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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Driving operational excellence in pharma packaging at PCI Pharma Services. Passionate about quality, efficiency, and innovation.As Associate Director of Operational Excellence at PCI Pharma Services, I'm laser-focused on streamlining and optimising all aspects of pharma packaging. I lead a talented team in implementing innovative solutions that ensure the highest quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness for our clients.Key areas of expertise:Operational improvement: Lean Six Sigma, process optimisation, data analysis, problem-solving.Packaging systems: Blistering, cartoning, labeling, serialisation, track and trace.Regulatory compliance: cGMP, Pharmacopeia standards.Project management: Implementing new technologies, driving cross-functional collaboration.Passionate About:Staying up-to-date on the latest trends in pharma packaging technology.Collaborating with industry peers to share best practices.Mentoring and developing future leaders in the team.

Clara, Co Offaly, Ireland

Ireland

Responsible for transitioning Openhydro from Research & Development to the Serial Volume Production phase for Global supply of Tidal Turbine systems.Key Contributions• Delivered on schedule the development and execution of Production start strategy, progressing to 5.500sq M purpose built production facility in France on line Feb 18.• Adaptation, Upgrading and Configuration of an existing facility in Greenore Ireland to accommodate volume production of Turbine Control Systems resulting in significant cost avoidance, reduction in Capex exposure to the company.• Designed and Implemented the Operations and Supply chain team to support the change process and competency development of the business.• Implementation of TQM methodologies to develop process and procedures that promote a “Lean from the Start” culture.• Creating a global seed to flower organisation of supply chain to handle heavy engineering components, involving highly technological complexity.• Driving D-FMEA and P-FMEA tool to support the design for manufacturing.• Development and business approval of long term strategic plan for Opex and R&D roadmap.

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Business Unit DirectorResponsible for EMEA sales strategy and operations for the Bobcat light machinery division.Key Contributions:• Implementation of product and market research strategy, understanding the customer’s needs.• Designed the initiatives and activities for all functions that impact the Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery of the product (Sourcing, ME and Quality).• Created and applied strategy and vision to maintain cost of capital and supplier performance from supply chain through to final delivery.• Built and developed key suppliers to partnerships in VAVE activities, resulting in a reduction of total cost of ownership to the customer.• Brought many new products to the market applying New product development (NPD) strategy: Product Portfolio Management, Product Life Cycle management.• Managed multiple Sales and Marketing campaigns. • Accountable for the financial performance of the business (P&L and Balance Sheet).

Dublin

Responsible for Operations which saw the operational transformation of a subsidiary (Geith International) of the Doosan Group with 130 reports.Key Contributions:• Designed and implemented operational excellence across Manufacturing, Quality, Supply chain, and logistics with Budgetary and P&L accountability.• Led overall control of capitalised on-site projects to promote Health, Safety and Continuous improvement culture (Lean Six Sigma methodologies).• Integration of change management in a Unionised environment demonstrated using lean tools which brought Geith International to a world class standard in a highly competitive and dynamic industry of heavy engineering solutions.• Strategically sourced commodity products through low cost and efficient solutions, building supplier relationships and partners in Eastern Europe and China.• Managing the company to:o 29% productivity improvement through lean manufacturing best practiceo 50% improvement in material turns (Visual factory, supplier engagement)o Securing and implementation of Capex projects (€4Million), recorded 15% saving on implementations versus budget and on time.o Downsized business to meet market needs by 33% allowing the business to flex with the market demand improving EBIT performance by 10 percentage points.o 37% reduction in reportable lost time accidents though safety teams driving RCA.o Sourcing of strategic suppliers in China and Europe for a product resulting in GM improvement from minus 30% to positive 20%.

Kildare

Responsible for all packaging operations of the Hormonal Therapy Primary Processing Unit (HT PPU).Key Contributions:• Integrated a continuous improvement culture using lean tools (DMAIC, Kaisen, 5S).• Review and approval of Documentation (BMRs, SOPs and Bulk Specs).• Promoted employee empowerment by maintaining great employee relationships through extremely open and effective communication streams.• Consistently achieved all company balanced scorecard objectives within budgetary guidelines by interacting with various support functions.• Kept maximum compliance to all company regulatory targets (EHS, Quality, cGMP, HR).• Implemented a system that ensured accurate equipment monitoring through validation, calibration and preventative maintenance.• Maintained all audit readiness in line with internal, IMB, FDA and EHS audits.• Promote Gemba culture through the organisation

Newbridge, Co Kildare

Responsible for solid dose manufacturing in the CNS PPU, producing 3 billion tablets per year through granulation and compression processing.Key Contributions:• With the application of Six Sigma was able to boost OEE improvements to company high increase of 65%• Lead projects that saw the streamlining of processing BMR’s resulting in check and verification reductions by an average of 10% prior of movement to EBMR.• Lead the Manufacturing and SCM Module SAP implementation.• Lead ‘Project EPC’ which saw the completion of the European product regulatory compliance review resulting in all gap analysis and variation submissions completed.

Dublin

Responsible for the SMT and PCBA manufacturing operations in a start-up environment, directly reporting to the Operations Director. Key Contributions:• Designed, developed, implemented and managed a 4-cycle night and day shift pattern, incorporating 4 supervisors and 40 operators• Created an innovative and efficient kitting process which saw average changeover times being reduced from 60 to 15 minutes that in turn improved OEE by 26%

Dublin

• Ran SMT lines producing, at high volume adaptors, modems, hubs and switches.• Focusing on high yields and meeting build plans.• Moved to customised packing of modems supplying European and American markets i.e. OEM and general retail.• Managing the assembly, packing and shipping of high volume products.

United Kingdom

• Man management.• Maintaining daily targets.• Monitoring production and quality systems and trends.• Shift planning for production requirements e.g. holiday, absence and overtime.• Employee appraisals

Masters Of Science In Management Practice, Business Administration And Management, General, First Class Hons

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