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Arlesey, Gb

Europe

Leading the Quick Release Consulting team to deliver value to our clients.Some Project Highlights:Rolls Royce UK: Repairs flowline improvements - Lead a cross-functional partnership to deliver improvements to both cycle time and volume of repair schemes for jet engines. >30% improvement valued at £4million year on year revenue if sustained.Bugatti-Rimac Croatia: NPI creation Lead the creation and implementation of the NPI process for the joint venture as well as starting change control - On time and to budget.Ford EU: Special Vehicles: Identified a series of improvements to reduce the time to deliver custom content for commercial vehicles by 3 months.

Europe

Leading consulting engagements for strategically important projects across Europe for Quick Release Automotive.Production lead for 3x scale up of small manufacturing facility ~ £1.5m pa margin increaseAgile delivery lead for global OEM - defining KPI's & delivering reporting to cover ~ £160m pa value in aftersalesSupply chain data setup & lead for 300x production scale up of a medical device to support UK government C-19 initativeCustomer insight lead for a key government product (>20m Users)Process definition and deployment for bespoke content in a low volume supercar manufacturer.

Global

Leading consulting projects and teams of consultants for Quick Release Automotive to deliver real value for our clients.Including:Ford Motor Company: Dealer Availability ToolLead a team of consultants and developers in requirements gathering, project management and delivery of a prototype tool for commercial vehicle service agents. Re-purposing existing organisational data to inform recovery operations of the right dealer to recover a vehicle to to minimize downtime for the customer.DHSC: Customer experience Insight and Analysis Lead (G7) - Test and TraceWorking across departments & the NHS to understand and remove impediments to uptake of the test and trace service. Leading a small team of analysts to develop appropriate KPI's and reporting on the Test, Trace, Isolate customer journey. Co-authoring policy recommendations & prioritizing analysis initiatives.Ventilator Challenge UK: https://www.ventilatorchallengeuk.com/My roles:Supply chain Data lead:Unleashing the supply chain:Facilitated maximum efficiency from limited number of specialist planners by ensuring live, transparent data collated from multiple sources available and consistent across all consortium partners. Used this data to rapidly model different scenarios through highly accurate but lightweight simulations and inform remedial actions before problems became problems.Scrappage Lead:Scrappage management process defined and implemented to proactively manage the receiving, reviewing and returning of over one million parts. Standardised labelling system and mobile-friendly stock tool developed to reduce backlog and handling times.Data Decommissioning & Stock Take:Leading the data side to return Penlon to BAU. Coordinating the results of the stock take for finance.

United Kingdom And Worldwide

Line manager for UK region with progression and developmental responsibilities for a cross functional team of project analysts. I also act as a PDM consultant & project manager on a number of high impact automotive projects. My responsibilities include:Developing and delivering trainingCoachingPastoral supportProgression reviewsSupporting quality improvement across the UK regionDelivering consultancy projects, including scoping, assessment & implementationStakeholder management and client relations

United Kingdom And Usa

Automotive product data management specialist and process improvement consultant with Quick Release Automotive - the product data professionals.Working with global OEMs and Suppliers to manage and interrogate data more effectively and give engineers their time back.Projects:McLaren Project Generator: (7 weeks) Process and tool improvements to Headcount, program spend and timing forecasting in product development. Specifying and developing robust forecasting methodologies that are tailored to the needs of the business and informed by both expert opinion and historic data. Ford Global prototype process improvement: (5 Months)Prototype excellence program - led from Dearborn MI USA. Focusing on improvement of lead time, data quality and prioritization of build steps throughout the prototype build process. Created reference material based on historic data to inform and guide prototype planning. Creating custom tools to both support and improve the current supplier to Engineer communication structure. Working cross functionally at all seniority levels to support prototype builds globally.

Essex

Project Analyst specializing in weight change management for Ford Motor Company. Based at the Dunton technical center in Essex.Took a leading role in the development and implementation of new weight change tracking processes for a global OEM, including developing metrics and tools which are now taken up on multiple programs worldwide. I acted as a SME for the Weight change process globally with particular focus on the Transit van - the worlds most popular van and Tourneo. Automotive product data management specialist- Understanding complex systems, making them work better and ensuring the quality and maturity of vitally important manufacturing data.I work face to face with clients, report to senior management, instigate process improvement and build custom data analysis tools and dashboards.

London, United Kingdom

My responsibilities include managing a budget, setting a curriculum for key stages 1-4, implementing computing/ computer science GCSE, advising on use of assistive technology, teaching digital safety and coordinating CPD for staff. During my time I also took a lead in designing a new multi purpose computing suite and implementing a virtual learning environment for the school.I also spent some time teaching!

London, United Kingdom

Temporary contract running the Psychology department. Responsibilities included managing a budget and resources and supporting students through the AQA A- specification for GCSE. We had a successful set of results and increased the intake into the subject going forward.

Uk

Supporting and training primary and secondary school teachers to deliver the new computing curriculum. Helping develop resources and interactive activities to up-skill staff and boost confidence delivering new material.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Research assistant for the Experimental Psychology department of the University of Bristol. My research focused on modelling and predicting eye-movement behavior using statistical computer models in SPSS, MatLab and Python. I presented data regularly and developed strong presentation skills as well as scientific and analytical writing. I ran participant trials from beginning to end including experimental design, programming the equipment, recording and reporting the data and summarizing research findings. I gained a significant experience in using the Eyelink eye-tracking equipment and it's associated toolboxes for MatLab.

Bachelor'S Degree /Ma (Hons), Experimental Psychology

Activities and Societies: Head of college music society. Member of the Oxford Union. Experimental psychology college representative..

High School, A-Level: Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Philosophy, Psychology, As-Level: Politics, A-Level: A A A A A As-Level: A