Liam Keane Email & Phone Number

Little Island, Cork

Project Management• Take full responsibility for the projects as assigned by the operations Manager• Organize / participate in project meetings internal / external• Coordination of projects• Seek appropriate resources from the Operations Director and manage and coordinate their work • Create Project Gantt charts and other required project planning documentation• Work to guarantee profitability of the project• Ensure that the customer is constantly communicated with in terms of delivery schedule, changes, and delays• Ensure that changes and new requirements are handled in a structured and commercially viable way.• Work with the Operations Director to ensure flexibility to achieve the overall aims of the operations departmentProject profitability• Be responsible for the P&L of the projects assigned• Work with the finance manager to make sure that projects are reported on accurately• Ensure that there is a P&L summery and post mortem on all large projects • Identify ways that the company can learn from past projects, to become more profitable and have better delivery/qualityOrder receipts• Work with Operations Director in the allocation of projects to project management• Ensure that a proper handover of work from external sales to operations• Manage and organise the M3 meetings• Check conformity between order and quote

Little Island, Cork

I am currently manager of the Vision Project Delivery team managing a portfolio of diverse projects from point of sale through project delivery and validation. The team includes a mixture of engineers including software, vision and automation and covers all vision projects in UK and Ireland. The role involves coordinating all team efforts and facilitating reporting structures to all relevant parties to ensure full lines of communications are maintained. Project budget management and scope management are KPIs measured continuously.

Little Island, Cork

Crest Solutions Ltd. Little Island Cork Sales Support Engineer July 2014 – Present.Hired by Sales and Operations manager to fulfil engineering role in support of Sales function.The initial scope of role was to support sales team in generation of Vision system solution quotations for costumers to ensure both parties understand requirements. Role has developed in a short time to dealing directly with customers in sales capacity to ensure total customer satisfaction. In a short space of time we have increased sales process efficiency. This in turn will lead to a process where we can offer SLA on quotation time and in turn improved flexibility in design/review stage of process. I have also undertaken a Project Management role in smaller projects in order to support operations within the company. This role encompasses the complete lifecycle of a project from initial requirement gathering and sale to project execution and completion. In this role I have been lead in communicating between customer, external suppliers and partners and project delivery team to ensure delivery of projects on time and in budget

November 2009 - Present : Global Quality Engineering Programs • Reporting to Director of Global Quality EngineeringKey Responsibilities:• Develop and Deliver Lean Training model for ICC Operations.• Statistical Analysis of backlog performance for Global operations.• Quality lead as part of EMFP transition to Foxconn.• Deliver global factory quality improvements through BoB Forum.Key Accomplishments: Implemented Process improvements which resulted in overall cost savings of $1million for which I was awarded a Six Sigma Green Belt.• Outgoing Factory Quality Metric Standardisation across Dell factories and ODM’s.• Specified Quality Auditing capability• ICC Shipping capability improvements.May 2005 – November 2009: Supplier Quality Engineer• Reporting to Global Quality Engineering Senior ManagerKey Responsibilities:• EMEA team lead for Peripheral manufacturing in Europe.• Program Governance of sub tier Manufacturing Operations with Eastern Europe• Project Manager for High Complexity Enterprise transition• Transfer of Ownership from Dell managed to self-sufficient manufacturing• Metrics management to ensure Continuous Improvement Plans in place and drive process quality plans through Supplier management• SMT Steering Team reviewKey Accomplishments:• Delivered Flat Panel Manufacturing capability EMEA wide• Delivered 2 manufacturing facilities transition one Quarter ahead of schedule• Exceeded all ramp and quality goals as part of transition

Abbeyfeale Co. Limerick

• Recruited by the Company Directors, Mr. Michael O’ Shea and Mr. Kevin Mc Donnell to set up this Electronics Manufacturing Company in Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick• From August to October 2003, designed the plant layout and installed Air, Electricity and Services for two SMT lines, One Manual / Wave Line, Plated Through-hole Line and Several custom built Test Machines along with back-up areas to service same.• Started production in October to our main customer, Kostal Ireland Ltd., with four Operators and One SMT Line.• As Kostal have a “Zero Defect” philosophy which applies to all of their products, processes and services, I had to adapt same as an essential in securing the future of the company.• Total Satisfaction of our customers is highest in my priorities and I achieved this by fault free products and services, 100% punctuality and by friendly and competent co-operation with our customer’s employees.• In the short length of time STS have been in operation we have also achieved ISO 9000 standard and are currently seeking QS 9000 and TS16949.• At time of departure we had a full list of Operational Equipment and 25 Operators employed, here I am the Operations Manager with full responsibility for the entire Production Floor including Operators, Production, QA, Engineering and Planning.• I liaised with Management to ensure goals and targets are achieved on a weekly basis and seek new business within the Industry.

Process Support

• Leading & coaching Technicians to support ever changing business needs. Technicians are reviewed on a yearly basis. • Setting up an Automated Preventive Maintenance and spares package. This is used to schedule maintenance, record maintenance/ breakdowns & spares used on individual machines.• Tracking and reporting of all equipment and process downtime.• I am responsible for the selection of most of the manufacturing equipment and carry out installation of same.• Continue to work with vendors on service, spares pricing and applications on an ongoing basis.Introduction of many new customers to the Limerick plant as well as introducing new technologies such as Surface Mount Technology, BGA (ball grid array) & instructive-reflow to support customer’s needs.I have been called up on to act as a business owner to support production lines for a number of months that were performing poorly. It was a case going in to the area and identifying the issues, working with the team to change systems or process to deliver good product on time efficiently

National Technological Park, Limerick

Holyhill, Cork