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Stroud, Gloucestershire, Gb

Manufacturing Manager from fibre to finished Cloth.

Mirfield, West Yorkshire, Gb

Mirfield, West Yorkshire, Gb

• Created Health and Safety structure, monitoring and culture within the business.• Created full QMS from scratch and created a QA focused culture within the business.• Improved, updating of ISO 9001 system. (14000 and 45001 to be implemented within two years 2022)• With use of T&M studies drew up production and manpower efficiency chart, together with forward thinking cost and output of current and future manpower head count requirements.• Drew up LEV, LOLA, PUWER, PSSR, Calibration testing regime and automated reminder system.• Implemented COSHH risk assessment linked with SDS, chemical storage and environmental risk analyses, together with PPE requirements including spill kit requirements.• Identified relevant legal required training, job specific training and specialised training and implemented said training across the work force. Manual Handling, COSHH, Chemical Handling Spills, Internal Auditing’ • Drew up various Capex projects, effluent treatment plant, and custom design chemical dry powder weighing room together with LEV system.• Created teams, identifying training requirements, educating and creating ownership of SHEQ across the shop floor. Including legally required H&S committee, Gemba walks, Tool box talks, fire team.• Identifying and monitoring of all utilities and calculating utility to unit produced, updating climate records and extraction records to gov.uk web sites.• Currently also managing the administration requirements of the business.• Continuous auditing and tracking of performance throughout the SHEQ responsibilities.• Monthly reporting on performance of the business across the SHEQ areas to the Managing Director.

• Recruited to complete a strategic project to scope and design Burberry’s water conservation project for its’ global supply chain. Proposed and piloted a full reporting model as a result of analysing significant data points. Created a suite of reports including graphs which validated improvement areas, stagnation and areas of concern.• Prior to presenting the recommendations to the Executive Leadership Team mapped the entire Textile and Leather Supply Chain, highlighting tier 1&2 partners.• Created the technical library for Best Available Techniques for both Textile and Leather production together with water treatment and water recycling technologies. Drawing on the library was able to analyse and document the production process routes across the tier 1&2 partners.• As a result of significant global experience was able to navigate the project across the globe across multi complex and multi-cultural production plants to enable accurate reporting.• Worked closely with the Chemical Management Team and external stakeholders to offer expertise on ZDHC and the Higg FEM systems.• Supported the Chemical management team in tactically identifying problematic chemical formulations and also recommended replacement options.

Owner and MD of a specialised consultancy company, mainly focused on production optimisation, QA auditing, specialised project management, cost reduction, industrial engineering, production streamlining, strategic investment planning, product development and relationship building between supplier and retailer.Notable Companies collaborated with:MAS Group Sri Lanka Process Optimisation and Turn Around SpecialistYoungone Corporation South Korea, Process and Management Specialist ( Director of Operations)Texray Textiles Taiwan Process and QA SpecialistSocota Textile Mills (Mauritius and Madagascar) QA and Process Specialist

Colombo, Colombo, Lk

• Oversight for the complete optimisation of the dye house and finishing processing units. Starting point was to base line the current production including time and motion studies, planning and end of Line QA results. Then, identified problem areas regarding the supply of raw materials, inefficiencies within production, projected production outputs vs. current outputs, enhancing production capacity to the business’s strategic goals and lastly identification of the largest QA problems and systematically tackling the issues prioritised by those having maximum impact within the shortest possible time.• Created business case for the investment of a production management system and successfully led the implementation of Sedo Orgatex Central Production System. Trained all users to be competent in all aspects including: digital stock management, utility and full production management, process and dispensing which included in-house planning and scheduling systems.• Successfully led the initiation of complete process engineering which delivered significant improvements aligned to measurable KPI’s. Included: reduced process time by 60%, water and chemical usage was also reduced by 50% and significantly increased capacity by 100% without any capital expenditure being spent. Delivered a cost optimisation of c.$2M per annum.• Critically assessed the existing Lean Management system and implemented sound adjustments to enhance the methodologies with a focus on seasonal demands and committed forecast orders.• Drove a culture of high performance through training and coaching new and existing personnel. Validated the BAT methodology alongside instilling a logical problem solving approach.• As a result of the performance and process optimisation the company turned a profit for the first time in 11 years.

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• Strategic oversight and successful direction of operational activities across several textile and peripheral factories with c.1000 staff, budget of $30M and a turnover of >$70M. Operational areas covered: Non-woven plant, several dyehouse, poly bag plant, knitting plant, weaving plant, coating and laminating plant, WTP and ETP.• Meticulously analysed all work flows/processes, stock control, head count, raw materials, stock holding and production planning in order to base line. Enhanced JIT (Just in Time) for raw materials. Reviewed and enhanced each sections production capacity to actual capacity which was the main driver behind complete change of the planning methodologies and implantation of an improved planning management programme. • Revised manpower budgets and shift patterns to accurately forecast short, medium and long term investment projections based on machinery, technology and staff training requirements. Leading on form this was which also lead to the review of costings for final product to customer.• Assessed and reformatted all SOP’s and SOC’s from purchasing through to dispatch which lead to full traceability (document flow) of each procedure throughout each of the production units, which in turn become one of the major sources of information for the continuous improvement programme.• Gained significant improvements including: Efficiencies increased to over 25%, production costs reduced by 45%, QA improved and reduced customer complaints by 60% and OTD (On time delivery) improved from 60-92%.• Key contributor to the product development team with technical team and fostered strong relationships with external customers based on delivery performance and product development.• Facilitated and chaired bi-monthly performance reviews and product development meetings with large retailers.

Singapore, Sg

In charge of technical services hub for Sub Sahara Africa, development, QA, Assessment of competitors products, technical trials and problem solver at customers throughout Sub Saharan Africa including Mauritius and Madagascar.

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

In charge of dyehouse, weaving, enameling and electroplating departments, together with utilities and water treatment systems.

Key account manager for several very large textile accounts in Durban South Africa, covering all sales, supply chain, marketing, GP's (gross profit) and technical applications. Across all substrates, all dyeing, printing and finishing methods.

This was a two year compulsory Army drafting, I was trained as a Combat medic and was operational for 14 months. Instructor for platoon medical training, levels of competency, administration of IC drains, incubation, insertion of drips, stabilization of patient in golden hour, casavac, triage etc..Cases handled, gunshots, bomb blasts, phosphorous burns and other battlefield related injuries.

Responsible for refurbishing or machine tools, namely lathes, milling machines, turret drills, bending rollers, presses, overhead cranes, mobile cranes, fork lifts etc. both electrically and mechanically.

Management Principles, Customer Relationships And Organisational Behavior

N.Dip Tex.Tech (Wet Processing), Organic, Polymer, Textile Chemistry, Dyeing And Printing Chemistry, Etc.

Nebosh National General Certificate, Occupational Health And Safety