systems. ☑ Mentored an Increase in self-management of the team improving manpower usage.

Poole, Dorset

• Managing a team of five engineers with an annual budget of £2.8M. • Working with Business Development Managers to create Product Roadmaps and hence propose R&D projects. • Ensure that all projects run to time, cost and meet the specification. • Provide the interface to establish Marketing Briefs and Product Design Specifications. • Provide technical support to existing products (customers and Operations), monitor, and put solutions in place to reduce warranty. • Carry out personal reviews, organise training, mentor engineers, recruitment as required, prepare succession plan and career matrix for development of the team. • Meet customers to understand their needs. • Work with Purchasing to ensure partnerships develop with suppliers, help with selection and monitoring of suppliers. • Maintain a Patent watch and generate Patents as appropriate.Additional Achievements☑ Developed a milestone-based project management process, and train others as required. Refurbish the R&D test facility, responsibility for safety.

West Sussex, Uk

General Management. New Product Development, creating the UK's first commercially available shallow water tidal turbine for use in rivers and estuaries. Developing the Market. Leading the team: analysis, testing, 3D modelling (SolidWorks), and other engineering requirements following a formal New Product Introduction milestone process. Have developed unique product blending innovative design with existing technologies. Reliable device for use in the marine environment. Electronic control with web interface. Oversee all other functions: business planning, sales, marketing (conference speaker), purchasing, accounts.

Crawley, West Sussex

Responsible to the Board for leading the Technical Team of CAD designers, development engineers, and laboratory technicians. Owner of the New Product Development process and for ensuring that it is continuously improved. To ensure that all projects run to time, cost and meet the specification. Ensure that technology for future commercialisation is tested and “on-the-shelf”. Provide the interface with the Product and Marketing Teams to establish Marketing Briefs and Product Design Specifications. Provide technical support to existing products (customers and Operations), monitor, and put solutions in place to reduce warranty. Provide laboratory facilities, responsibility for safety. Carry out personal reviews, organise training, mentor engineers, recruitment as required, prepare succession plan and career matrix for development of the team. Meet customers to understand their needs. Work with Purchasing to ensure partnerships develop with suppliers, help with selection and monitoring of suppliers. Maintain a Patent watch and generate Patents as appropriate.

West Sussex

Responsible for providing the technical resource into cross-functional teams managed by the commercialisation function. Ensure that technology for future commercialisation is tested and “on-the-shelf”. Provide vision for commercialisation management. Develop product roadmap and ensure technology and resource available at the appropriate time. Provide technical support to existing products (customers and operations), monitor and put solutions in place to reduce warranty. Provide laboratory facilities and responsibility for safety. Carry out personal reviews, organise training, mentor engineers. Maintain a Patent watch.Started as Senior Development Engineer, via Project Leader to Technical Manager.

Llanidloes, Wales

Mechanical engineering design projects, selling and administration. Use of sub-contractors for larger projects. Customers included The Centre for Alternative Technology - including the Water Balanced Cliff Railway, The Hydrovane Compressor Company, Mitsubishi, Lucas Kienzle. Ask for my full CV.