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Coventry, United Kingdom

Covpress Assembly (previously UYT & Unipart Yachiyo Technology) is a 1st Tier automotive manufacturer which supplies Pressings, BIW underbody assemblies, door apertures, roof panels, and complete Sunroof assemblies to various UK OEM’s (Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, GM, Renault, Toyota & Nissan).Reporting to the Managing Director, as a member of the steering committee I contribute to the strategic direction of the company’s short, mid and long term strategy. Enabling creation of annual departmental business plans and budgets, reporting status of KPI’s to directors on a monthly basis in a PDCA format.With a small team of account managers and administrators we manage the day-to-day accounts of existing customers and the associated economic changes, also generating quotations for new business.Taking over Die Maintenance department in Oct 2016 - Managing highly skilled tool room, operating three shift patterns to support Press Manufacturing and maintenance of 220+ die sets.Primary responsibilities:• TPM plan adherence• Continuous Improvement of dies for quality & efficiency via DMR system• Conversion of external dies and modifications of existing dies, with verification in “try out” press before going into MP press

Coventry, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing a team of engineers, multiple suppliers, Mother and Sister Companies for the introduction of NM die sets to the business, projects range between 30 to 150 die sets, from 200t progression to 1800t transfer.Primary responsibilities:• Die layout & setting conditions, using FTI Forming suite and/or Dynaform• Maintaining standard die specifications• Cost and feasibility of making new products and modifying existing• Management of die makers in the UK, Japan, USA, India and China• Die buy-off at suppliers and home line try’s to MP readiness• Insource/Outsource & modification of current production dies, capacity balancing• Monitoring of press manufacturing’s SPM performance, gaps and corrective actions.

Coventry, United Kingdom

Primary responsibilities:• Current account management of economic changes via e-quote systems• Management of RFQ’s, cost and feasibility studies to Quotation submission• Establishment of - Activity based costing structure for New Business

Coventry, United Kingdom

Role is to manage the introduction of every new assembly process and technology into the manufacturing environment achieving S, Q, C, D, and M targets. Utilising and developing the skills of the departments: process; mechanical, controls and robot programming engineers.Primary responsibilities: need to quantify each• Design, manufacture, installation & commissioning of all assembly/welding equipment. In the region of 25 cells, 100+ robots, 60+ tools per project.• Sourcing assembly cells and tooling within the UK, previously all Japan supplied• Standardisation of tooling and equipment, reducing cost by 30%• Form, train & develop a multi skilled, multifunctional department and becoming self-sufficient. Therefore, not requiring expensive labour from overseas mother/sister companies and local contractors• Maintaining assembly plant cycle time, maximising output.

Coventry, United Kingdom

Managing skills and resource of a cross functional team from inception to project closure. With a project value of £16m, containing the procurement of 100+ die sets, 50+ assembly jigs and checking fixtures and 34 Resistance, Mig and Projection welding assembly cells.Primary responsibilities:• Customer facing, maintaining and improving relations• Responsible for setting company and departmental targets• Creating and maintaining project plans• Setting and control of budget • Management of tooling suppliers and customer• Communication of project status against KPI’s between project team and shareholders (UK, Japan, USA)

Coventry, United Kingdom

Using manufacturing knowledge, practical and theoretical practises at the NM concept phase, to DFM the most efficient and cost effective processes achieving Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery KPI’s. Primary responsibilities:• Carry out capacity analysis of existing equipment versus New Model forecast volume requirement to determine the levels of investment required. • Do PFMEA and VSM on processes to eliminate all types of waste• Product design review offering forward VA/VE ideas• Manage Design, manufacture, installation & commissioning of all new machinery, complying with safety regulations and obtaining CE certifications • Create standard documentation and training matrices

Coventry, United Kingdom

Daily management of temporary & permanent resource over multiple assembly cells producing high volume output, to achieve JIT sequence delivery. Primary responsibilities:• Attendance and resource management• Adherence and training of Standard Operating Procedures• OEE & Output performance

Coventry, United Kingdom

Primary responsibilities:• Follow Standard Operating Procedures• Verify product quality using inspection gauges and documentation• Adhere to safety requirements and wear correct PPE

Coventry, United Kingdom

Sarginsons are industry experts in aluminium die casting, specialising in low-pressure die-casting, sand-casting and gravity-castings predominantly for the automotive industry. Primary responsibilities:• Linishing & assembly of castings, changeover of tooling, X-ray inspection of castings for porosity and cracks

Coventry, United Kingdom

Lucas Industrial Components is an Automotive & Aerospace component manufacturer. I was responsible for producing machined parts by setting up, programming and operating the CNC machine, maintaining quality & safety standards, following standard procedures and recording data. Primary responsibilities:• Manage machine capacity and schedule orders, control stock levels of product & materials• Install tooling, program mills and lathes as per instruction sheets, setting tool registers and offsets, operating machine and verifying product quality via measuring

Bachelor Of Science With Honours, Upper Second Class In Engineering, Engineering, Upper 2Nd Class With Honours

Activities and Societies: Manufacturing Organisation, Materials & Manufacturing Technology, Design Tools & Techniques, Project Management.

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