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Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Accountable for Supplier Technical Assistance and Procurement deliverables to the Halewood manufacturing site, with a focus on making supplier quality distruption invisible to the OEM facility. Porfolio spanning both current and future model vehicles, balancing a responsive approach with proactive to maximise cohesion with a global supply base.

United Kingdom

Deliver optimal launch performance to the OEM facility, driving supplier excellence both proactive and reactively. Interface directly with the OEM facility as the primary escalation point for all launch supplier quality disruptions.Drive new proactive initiatives to uplift supplier quality performance ahead of launches, capitalising on the department’s inter-launch capacity to drive APQP, PPAP in addition to other strategic or tactical workstreams.Champion cross-functional complex problem resolution, maintaining team resolute customer focus, merging traditional problem solving, Six Sigma, 8D, DMAIC, with an iterative agile approach increasing pace of delivery.

United Kingdom

· Managing strategic programs that span across Amazon’s entire supply chain; predominantly focused on Benchmarking activity within the EMEA region.· Spearheading new initiatives that enable growth, enhance processes, and lower costs for customers.· Building strong partnership with operations field leaders to identify impact of new business initiatives and successfully integrate and deploy them onsite.· Innovating to improve customer experience and remove costs from the network.· Analyzing and solving operational barriers with a focus on understanding root causes.· Managing backlog of programs and coordinating prioritisation with internal and external project owners.· Building new tools and metrics that help streamline daily operations.· Working with technology teams and product managers to develop new tools and systems to support the growth of the business.

United Kingdom

Working to diagnose and stabilise high hurt and chronic suppliers as per the OEMs QOS Escalation Procedure. This role can also involve specific secondments for isolated incidences where supply is threatened. A Supply Assurance Engineer will coordinate projects from directly within supplier facilities to fix either systemic or specific issues, to guarantee continued supply; both on time and to quality standards.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Working directly in the OEM Manufacturing facility, a successful SPQ Engineer will secure containment, corrective and prevent recurrence actions at pace in the form of either DMAIC or 8D Problem Solving. This role has the production teams in focus as the customer, prioritising their concerns with the supplier as per the QOS procedure. This role also involved supervising a team of engineers and inspectors directly responsible for the D0 - D2 Level Zero Triage process at point of detection. This also entailed responsibility for routine operations management including people development, KPI tracking etc. Communicating progress is an on-going demand, from working level Team Circles, 5F reviews, up to Vehicle Line Quality Reviews. Multi-stakeholder management and the ability to communicate at all levels is critical. Overall, success in this role demands agility and pragmatism to satisfy the continuous and fast pace of the manufacturing environment - with Quality and Delivery both of equal weighting.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Working as project engineer for both Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery, I delivered design improvements to directly improve warranty and plant delivery metrics.As part of the Plant Vehicle Team, I was responsible for specific exterior trim components and the extent to which they were designed for manufacture. I worked in cross-functional groups with production, process engineering, and supplier quality to define problems and approach root cause.

Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom

Serving as coordinator for one of WCM's 10 technical pillars, it is my job as PD Pillar Leader to drive training within the manufacturing environment with a clear priority driven by losses within the plant. Using various tools from both Japanese lean manufacturing material and benchmarking from within CNHi and FCA, I unsure that all KPI's and KAI's are targeted. In this way the manufacturing teams are optimally equipt with the knowledge needed to attack their departmental losses.

Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom

This job role divides into two main responsibilities; supporting logistics and supporting production with continuous improvement.Working directly with production matters, it is my focus to make the manufacturing environment leaner, with less waste. This is in line with the FCA and CNH World Class Manufacturing program. I concentrate my efforts towards Workplace Organisation (WO) solutions which reduce Non-Value Added Activities, Variation and so on. Using Kaizen based tools I deliver solutions such as kitting areas, tooling stations, JIT/JIS, error proofing devices etc. Additionally, I coordinate the Autonomous Maintenance Pillar (AM), with the goal of achieving zero machine breakdowns plant-wide.When supporting logistics, I have used tools such as PFEP, Kaizen and Value Stream Mapping to improve logistical flows and reduce inventory. Aside from these proactive projects, I assist in reactive projects such as material forecasting and supply chain management during challenging times for the department.

West Wickham, Greater London

Supervising colleges, handling customer complaints, driving sales, fitting automotive products and merchandising.

Essex, Uk

• Reviewing components through PFMEA, DOE, PPAP, SQP and RCA methods. • Visiting and managing supplier’s performance regarding a range of quality issues in the UK and overseas.• Ensuring that containment actions are implemented rapidly and are perused with robust corrective action soon after.• Implementing the 8 stages of incoming material with suppliers ensuring that process control is achieved as soon as possible.• Implementing pilot acceleration plans for management systems as part of the WCM lean manufacturing platform.• Executing continuous improvement projects through the Kaizen approach following P-D-C-A logic. • Assisting with Focused Improvement (lean) activities in the main plant. • Working with Cost Deployment to help ensure site implementation project plans are met in conjunction with Department heads.• Assisting with improvement projects in the areas of Autonomous Maintenance, Focused Improvement, Workplace Organisation and Logistics.• Helping to provide training in continuous improvement techniques• Analysing and collating data on manufacturing break downs and the preparation of statistics and Pareto reports. • Undertaking problem-solving to determine and correct the root causes of equipment break downs/quality issues/safety issues.

London, United Kingdom

Overseeing like for like sales delivery which have been achieved since my appointment at this role. My role also included managing customer satisfaction and ensuring that customer service issues were addressed as customer service is at the forefront of any retail business.

London, United Kingdom

I designed a new website, logo and marketing campaign for this business and managed to triple sales turnover. I also reviewed and adapted the methods of cleaning making them more lean and efficient for both the customers and company itself.www.ComputaCleanLondon.co.uk

London, United Kingdom

Whilst working for Tyre Trax Ltd I would fit parts to vehicles such as; tyres, brakes, exhausts along with carrying out general servicing procedures. Health and safety compliance was essential whilst working in an environment with various hazards and heavy machinery.

1St Class Bachelor’S Degree, Automotive Engineering Bsc (Hons), 1St Class Honours

Activities and Societies: IET IMechEThick Sandwich Degree encompassing a vigorous foundation year and an invaluable industrial placement.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Statistics, Green Belt

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt through the JLR approved SSA program. Unlike many Six Sigma qualifications, the SSA course mandates completion.

A Level, Business Studies

A Level, Sociology

A Level, Ict

Agile Scrum Master, 80%