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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Cambridge, GB

Cambridge, GB

Cambridge, GB

Cambridge, Cambs, GB

Responsible for all aspects of manufacturing and procurement within Polatis, including strategy, change management, process automation and cost reduction. Day-to-day management of the customer sales order cycle, planning, purchasing and production. Member of the Polatis senior management team with additional responsibilities for IT and facilities.

GB

Led a team of 250 staff working 5 shifts 24/7 within injection moulding industry, producing high precision medical and consumer devices with cleanroom environment for demanding major international customers.

Created manufacturing function for internal start-up within Marconi Applied Technologies, achieved ISO9001 certification and optical amplifier sales of $1m/month within 3 months. Developed team, introduced lean-manufacturing techniques and a custom Manufacturing Execution System to manage product variety with a minimum batch size of 1. Championed.

Leadership of all manufacturing teams within Lincoln factory, satellite site of Marconi Applied Technology (now E2V), reporting directly to Chelmsford. Teams produced specialised microwave products for government, marine and automotive customer base. Introduced modern manufacturing techniques and new leadership style to traditional environment.

As Production Engineering Manager, led a team of production and test engineers. Introduced process and test automation, transferred production of new products from Germany to the UK, and from the UK to a contract manufacturer in China.As Production Manager ran a team of 150 staff working 24/5 manufacturing fire alarm products. Reorganised production teams.

Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP

Studied Japanese manufacturing techniques at first hand.

Education record

Bachelor & Master Of Engineering (Meng), Manufacturing Engineering (Also Included Electronics & Mechanical Engineering)