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Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Key accountabilities during this period – Multiple roles:1. Accountability for 42 Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO) and Electronic Devices (3 internal sites) operations covering Americas, EU, and Asia including the Global service & repair provision. 2. Accountability for Tier Governance across the organizations focusing via SQDCP & LEAN to develop a culture of continues improvement in all areas with Safety the #1 priority. 3. Leadership of the Franchise OPEX strategies and deployment to improve efficiency and margin via value stream optimization/transformation embedded through cultural engagement. 4. Portfolio and program management leadership for the AWM business ensuring Commercial and cross functional collaboration to enhance decision quality and visibility of purpose and vision.5. Responsible for the Advanced Wound Management design transfer process and technology/process development for New Product Introductions that leverage NPD governance and DFM. 6. Engineering, Life Cycle Management, accountability for the Advanced Wound Management Franchise covering wound care, electronic devices, biologics, and Pharmaceuticals to enable connected Technology. 7. Quality management experience linked to OPEX to optimize cost and compliance requirements covering autonomous quality, process capability, CTQ rationalization.8. Direct & in-direct procurement leadership experience to optimize the direct materials and CMO global supply footprint to optimize service and margin. 9. Partnering with senior functional Directors, Vice Presidents, Presidents across the Smith & Nephew network to contribute to the development of functional strategies that align to the needs of the evolving external regulatory and commercial environment and continued development of the S&N networks.

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

Responsible for providing Strategic & Tactical support to the wound management commercial groups and new product introduction portfolio to ensure the NPD and commercial needs were met and aligned to the wound management profit improvement plan. 1. To provide support to the commercial groups and overall NPD/NPI portfolio to enable the development of a supplier portfolio optimised for the needs of the business and profit improvement plan in the 5 year horizon.2. To develop clear definition of the contractual, financial, and supply risks associated with the NPD/NPI portfolio to enable the development of effective decisions and or mitigation plans.3. Work across the procurement directs, in-directs, and BIFG teams in the development and implementation of strategies and tactics to support the Marketing strategy for key brands and delivery of the NPD/NPI projects in the 0 – 5 year horizon. 4. Identification of cost reduction opportunities across the NPD/NPI portfolio and to ensure implementation resource is allocated and project delivery secured.5. Provide expertise to all NPD/NPI projects across a wide range of raw materials, contract processing and potential suppliers to guide effective decisions.6. Promote the design, implementation and continual improvement of processes and tools required to deliver the NPD/NPI project portfolio.

Irving, Tx, Us

Responsible for the strategic development and execution of Baby Child Care 5-year R&D program portfolio of projects required to achieve top and bottom line growth targets. The role requires the development of tools, processes, and organizational structures to drive Research and Development effectiveness. Achievements include: 1. Accelerated development and delivery of winning consumer product and packaging solutions across the complete portfolio.2. Delivery of proprietary waistband and leg elastic solutions via leadership of Global engineering design teams.3. Annual cost transformation savings in excess of $20MM realized through leadership of Global expert workshops. 4. The development of World Class streamlined R&E organizational structures across the EMEA Markets.5. Introduction of new products and assets into new facilities across multiple geographies.The role scope included; $2MM/annum research budget, 5-year capital budget ~ $200MM, research teams based in the UK, Russia, Turkey, Israel, Africa.The key responsibilities of this role were:1. Functional direction and support to establish MEA 5-year Business Strategic plans and execution to MEA.2. Operate within the Global R&D/Brand team driving portfolio projects within the region and across the Globe.3. Portfolio management and stakeholder engagement to drive key decision making via a steps and gates process.4. Establishment of cross functional project and resource teams designed to deliver the group portfolio of projects.5. Directing Patent / Trademark exposure through NPD development cycles.6. Guidance to Quantitative and Qualitative Statistics in the development of new consumer innovation.7. Engagement with Stakeholders, technology partners, vendors and suppliers to drive results.8. Discovery and translation of winning insights from feasibility through design to commercialization.9. Overall 5-year R&E budget planning and control.

Irving, Tx, Us

Responsible for leading the Business, Product, and packaging efforts for the Baby Child Care sector across Europe including on-going management of technical resources in collaboration with procurement, product supply and the business teams to meet cost, productivity and brand equity objectives of commercialized product and packaging solutions. Achievements included:1. The standardisation of products, materials and assets to drive improved operating margins to a value in excess of $15MM/annum. 2. Delivery of leading edge aesthetics solutions for the baby care products that resulted in significant annual net sales gains. 3. Development of a matrix LCM organisation covering 3 Baby Child Care facilities in the UK, Spain and the Czech republic.Scope included; $750K/annum research budget, LCM teams based in the UK, Spain and the Czech Republic.

Irving, Tx, Us

Responsible for the leadership of annual business developments including major projects and implementation of product changes in support of Country plans. Consistent use of development gates process to drive key stakeholder engagement and decision making. Achievements included:1. leadership and development of a non-English speaking Spanish LCM team and integration into the Kimberly Clark LCM processes. 2. Re-design of the primary and secondary packaging to release working capital and improve margins across Europe.3. Leadership and delivery of a $10MM capital project that aligned the Spanish baby child care product lines to the Kimberly Clark global platforms. Scope included; $200K/annum research budget, 6 direct reports based at the Spanish BCC facility.

Irving, Tx, Us

Infant Care operations manager based at the Kimberly Clark diaper facility UK. Responsible for the annual operation of the premium diaper assets including the production, maintenance, and efficiency improvement cycles of the assets. Achievements included:1. The delivery of step-change efficiency improvements.2. Lower cost maintenance practices3. Implementation of flexible manufacturing linked to customer demand. Scope included; Mechanical, Electrical and Process engineering direct reports, shift operating teams, maintenance teams, and day supporting staff in-direct reports.

Irving, Tx, Us

Quality leader at the Kimberly Clark diaper facility UK. Responsible for Quality control and Assurance of the Branded and Private Label diaper manufacturing operation that included on-site third party management of specific promotional sales codes. Frequent use of Probability and Statistics in analysis and continuos improvement practices. Achievements included: 1. Quality control re-organisation from inspectors to integrated on-line Quality appraisal. 2. Integration of Quality re-engineering into upstream product development to reduce PPM rates. 3. Step change in consumer satisfaction driven by elimination of key consumer issues.Scope included; Shift and Day based Quality control teams, Day based Quality assurance teams and Third Party contracting staff.

Irving, Tx, Us

Infant Care operations Leader based at the Kimberly Clark diaper facility UK. Responsible for the shift breakdown and process improvement practices for the Diaper manufacturing assets, required to both maintain and exceed operational efficiency objectives. Achievements included: 1. The introduction of a new 24/7 Technical Support organisation. 2. Efficiency improvements to the 24/7 operation that eliminated shift to shift fluctuations. 3. Implementation of a series of high gain process improvements that step changed performance.Scope included; Shift Mechanical, Electrical and Process technicians with direct links to the Mill Operations and Maintenance management leaders.

Irving, Tx, Us

Process Engineer at the Kimberly Clark diaper facility UK. Responsible for the effective start-up efficiency and ongoing process improvement of New Diaper Assets. This role required leadership co-ordination of shift operating teams, day based maintenance and engineering teams and links to Global KCC engineering and support teams. Regular use of Design of ExperimentsAchievements included: 1. Record start-up efficiency of new assets. 2. Global diaper asset "class leading" machine efficiency rates. 3. Implementation of new to KCC process improvements that were implemented Globally. Scope included; Several Diaper Assets, Mechanical line technician support and day to day interaction with the operational and Global support teams.

Mba, Business Administration And Management With Psychology

Diploma In General Management, Business Administration And Management, General

Certificate In General Management, Business Administration And Management, General

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