Working for the world's largest FMCG business within Personal Care and managing end to end, packaging project program, for the world's largest brands across North Africa, Middle East and Turkey Responsible for landing globally lead and regional NPD projects within the Arabia MarketWorking cross functionally with e.g, marketing, procurement, supply chain, design resource, consumer research, process engineering, internal global packaging partners and external third party suppliersPlanning, executing and validating packaging trials at WCM plant i.e testing new PM resins, master-batches qualifying new and repeat injection and blow moulded parts, corrugates and other PM components Revising and creating new technical specifications for packaging components Working collaboratively, embracing TPL skills, with internal business partners/stakeholders to bring to life the packaging ambitions to delivery best practice engineering and packaging innovations Proactively working with the local plant, on sustainable, line efficiency (LEAN) and cost saving projects Initiating material codes and generating regional BOMS using SAP, BPM & PLM for al PM/RM materials Creating optimised pallet patterns using CAPEPACK and approval of regional artwork for global brandsContributing to 5s and Sustainability agenda for current and future initiativesPresenting monthly updates to the R&D director on innovation, 5s and sustainability, business financials and packaging target plans Maximising opportunities, focussing on competitive business growth, sharing solutions to improve GMUsing digital tools I.e PowerBi, ELN, FMEA, Microsoft Power Apps, Biovia throughout projects to understand and evaluate experiments

Hydrostatic and destructive pressure, torque, gauss testing on company products, results used to compare against competitor products. Investigating and life cycle testing products. Presenting results in Designing CNC, metal fabrication and plastic injection moulded parts. report and visual form. Producing test reports, up-issuing current/new drawings, BoM’s and Engineering Change Requests. Using Solidworks parts, assemblies and drawings on a daily basis. Conducting FEA on product design to understand, displacements stress/strains and flow dynamics of water. Responsible for producing rendered product images for web, product packaging and drawings worldwide. 3D animation videos, in Solidworks & Keyshot Pro. 3D printing in-house using SLA and SLS machines.

Contracting work on multiple chocolate design projects, assisted with designing chocolate for the worldwide market including Russia, Germany and Spain. Conceptual sketching chocolate mould designs. Using CAD to transform realistic concepts into feasible designs. 3D printing concepts & post finishing prototypes Welcoming visitors, handling customer inquiries, emailing and calling customers and suppliers for advice and meeting arrangements. Understanding a chocolate mould and integrating efficient methods. Additional duties, including raising PO’s and RFQ’s on parts from local and overseas suppliers.

Providing concepts sketches and definitive design drawings according to the brief and specifications.Project Managing & Planning Suggesting innovative technical solutions & products to the team.Research & Sources new innovative materials.Testing design concepts using samples and prototyping.Producing costing & BOM's.Providing drawings of all components and assembly.Producing product testing and PSI documentation for the products. Modifying designs and specifications according to the feedback on new and existing Manfrotto & Lastolite products.

Viewing live projects from around the world & understanding HS codes. Assigned to a training plan provided by the company and worked in each department on a weekly basis such as HR, Finance & Logistics, Marketing, Rapid Prototyping & Tooling, Technical Estimation Team, CNC Programming, Vacuum Casting, ISO9001 & Quality Control. Visited suppliers across China to gain an understanding on manufacturing methods such as: Pressure Die Casting, Plastic Injection Moulding, EDM, Anodising & Electroplating. Great understanding on Supply Chain Management and Design for Manufacture (DFM)Attending company presentations conducted by the CEO and worked on design projects. Introduced to Star Prototype’s partners & new clients from all over the world on a daily basis.

As part of the international design experience, in my spare time I travelled across China. Learning Mandarin and building contacts on a daily basis.Visited Chinese manufacturers: Fuguang Lighting Co Ltd, Newcomer Bags & Johnson Controls Shanghai. Balancing multiple design projects. Team working when designing products for the Chinese market. Communicating and presenting new innovative to clients on a weekly basis. Lilan Winery Co Ltd / Fuguang Lighting Technology Co Ltd / YTL Electronics Co Ltd / Newcomer Bags Co Ltd.

Industries project which involved one to one meetings with the CEO as part of a university module. Transforming concepts with thorough development during the design phase. Experimenting with various wood types, to produce 3D scale models. Balancing concepts and working to tight presentation deadlines. Successfully presented the final designs to the CEO ready for manufacturing.Company tour & understanding relevant manufacturing practices in order to consider within the design & development process. Understanding manufacturing constraints & taking into consideration design impacts.