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Cheltenham, Gb

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

Senior Project Manager, responsible for delivering projects from concept through to completion for customers in the Aerospace & defence sector as well as internal R&D projects. Working with global multi-disciplinary teams to engineer and manufacture products in a regulated environment and reporting key milestones to Senor leadership teams.

Cheltenham, Gloucerstershire, Uk

Responsible for managing specialist products from concept to launch working with design, engineering, production and marketing to see rapid deployment of new products in line with high stakeholder expectations.Being the centre-point between R&D in the UK, Head Office in the US, production in China and our general sales and marketing operations positioned worldwide. Reporting directly to the CTO and CEO of the business while maintaining an overview of the day-to-day position of all other relevant departments.Parallel to the above, instrumental in the implementation of change-management in our standard business processes to accommodate the necessary structural improvements required in a fast growing business.

Worcester, United Kingdom

Multitasking by managing several projects as well as compiling both technical & commercial proposals. This involved costing, writing of technical specifications and negotiating both with suppliers and potential customers.

Worcester, United Kingdom

Managing 20+ projects within the Automotive, Defence & Aerospace industry totaling over £7M, this included projects for Northrop Grumman and Aston Martin.Running in tandem both a 4 man team of project managers and responsibility for a variety of projects within the Aerospace, Defence and Automotive Industry. These projects are based worldwide. Also responsible for tracking overall project trading with direct financial reporting to the Board. Additional roles include process improvements and managing weekly review meetings for all projects. I also work closely with the Proposals Department to ensure firm proposals are commercially sound.

Involved in liaising with individuals within Engineering, Services, Purchasing and Production departments in order to compile both a technical and commercial proposal. Within this role I worked towards improving supply chain issues such as costs and lead-time.Customers include VW Group, British Aerospace, Dalian Marine Diesel, Piaggio, Northrop Grumman.

Various Global

Froude Hofmann, Worcester, UKCreated and implemented product build manuals. Part of the core team responsible for the company-wide shift towards Lean manufacturing methodologies. This role had a secondary purpose driving improvements in both environmental and design functions. (April 2007 – October 2007)Marelli Motori SpA, Vicenza, ItalyEmployed in the Logistics and Outsourcing Departments. Responsibilities included updating monthly action plans, price lists and determining parameters to manage goods without the Bill Of Materials. (November 2007 – April 2007)FKI Logistex AP&P Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, USACreation of proposal documents and training literature. Performed duties as the sole responsible for Equipment Order facilitation at FKI Logistex Postal Systems. (April 2006 – October 2006)FKI Logistex Plc. Warehouse & Distribution, Kettering, UKDuring this placement I worked on a capacity planning tool and as part of a small team involved in designing an automated warehouse for Wincanton. (October 2005 – April 2006)

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Materials Engineering

Activities and Societies: President of Sri Lankan Society DanceSport - Represented University at national level. Minor role in UK tourism.

Education record

London A-Levels Athletics Team Member