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Managed and led medium sized business projects including extensions of existing performance capture solutions.Collaborated with business SMEs and stakeholders at all levels - from end users to senior leadership. Assisted in defining, planning and preparing ERP project capital requests.Mentorship, training and support of new Business Analysts sharing best practice to improve the overall quality.

Key member of the team who successfully planned, configured, and deployed an ERP into a manufacturing environment. Conducted power, key and end user training as well as integration with existing processes.Requirement gathering, support and testing for a custom, cloud-based performance monitoring solution for a manufacturing facility with the potential to unlock millions of pounds worth of revenue. Knowledge of SQL, Kusto query languages and extensive interaction with multiple stakeholders.Support of existing systems and regular communication with our BI teams to further extract and analyse data to get an understanding of current performance, which can then be the basis of future improvements.Researching and reviewing business processes and new IT advancements to improve our existing systems or explore their potential for use in a manufacturing environment.

Responsible for maintaining several systems including the operations shared areas and the production monitoring system for which I am recognised as a super user within the wider Greencore Group.Supported the operations teams with targeted, granular and shift specific data to drive top loss and efficiency improvements.Conducted several improvement projects, one of which was the successful standardisation of SOPs and layered confirmation system to ensure continuous improvement within the factory.

Maintained and updated safety and environment management systems as well as ensured continued adherence to the 18001 standard. Ensured compliance with all relevant safety, health and environmental legislation.Conducted accident investigations, risk assessments, safety inspections as well as fire alarm and sprinkler system testing. Also wrote and reviewed safe operating procedures for machinery and tasks within the factory.Environmental projects: was project lead for lighting replacement within the factory which saved a substantial cost yearly. Have worked on other environment projects including water metering for CHP viability.Liaised with internal and external stakeholders which included government bodies such as the Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive as well as local residents.

Launch Champion where I was responsible for ensuring successful product launches - communicating with different teams, briefings, planning events and coordinating during launch weekends.

My introduction to food manufacturing, after spending 2 days working in every department to gain a ground up understanding of the business I spent the next 6 months supporting the planning and buying team. Within several weeks I was creating production plans and coordinating with operations to ensure the departments were adequately served.

General Certificate, Occupational Health And Safety, Credit

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History, 2:1

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