At Techmarkets I oversaw a turnover increases of 43% whilst reducing cost of sales by nearly 20%. This was achieved predominantly by efficiency improvements in the following areas: • cycle times - achieving a 53% reduction in the best case and averaging 30% reduction across 150 tools• OEE improvements of 27%• Labour reduction of 16% via implementation of automation • Negotiated with current material suppliers and sought out new suppliers to reduce material costs by 15% • Established a good relationship with suppliers and customers

• Organising work load, allocating tasks for my team on a daily basis. • Managing team and individual performance. • Ensure professionalism & high quality is continually maintained. • Identifying areas of the business where improvements can be made. • Scheduling staffing levels, planning for holiday and weekend cover. • Training of new staff & identifying training requirements of existing staff. • Ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety guidelines.

As one of two lead technicians I was responsible for automation of various jobs around the factory (including maintenance of robots and design/construction of end of arm tooling), training members of the setting team, and trouble-shooting processing issues. I was part of the team that was responsible for formulating and implementing a continuous improvement plan for the mould shop and I also worked closely with the tool room staff on the continuous improvement plan for tooling.

Performing Tool changes in a SMED enviroment, , responsible for quality control of all products leaving my production cell • Reduced scrap rates by up to 35% on a number of products• Improved cycle times by up to 19% • Conducting tool trials

Weekend shift Supervisor I was responsible for the tool change schedule and production planning as well as supervising and motivating my team.• Negri Bossi and Toshiba machines• Negri bossi /ATM 6 axis robots• Hot foil printing

Setting machines to run to the target cycle time while maintaining set quality standards. Tool changes and troubleshooting processing issues. As I improved my knowledge of the injection moulding process I moved on to do the majority of tool trials for the company. • Negri bossi, Sandretto and Battenfeld machines from 60t up to 1800t