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United Kingdom

Tubney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Leading a strategic programme to implement new integrated ERP, CRM and PLM systems into the business including the post go-live support and the ongoing continuous improvement.Current live sites includes manufacturing and sales/service operations in Germany, UK and USA, with active projects in the UK, Finland and Japan. Responsibility for the central Business Systems Analysts, Process Owners and SME’s and a network of third party software and consultancy partners.

Leading a strategic programme to implement a new ERP system into the business, including the business change required to adopt the new system throughout the group.

Interim position to lead the supply chain ramp up of a hand held laser analyser following the acquisition of a technology company in order to ensure component supply to support a 400% increase in the customer demand.

Responsible for the promotion of a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence and sharing of lean principles and best practice manufacturing techniques throughout the global operating businesses within the group. Lead and support strategic and large capital projects including a $6.5m capacity increase project within the Superconducting wire manufacturing facility in New Jersey US as part of a strategic objective to increase capacity by doubling the Lot size and reduction… Show more Responsible for the promotion of a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence and sharing of lean principles and best practice manufacturing techniques throughout the global operating businesses within the group. Lead and support strategic and large capital projects including a $6.5m capacity increase project within the Superconducting wire manufacturing facility in New Jersey US as part of a strategic objective to increase capacity by doubling the Lot size and reduction in batch change over times. Show less

High Wycombe

An internal secondment to the Nano Analysis business within Oxford Instruments businesses (£60M annual revenue) to lead a team of 60 and ensure all operational KPI's were maintained during the external recruitment of a permanent Operations Director.Functional responsibility for customer order entry, planning, scheduling, sourcing, procurement, inventory and manufacturing management, export and logistics. Also, Quality system and health and safety compliance plus facilities management.

Develop a 3 year strategy for the design, sourcing of Electronics PCBA’s and Electronics based products and implement across a diverse range of operating business with the group, with responsibility for >£20M of annual spend.Lead the transfer of a complex handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Analyser product to a contract manufacturer in Malaysia, coordinating between core technology design centres in Espoo, Finland and California, USA. Built relationships with the Finnish team members to… Show more Develop a 3 year strategy for the design, sourcing of Electronics PCBA’s and Electronics based products and implement across a diverse range of operating business with the group, with responsibility for >£20M of annual spend.Lead the transfer of a complex handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Analyser product to a contract manufacturer in Malaysia, coordinating between core technology design centres in Espoo, Finland and California, USA. Built relationships with the Finnish team members to enable their “buy in” and take accountability for the ongoing relationship with the contract manufacturer in Malaysia after the transition.In partnership with a Malaysian contract manufacturing supplier, developed their Configure to Order and Direct Order Fulfilment capabilities and then transferred own complex XRF application specific calibration and configuration process to Malaysia, delivering annualised saving of over £1m (~15%) PPVLed the early adoption of a partially outsourced electronics design strategy, as part of a pilot project to later be adopted across the group in order to reduce Time To Market. Show less

Development of three Service and Support packages resulting in £500K annual revenue (10% of annual product revenue) with a 40 % margin for a captive academic/research Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation machine.20% cost reduction of a large scale DNP Superconducting magnet based product through a value engineer project to reduce cost and improve manufacturability based on supply cells manufacturing sub assemblies to facilitate a short final assembly and test operation. Lead the… Show more Development of three Service and Support packages resulting in £500K annual revenue (10% of annual product revenue) with a 40 % margin for a captive academic/research Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation machine.20% cost reduction of a large scale DNP Superconducting magnet based product through a value engineer project to reduce cost and improve manufacturability based on supply cells manufacturing sub assemblies to facilitate a short final assembly and test operation. Lead the operations team in the material sourcing, purchasing and production resource planning for the manufacture of the company’s pioneering Superconducting DNP polariser. Show less

A 12 month project to reduce prime cost by 30% cost reduction of a Bench Top Low Resolution NMR product resulting in an annual saving of £350kThis included leading a redesign project for the electronics to increase testability and first time pass yield and to create comprehensive documentation packages to allow competitive tender and subsequent re-sourcing to allow the business to focus on its niche core competencies or RF Probe manufacturing, system assembly of homogeneous permanent… Show more A 12 month project to reduce prime cost by 30% cost reduction of a Bench Top Low Resolution NMR product resulting in an annual saving of £350kThis included leading a redesign project for the electronics to increase testability and first time pass yield and to create comprehensive documentation packages to allow competitive tender and subsequent re-sourcing to allow the business to focus on its niche core competencies or RF Probe manufacturing, system assembly of homogeneous permanent magnets, plus the final assembly and specific customer calibration configurations. Show less

Responsible for 6 direct reports with a total headcount of 45 staff with annual revenue of £50M.Project managed the transition of the Trans-cranial and Vascular Diagnostics manufacturing business (additional £5M annual sales) from Bristol into the Old Woking Facility as part of a factory consolidation programme. Including product structures, materials and production planning, vendor integration and rationalisation, production resourcing, ramp up and stabilisation whilst maintaining… Show more Responsible for 6 direct reports with a total headcount of 45 staff with annual revenue of £50M.Project managed the transition of the Trans-cranial and Vascular Diagnostics manufacturing business (additional £5M annual sales) from Bristol into the Old Woking Facility as part of a factory consolidation programme. Including product structures, materials and production planning, vendor integration and rationalisation, production resourcing, ramp up and stabilisation whilst maintaining compliance with the required quality and regulatory standards (ISO9001 and FDA GMP/CFR820.21)Built an organisational structure to fulfil our customer expectations and SLA whilst achieving quarterly business revenue targets.Reorganisation of the production facility built on a Lean philosophy incorporating 5S principles and other best practice business process controls and visual management techniques.Develop the leadership skills of my direct reports; the Production Manager, Production Team Leaders, Materials Manager and Production Engineering Manager. Show less

Btec Certificate In Management Studies, Management

Btec Onc/Hnc, Electronics And Electrical Engineering

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