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Malmesbury, Gb

Development of the skills and mindset to lead strategic change in complex organisational and societal contexts. Developed knowledge of the foundations, and contemporary theories and challenges of strategy, change and leadership. Shaped my awareness of leadership considerations in complex social, environmental and economic challenges. Dissertation focused on researching and building knowledge of how women successfully navigate career progression barriers resulting from gender-bias, to progress onto the first rung of leadership. Assignments developed knowledge depth in neuroscience of change, macro and micro considerations in strategy, systems thinking, paradoxical thinking and dealing with ambiguity in leadership.

Malmesbury, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for Dyson Haircare's 7-year product portfolio.Actualised the next stage of growth for Dyson Haircare. Conceived new product propositions, leveraging competitor, consumer and market data and insights. Developed product claims, in collaboration with Verification, Legal and Quality functions. Owned the project business cases, developed in collaboration with Finance and Go-to-Market functions.Presented and aligned portfolio and product proposals with Directors and C-Suite Executives. Ensured alignment of innovation and product pipelines, delivering portfolio and product level requirements into the technology roadmap and programme planning.

Responsible for defining and leading strategic programmes for Dyson's Haircare category, within the Commercial Product Planning function, focused on Commercial strategies to increase revenue and elevate customers experiences.Led multiple programmes during a pivotal period of growth for the Haircare portfolio, aligning all business functions with the businesses strategic direction. Defined and activated business alignment of Haircare's technology tiering strategy, unlocking product ranging scalability whilst reducing shopper journey complexity. Defined and mobilised the future of Haircare customisation. Navigated conflicting stakeholder requirements and end-to-end considerations and defined a robust requirements for implementation at a global scale, across Direct digital and retail channels.Pioneered the Haircare Attachments strategy to drive revenue growth from the existing problematic range. Planned optimal launch windows for new attachments, and end of life for existing. Identified operational efficiency improvements and defined the principles of the attachments' portfolio role to support regional and channel strategies, and future innovation.

Responsible for leading multiple Design Engineering systems teams; development of team culture, engineering capability and strategic ways of working to enable efficient development and robust delivery of the product pipeline. Led teams of engineers across multiple product categories to develop innovative and robust solutions to complex product engineering challenges. Successfully built high performing teams in new functional areas, supporting the realisation of new product categories for Dyson. Managed and encouraged employees' career development through coaching and mentoring, career and succession planning, goal setting and performance evaluations. Developed and executed a global training programme to guarantee consistent competency of core engineering skills. Met ambitious top-down recruitment targets. Actively drove more inclusive recruitment practices to increase team diversity.

Responsible for leading multiple Design Engineering sub-system teams; delivery of robust solutions on time, specification, quality and cost. Established new engineering capability to enable the successful development of the V11 Stick Vacuum's novel Displayed Runtime feature. Pioneered the pivot to feature-led ways of working within Dyson, achieved alignment with Research, New Product Innovation and Software functions to accelerate time to market for new digital and intelligence features. Responsible for technical and career development of employees.

Msc, Strategy, Change And Leadership, Merit

Bsc (Hons), Product Design

A-Levels In Maths, Physics And Design Technology