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Reporting to the Manufacturing Director, with specific responsibilities for implementation of the manufacturing components of the Exel EFACS E/8 enterprise software system. Liaising with Sales & Purchasing team to ensure timely availability finished goods to meet customer demand.Application of EFACS E/8's production planning and materials and resource scheduling functionality to improve supply chain and production planning processes and reduce the levels of raw material stocks held to support work in progress.Development of a Microsoft Power BI dashboard to optimise parts stock level management for the Production Team

Initially recruited to provide support to the Sales & Purchasing teams, subsequently promoted to Project Manager responsible for the implementation of a new EFACS E/8 enterprise software system.

Successful assignments in Enviroenrgy, Reactive Repairs Department, Legal Services, Systems Development (Oracle Purchase Order Processing), Markets & Events

• Responsible for marketing of the Carbolite product range into diverse market sectors. • Marketing support for UK sales team.• Market research and customer segmentation and analysis to drive NPD projects, improve targeted marketing.• Preparation of tactical marking tools to support Carbolite (and Lenton Furnaces) sales teams activities at events such as exhibitions or sponsored seminars.• Commissioning, briefing and coordination of photography for standard products, new product launches, custom builds and PR activity.• Management of UK and overseas exhibitions, including procurement of stand graphics and fully bespoke stands, services and supporting marketing activity, photography, web banners and buttons, PR.• Sourcing and preparation of display advertising• Preparation of both distributor and end user targeted newsletters. • Generating and maintaining Carbolite’s pay-per-click Google AdWords campaigns.• Monitoring web traffic using SmarterTools - SmarterStats (web analytics) tools.• Preparation and procurement of PR content, in the form of anecdotal or application related ‘good news’ stories.• Formulation of the marketing budget in cooperation with the Managing Director and Finance Director.• Identification of competitors and comparison of features, benefits, prices and costs.• Implementation of a stage-gated new product development procedure. • Part of the new product development team responsible for ‘Key-user’ (marketing / customer) input to new product development projects and product launches.• Sales projections and cost analysis in order to produce return on investment models for new product development projects.• Monitoring component run-out for end of life products awaiting withdrawal or replacement.• Administration of international trade name registrations and transfer and liaison with trade name attorneys.

An IBM Contractor for Alliance Boots (OAO have now become Pomeroy)

• Outgoing telesales prospecting• Writing and updating EFACS user manuals in order to incorporate software revisions.• Coordinating bookings for training course sales.• Progressed to Marketing Executive• Responsible for generation of PR content based upon applications stories. • Generation and management of regular e-shot content.

• Operation of the Kinetic Imaging sales desk.• Support of the Kinetic Imaging / Andor Technology products comprising software, microscopes, computer driven monochromators, filterwheels, opto-isolated control boxes, z-focus objectives, x-y stages, EMCCD (electron multiplying) and more conventional digital cameras.• Resolution of sales issues arising from the company’s relocation from Liverpool to Nottingham.• Assisting the sales force in the preparation of sales quotations.• Liaison with divisional director based in USA• Coordination of the projects through procurement of the correct component parts.• Management of the supply chain throughout the two changes in ownership and address and Medical Solutions financial issues prior to the sale of Kinetic Imaging to Andor. • Transfer of Kinetic Imaging’s business process and products into Medical Solution’s SageLine 500 ERP system, followed by subsequent transfer into Andor Technology’s business systems.

• Cleaning, deduplication and updating of the direct marketing database.• Production of direct mail pieces and brochures using MS Publisher. • Generation of some of the company web content using Adobe Dreamweaver• Preparation of an OEM catalogue by wrapping a supplier’s catalogue in an Analytical Supplies cover.• New product development of a bottle union to enable the waste free dispensing of methadone syrup using a laboratory liquid dispenser. Subsequent adoption of this device by Boots pharmacies as a result of my market research and sales activity.

Philip Harris Scientific / The Novara Group (Now the Findel Group) (The Novara Group being formed by 1998 merger of Philip Harris plc & NES Arnold)• Whilst awaiting construction of new office space in Litchfield I worked as the acting sales office manager (maternity cover) for the North West regional branch office (based in Manchester). • Origination of the annual 1,000 page laboratory equipment catalogue.• Product management for a range of exclusive capital equipment agencies.• Assembly and management of a marketing team comprising 3 product managers, technical support executive, database manager and administrative assistant.• Introduction of new exclusive equipment ranges.• Development and launch of the STATUS, OEM value brand for laboratory equipment.• Management of the replacement of the Rhone Poulenc chemical range with the Riedel de Haën. • Development of an OEM branded chemical range.• Launch of the HYDRANAL Karl Fisher chemicals when the agency was acquired by Philip Harris Scientific.• Preparation of sales support and training resources.• Customer technical support and warranty activity.• Preparation for and manning of UK exhibitions.• Member of the SAP R3 implementation team subsequent to the Philip Harris / NES Arnold merger.• Active in resolution of sales, logistics and supply chain issues created by the SAP implementation in combination with warehouse office and office locations and the total group wide management restructure.

Sanyo Gallenkamp (Traded as Sanyo Biomedical Europe bv until sold to Panasonic)Comprising a division of the Sanyo corporation which had vertically integrated the capital equipment manufacturing and sales operations of Fisons for the Gallenkamp, MSE, Fistreem and Sanyo brands.• Support of UK and overseas distributors.• Production of operator and service manuals.• Warranty repair administration.

Fisons Gallenkamp (Fisons Laboratory Supply Group – now trading as Fisher Scientific UK) at this stage the World’s 3rd largest supplier of laboratory equipment.• Initially tasked with operation of one of six direct technical enquiry lines supporting a 1,000 page catalogue.• Subsequently specialised in the support of own manufactured (and some agency) capital equipment ranges comprising: Gallenkamp ovens, CO2 and conventional incubators, furnaces, bomb calorimeters and flash test apparatus, MSE centrifuges, Sanyo ultra-low (cascade refrigerated) freezers, blood banks, Haake water baths and liquid temperature control apparatus, Edwards, Leybold and Vacubrand vacuum pumps and systems, and fluid pumps including Watson Marlow peristaltic and other positive displacement pumps, Microscopes.• Responsible for first line response and development of control processes for warranty repairs in the UK and some elements of USA warranty. • Liaison between subcontracted service organization and the factory QA team. • Tracking faults to source in order to incorporate manufacturing process improvements.

University of Nottingham, Department of SurgeryPart of a team researching into aspects of tumour differentiation and prognostic outcome for colonic cancer patients.• Recovery and in theatre dissection of colonic carcinoma specimens in order to retrieve viable samples for cell culture and ploidy measurement.• Preparation of paraffin and frozen sections for microscopy.• Immunocytochemical staining using a large bank of commercial and research mono and polyclonal antibody tests.• Quantitative microscopy.• Matching of tissue samples to patient records and prognostic outcomes.• Day to day budget control and purchasing of consumables and reagents.

Providing histology and microscopy support to a research team who were investigating the role of HLA surface antigens in the evasion of cell mediated immunity within colonic cancer and papillary tumours and melanoma. Through characterization of tumour cells and T cell infiltrations.• Preparation of frozen tissue sections• Immunocyotochemical staining using DAB, acid and alkali phosphatase visualization techniques.• Photo-microscopy• Quantitative microscopy.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital – Histopathology Department Part of the team within a routine clinical diagnostic and post mortem histology department in a regional general hospital.• Annotation of specimen dissections• Conventional tissue preparation techniques and frozen sectioning. Chromatic staining and immunocytochemistry.• Some transmission electron microscopy undertaken jointly with the John Radcliffe EM unit in Oxford. Comprising EM fixation, knife preparation, sectioning and heavy metal staining. Supported by Royal Institute of Microscopy TEM training course at Leeds University. • A project undertaken to produce statistical analysis of osteoid cover in surgically removed femoral heads.