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London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Leading a team of 25 FTE - heavily involved in driving strategic initiatives and maintaining smooth day-to-day Drinks Dispense operations.Responsibilities include:• Working closely with Finance and Head of DD to forecast, monitor performance and construct budget of the Dispense P&L.• Managing full Dispense supply chain – maintaining relationships with key suppliers to ensure accurate and efficient stock control, while delivering solutions to support brand/sales plans.• Ensuring field efficiency – planning 50k+ jobs per annum and managing our BPO relationship.• Performance visibility of DD SLAs through innovative reports and processesAchievements include:• Delivered savings in stock valuation vs budget - thus improving cash flow.• Driving efficiencies in both CAPEX and OPEX.• YoY KPI improvement in all Drinks Dispense metrics.• Driven an increase in team engagement

London, England, United Kingdom

Magor, Wales, United Kingdom

Shift manager for a team of 35 direct reports consisting of operators and technical engineers across 4 critical, highly complex packaging lines.Responsibilities include:• Managing packaging team’s daily and weekly activities in order to meet departmental KPI’s for internal and external customer requirements. • Accountable for safety, food quality/hygiene and cost control to empower the team to maximise performance.• Heavily involved in people development including regular 1-1 performance reviews and PDP development.Achievements include:• Improved production efficiency (Gross Line Yield) of shift by over 15% to become the most efficient in department (Previously lowest).• Successfully on-boarded and coached several operators to promotion.• Management of team throughout Covid-19 pandemic overcoming extreme challenges.• 30% increase in employee engagement and manager effectiveness.

Magor, Wales, United Kingdom

Responsible for the performance growth, execution of quality, safety and environment standards for a critical, highly complex bottling line in Europe.Key Achievements1) Achieved the highest output (HL) for the line in a calendar month.2) Highest Gross Line Yield (%) for the line in a single year (as of 2020).Key roles and responsibilities:1) Accountable for all aspects of line performance i.e. Safety, Quality, Environmental Compliance, Financials, Production Plan optimisation, Efficiency, Losses and Waste2) Development of a strong and cohesive team3) Managed the implementation of a highly complex new packaging machine and the resulting commissioning

United Kingdom

Rotational project work that provided extensive exposure to all operations and departments within 2 of the company’s UK breweries.Key Responsibilities and Achievements:- Reduced beer loss within the Magor brewery bottling department by 13.2%- Implemented technical process changes within the Samlesbury brewery brewing department which contributed to global brand sensory score exceeding target.

Port Sunlight, Merseyside, United Kingdom

My role consisted of focused improvement, waste optimisation and logistics projects within the factory. I worked within a multi-disciplinary team whose function was to improve factory efficiencies and problem solve.Key Responsibilities and Achievements:•Project managed and supported a wide range of projects resulting in over €500,000 worth of savings•Lead for a Kaizen initiative run on site with a 360% increase in engagement•Reduced outer case stock on site by 67% through efficient communication with suppliers and spotting inefficiencies using value stream maps•Led numerous training courses to all levels of the workforce including site director to boost engagement with Kaizen methodology

Meng Chemical Engineering With A Year In Industry (5 Years), Chemical Engineering, 1St Class Honours (Meng)

Activities and Societies: Chemical and Environmental Engineering Society, IMS FootballReceived the J C Mecklenburgh prize for submitting.

Aaa In Maths, Chemistry And Physics (A-Level)

Activities and Societies: 1st Eleven Cricket and Full Colours Received, Football Team, Golf First Team, Charity Prefect