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New Zealand

Looking after the OCE region for our current and upcoming innergy customers

Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

Managing the operations of Amazon's Largest last mile distribution centre in the UK.

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Responsible for supporting start up business growth of 15% month on month sustainably• Leading and growing the Production, Supply chain and Production engineering teams• Transforming the production team and technologies to reduce lead times from 55.2 days to 30• Responsible for the successful launch of multiple new products into production with a right first time approach• Assisting in gaining product compliance with medical 60601 certification• Sourcing and Implementing a full business ERP system for better information control and informed decision making• Tendering, designing and organising a full Office fitout and relocation project with zero downtime• Implementing a number of processes and structure changes to support business growth and whilst managing change• Creating and driving Continuous improvements and sourcing strategies to reduce CoGs by 10%• Controlled operations budgets and capital expenditure in line with company objectives• Headed sourcing and negotiation activities for all suppliers of both current and new products• Deployed engineering knowledge to anticipate unforeseen challenges and solve technically demanding challenges in initial production stages

Southampton, United Kingdom

• Selected to develop a production team within Northern Europe to support the strategic sourcing of products• Directing route cause analysis exercises to overcome and prevent further disruption of product supply to stores• Conducting end to end value chain analysis to provide cost breakdowns within product categories to scope opportunities for cost price reductions and value creation• Leading group projects across European buying offices to streamline workflows and ensure a consistent way of working• Advising design teams on unique products to ensure they are designed for manufacture• Benchmarking current and potential suppliers to ensure they have the technical capabilities to deliver products on time• Analysing manufacturing technologies and market trends to provide expertise in negotiation with vendors

Southampton, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the negotiation of contracts and pricing for paint vendors within Northern Europe totalling £250mill of spending• Focused on new vendor discovery to produce leverage in the supplier base and drive cost price reductions• Created group strategies to maximise the value chain of paint with a saving of £30mill• Supported supplier selection and negotiations for unified tenders in line with the group “One Kingfisher” strategy• Manage the day to day relationship of vendors ensuring clear communications for all stages of a product launch in store

Southampton

Joining the Southampton senior management team (SMT) to make key strategic decisions to drive the business forward and manage the change of culture at the plant. Accountabilities are: Responsible for delivering £10mill of sales per year whilst increasing operational metrics such as GM% by 4% OTD from 60% to 85%, scrap to sales 5.6% to 4.7% Managing a workforce of 100 staff with 10 direct reports including production, continuous improvement and maintenance Controlling capital expenditure across the site and putting forward business justification Working with union bodies and HR to re-write company handbook to keep in line with current legislation

Rugby

Accountable for driving health and safety culture changes throughout Rugby in line with Morgan Group strategies and improving site quality performance. Key responsibilities were: Leading and strengthening a cross functional and multi-skilled team of professional employees Analysing route cause for customer returns and instigating preventative actions Maintaining and host BSI audits for site industry standards. ISO9001, ISO13485, ISO18001 and ISO14001

Southampton, United Kingdom

My role was to manage two cells within a piezo cermics factory in Southampton. I was in charge of and line managed 22 operators and responsible for over 2 millions pounds worth of sales. As part of this role was a major reduction of arrears which started at 282K. By the end of my role i had successfully reduced the arrears down to 40K in 6 months and increased yeilds of certain products from 30% to 95% saving the company over 62K a year.

Part of the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS) which aims to recruit the military's future technical officers. During university I underwent leadership training and also took part in numerous adventurous training exercises which allowed me to gain numerous outdoor qualifications.

Master Of Mechanical Engineering Specialising In Advance Materials, Composites And Advance Materials, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Southampton University Canoe club, Montefiore Exile Rugby club

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