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Wilton, England, United Kingdom

Accountable for functional leadership to Innovation Portfolio management team of ~20 to deliver public, private and collaborative innovation projects with total value > £10 million/yr. Key responsibilities include ensuring portfolio customer delivery excellence, compliance with government/company specifications, projects de-risked and delivered on time/cost/quality through their project life cycle. Whilst ensuring career development and succession planning.

Wilton, Redcar And Cleveland, United Kingdom

Responsible for the project management of CPI's Biotechnology Business Unit’s Commercial and Collaborative R&D (IUK and Horizon 2020) projects through a team of 7. This has included personally leading CPI’s CR&D’s FastAceJet – Sustainable aviation fuel project as well as projects for a variety of SME’s and large multi-national organisations. Key responsibilities include cost estimating, project planning, scheduling, project financial management, risk management, stakeholder management, coordination of technical teams and project reporting.

Wilton, England, United Kingdom

Teesside

Responsible for managing short term project to streamline Sabic’s Wilton and North Tees plant laboratory analysis requirements vs real time manufacturing needs. Used risk management and statistical process control analysis of plant data to develop new to company approach and implemented this to deliver significant saving.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Accountable for R&D process design, scale up from lab to plant scale, and in plant process qualification for Ariel, Ace, Tide and Gain brands to 4 manufacturing sites across North and South America which delivered $900 million/year sales. Responsible for workplan setting, career development and coaching, performance and salary review & assignment planning for 17 employees, 6 nationalities, range of seniority levels, located in UK, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Responsible for process scale up from pilot plant to plant scale and in plant qualification for Ariel, Bold, Daz, Vizir and Bonux brands to 5 manufacturing sites & 2 contractors which delivered $1 billion/year sales. In charge of 14 employees, 6 nationalities, range of seniority levels, located in 6 different geographical locations. Accountable for spending and tracking annual discretionary budget.

Responsible for ensuring Quality designed in from product development through to market launch for $8 billion/year sales global Laundry Powder detergent business, covering 28 manufacturing and 3 R&D sites. Ensured all initiatives delivered with excellence to market and all QA key deliverables met. Responsible for 4 employees located in UK, China & Mexico.

Enabled Europe, Middle East and African Powder detergent and fabric enhancer business across 11 manufacturing sites and 2 product forms to deliver initiatives with excellence to market and ensure met all their QA key deliverables. Was asked to join QA at same time as P&G declared a company wide Quality intervention program to drive systemic improvements in Quality targets and culture.

Responsible for developing and delivering process innovation plans for 10+ manufacturing sites and coordinated projects across LA, China, UK, Europe. Directly managed team of 5+, 3+ nationalities, range of seniority levels, all UK based. Led to promotion to Group Head.

Responsible for European R&D Crest Toothpaste Process design, delivery and in plant process qualification for 1 manufacturing site. Managed a team of 3 individuals, all UK based.