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Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Redditch, England, United Kingdom

 Technical lead on motoring quality management, managing a team of 3 Quality Engineers, covering all motoring product categories. Responsible for setting teams objectives, performance and leading their development. Oversee teams’ assessment of new products and suppliers in conjunction with Asia sourcing teams. Ensuring products and suppliers comply with regulatory requirements. Responsible for ensuring product quality performance KPIs are met by team Quality Engineers, including for product returns and customer claims. Work in line with other functional departments to action and reduce, product concerns and returns. Input into and support product sustainability initiatives, currently packaging. Part of the Quality Leadership Group and support Head of Quality, providing knowledge and ideas into the business Quality strategy, on matters of policy, product compliance development, data, processes and systems.Involved with the Quality approval of products in a major Supplier tendering programme saving millions on costs.

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

 Managed a team which led development of the processes to enable technical QA compliance activities to operate effectively and meet targets; included product technical documentation; factory audits and pre-shipment inspection processes for general merchandise products.  Managed user friendly compliance reporting suite, enabling activity completion. Provided business analysis for the development of QMS compliance systems; ensuring system configurations and processes were set to efficiently collate the required technical data and documentation, required for future product regulation. Led on key aspects of system projects by initiating solutions and guiding their direction and implementation; delivered successfully utilising project management abilities, in documentation, plans and reports. Account management of key compliance service system providers, in the areas of product technical file and factory audits; delivering full compliance.

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

 As a manager in an operational team ensured 15,000 product technical files adhered to statutory regulations, were completed and regularly reviewed for own brand and high risk branded products via a 3rd party technical file system.  Key achievements were the raising of compliance levels to best in class during a sustained period; using the mechanism of a rigorous technical file renewals process. This achieved trading standards approval and recognition.

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

 Managed through a team, technical product development in nursery and toy product categories; working closely with buying teams to produce a comprehensive range of products. Ensured products met specifications; including risk assessment and product safety exceeded customer expectations.  Key achievement was continuously improving product quality; via effective relationships with Suppliers and manufacturing sites; including travel abroad to conduct this activity.

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

 Responsible for the quality life cycle of products in the nursery category.  Key achievement was advancing technical knowledge in this safety critical category through self-driven development.

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

 Responsible for the quality life cycle of products in the Consumer Electronics category; including televisions.  Key achievement was successfully reducing product returns in this complex product area by 20%; focusing on simplifying product set up for users; together with guidance for the product in pack and online customer support.

Master Of Science - Ms, Quality Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business And Management