Ashley Fox Cmgr Email & Phone Number

Hook, Gb

Hook, Gb

Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

• Successful launch of P13R & R/S (600LT & Spider), P22 (McLaren GT) & P31 (620R)• Logistics lead for entire P16 project• Ran weekly meetings for the logistics team to prepare for Launch readiness• Attended weekly launch meetings and presented logistics readiness and financial status• Worked closely with manufacturing engineering to develop combined concepts, improving efficiency and saving money by buying less stillages and reducing double-handling• Developed new tools to drive efficiency within the department by reducing administrative time, enabling the team to spend more time adding value to project specific tasks

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

• Managed two senior engineers, each in charge of a small team to support the day to day logistics and manufacturing operations and to support the futures team with budgeting and feasibility, manpower, process development, standardisation and preparing the production line for prototype builds and vehicle launch• Developed a new design request form, tracking process and workflow management, including financial tracking of all current and predicted spend for the design team• Created, refined and managed a set of Key Performance Indicators and targets for the team, enabling progress tracking, report generation and communication to the wider business.• Ran weekly meeting with the Logistics Director to provide progress updates and an overview of the team’s achievements and presented them to the wider management team during quarterly logistics team meetings.• Oversaw the recruitment and training of new staff to the department, taking them through their probation assessment.• Reduced lineside packaging and logistics-based quality concerns through the use of new lineside delivery equipment and processes

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

• Overall responsibility for the McLaren Senna Launch• Provided feedback to engineering and product development on DFM (design for manufacturability)• Supported a team of manufacturing engineers in identifying and solving manufacturing feasibility problems with regards to the full vehicle assembly processes, line balances, PFMEA, control plans, processes and tooling commissioning and installation• Managed the operations budget for the project, including tooling requests and trackers and reporting the finance status to the project team• Updated and presented the Operations project status at each project Gateway to the Launch and Vehicle Line Directors and preparing the project for handover to production• Provided lineside support to resolve any production, logistics or quality issues through pre-production and Job 1• Supporting the full lifecycle of the build due to the low volumes.

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

• Identify and solve manufacturing feasibility problems with regards to line 2 General Assembly (GA) processes, including sub-assemblies for the McLaren 720s launch• Designated manufacturing engineer for the front end, door and rear end complex analysis teams to investigate quality, design and process related issues affecting vehicle build and vehicle quality• Generate new, CAD based images, tooling and processes and added them to the SAP production system

Northampton, United Kingdom

Work to resolve current manufacturing issues, including reviewing and amending PFMEA, Control plan and Work Instructions. Improve current production methods through the use of new practises and processes. Arranging the introduction of new tooling whether purchased externally or manufactured in-house. Drawing up existing and concept floor plans for production line or factory improvement plans.Project Leader on Project GENESIS, a £400,000 project to introduce one piece flow on a smart production line into the factory to build up to a quarter of the factory's daily production.

Kettering

Working on improving current production process and solving problems within the factory, primarily for existing Aston Martin interior components, but also leading projects for other customers and existing the project team with design for manufacture of new models and updates to existing components including the Vantage GT12, and Lagonda Taraf & AM 600 (DB11) models.

Assisted the Engineering Manager in setting up effective in production lists so that no unreleased product was build in production. Worked closely with the Development and prototype department to provide quotes for new business. Processed customer initiated change requests using defined processes to ensure thorough changeover. Assisted the Senior Project Engineer with a new project for a major OEM

I run a small team of mechanics, managing hours to ensure that all relevant maintenance and repairs on the karts are conducted and all documentation is complete.I have to order spare parts, tools & ancillaries within budget on a monthly basis, communicate and manage relationships with the kart manufacturers and suppliers and provide feedback for improvements for the current karts and future fleet design.I also occasionally cover as Duty Manager and conduct building maintenance on-site

Cert Ba, Accounting And Business/Management, Pass

Level 5 Diploma In Management & Leadership, Pass

Beng, Automotive Engineering Design, 2:1

2010; Hons, Automotive Engineering Design

, Second Class Higher Division (2:1). This involved in-industry experience on the shop floor at Nationwide Autocentre and several week.

Education record