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I specialise in developing and nurturing relationships with key clients in the automotive, aerospace, defence, and manufacturing/engineering sectors. Our notable clients include Jaguar Land Rover, Ford Motor Company, GE Aviation, GKN Aerospace, BSA Motorcycles, Royal Enfield, Dyson, Toyota, TVS, Tata Motors, and Warwick Manufacturing Group.I hold Cert IoD and Dip IoD qualifications in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors and am working towards achieving Chartered Director status.My role involves collaborating with Chief Executives, Chief Engineers, CEO's, COO's, Directors, business owners, and engineering professionals within OEMs, Tier 1 businesses, SMEs, and consultancy firms. I aim to establish long-term, mutually beneficial business partnerships. I actively engage with industry bodies such as SMMT, Make UK, MIA, and MAA, and participate in national and regional networking events. Since 2017, I have been a mentor with the Institute of Directors Mentoring Programme in collaboration with the University of Wolverhampton. I completed the SHL Personality and Ability Assessment Course and am now certified to administer, interpret, and provide feedback on ability tests and personality assessments that we utilise for the development of our consultants, and the assessment of candidates for our client assignments.My extensive automotive industry knowledge stems from my current role at Jonathan Lee Recruitment and my tenure at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). At JLR, I was part of the Plant Engineering team at Castle Bromwich, where I worked on facilities installations for new vehicle processes, logistics operations, and infrastructure development. Later, I joined the Manufacturing Business Strategy department, where I assessed strategic viability for vehicle production and provided detailed recommendations to Premier Automotive Group and Ford Motor Company.Earlier in my career at Jonathan Lee Recruitment, I successfully placed candidates with top-tier clients such as Jaguar Land Rover, TMETC, Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, MIRA, Moog, GE Aviation, Ultra PMES, Portakabin Group, and ZF Lemforder.Specialties:Placing technically and commercially biased candidates | Chief Engineer | Automotive Sales and Account Management | Project and Programme Management | Logistics Engineering | Materials Planning & Logistics | PMST Engineering | STA Engineering | Quality and Measurement | Catia V5 Design | Purchasing

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