Christopher John Willoughby Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Washington, Tyne And Wear, Gb

Columbus, Indiana, Us

As a Plant Manager, I led 800 employees across the site and improved key performance indicators, including safety, productivity, delivery, quality, and cost, including increasing production volume by 90% from 2015, delivering a total of 350K engines to customers. With strategic planning, I modelled the company core values and developed the employee/labour relations within an unionised environment as well as implemented workforce strategy development initiatives. I served global markets, working with 183 customers located across 53 countries. I built trusting working relationships with customers from a diverse range of industries while serving new premium brand customers, selling engines to the Original Equipment Manufacturer and through distribution channels. I assumed the Chair of the 'Darlington Cares' initiative provided 15K hours of community engagement in 2019 and focussed on the following areas such as Education, Equality of Opportunity and Environment.I have excellent analytical and critical thinking abilities and sound financial management, to ensure goals for the local Plant align with overall global business unit and enterprise objectives. I led the replacement of the Engine Test process, all legacy and obsolete hardware/software, and multi-million pound test cell replacement. I invested the high-valued technology - Cobots, Robots, mechatronic tooling in 2019.My achievements included but not limited: Recorded safety performance with a 0 OSHA incident rate over the 16 months.Provided strategic leadership and oversight of record capital investment at the Plant as well as hosted a plant visit by UNITE's General Secretary Len McCluskey and received positive feedback on the culture and working practices.Improved the physical work environment and upgraded the office for 800 employees.Managed the oversight of a large amount of proliferation within the assembly and test; 3K shop orders, 10K customisable options and 25K-part numbers.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

I was responsible for managing the production operations at the Engine Plant in Darlington while leading 230 employees and supervising 3PL support functions and the overall site operational performance. I improved the labour relations with the trade unions and the execution of AOP functional objectives.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

While improving business performance, including safety, productivity, delivery, quality, and cost, I worked with diverse European manufacturing partners while maintaining working relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. I effectively managed cross-functional teams, including Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Safety, Quality, Engineering and Supply Chain Management, to ensure excellent work integrity.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

In this role, I managed, led, and oversaw a successful introduction of new engine after-treatment products to major automotive OEM's within Europe. With keen attention to detail, I coordinated the development of Operations flows. I defined a suitable supply chain path to market for products while meeting customer requirements and achieving financial targets.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

I successfully managed all aspects of quality control at Darlington Engine Plant and delivered 50% improvement in customer quality levels and achieved the best performance for a major on-highway customer. Utilising my secure communication and negotiation skills, I established a strong working relationship with shop operations to generate long-term strategic improvements while leading the communication to the customer base.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

With my expertise in the field, I timely implemented six projects on Engineering, Finance and Shop Operations throughout a two-year secondment. One of the greatest achievements was generating savings over $2M to the companies bottom line, with the project selected for the Cummins Six Sigma Chairmans award

Columbus, Indiana, Us

With strategic leadership, I supervised the team and operations during nightshift production to ensure KPIs remained on the plan as per all the requirements as well as led supplier selection, design approval and installation of machinery and tooling. I sponsored several Six Sigma green belt projects and implemented improvements requiring significant capital investment within the engine assembly process to enhance throughput and quality metrics. I demonstrated excellent time management, communication and negotiation.

Columbus, Indiana, Us

In this role, I worked in a team and supported shop operations to improve quality, throughput, cost, and delivery. I successfully managed the introduction of the agricultural B series engine to the Darlington site while serving as a key member of a New Product Introduction (NPI) team. I effectively improved the business case and managed significant capital budget to procure equipment and tooling and support a cell-build assembly environment to replicate existing assembly processes.

Mba, Executive Masters Business Administration

Master Of Science - Ms (Research), Thesis: Mass Customisation Procedures In Engine Assembly

Bachelor Of Science - Bs (With Honours), Product Design And Management

Master Of Science - Ms, Mass Customisation