Lead Account Manager with responsibility for Jaguar Land Rover and Volvo Truck and Construction customers.Commercial responsibility and key contact to customer Purchasing team for current production and forward model cross-carline Instrument clusters on Jaguar Land Rover Account (revenue of $95m in 2021) and forward model products on the Volvo Truck/Construction Accounts.Managed customer relationship to ensure resolution to commercial issues whilst protecting Visteon… Show more Lead Account Manager with responsibility for Jaguar Land Rover and Volvo Truck and Construction customers.Commercial responsibility and key contact to customer Purchasing team for current production and forward model cross-carline Instrument clusters on Jaguar Land Rover Account (revenue of $95m in 2021) and forward model products on the Volvo Truck/Construction Accounts.Managed customer relationship to ensure resolution to commercial issues whilst protecting Visteon interests.Responded to Customer Design Change Requests and negotiated pricing/tooling/engineering to maximise Visteon margin. Show less

Account Manager for Driver Information products including clusters and Head Up Displays within Ford of Europe Account Team. Full Commercial responsibility and single point of contact for customer Purchasing team on Ford Europe Account for instrument clusters, cluster displays and Head Up Displays.Secured sourcing of fully digital cluster business on latest generation Ford Europe passenger carline programs with an annual revenue of over $135m in 2020.Led new business RFI/RFQ… Show more Account Manager for Driver Information products including clusters and Head Up Displays within Ford of Europe Account Team. Full Commercial responsibility and single point of contact for customer Purchasing team on Ford Europe Account for instrument clusters, cluster displays and Head Up Displays.Secured sourcing of fully digital cluster business on latest generation Ford Europe passenger carline programs with an annual revenue of over $135m in 2020.Led new business RFI/RFQ responses ensuring corporate KPI targets were met.Managed customer relationship to ensure commercial issue resolution whilst protecting Visteon interests.Co-ordination of cost and timing from Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Logistics departments in response to customer program volume changes.Responded to Customer Design Change Requests, providing breakdowns and negotiating pricing/tooling/engineering to maximise Visteon margin.Led Annual productivity negotiations, payment of outstanding claims, tooling and engineering costs.Maintained annual and long term customer revenue forecasts using Sales Planning and Tracking tools. Show less

Co-ordinated the new business pursuits at a time when the Automotive Components Division of Ford was being spun off into an Independent Commercial Entity.Worked closely with Account Manager to respond to new quotes/design changes on existing products.Responsibility to pursue new business both within and outside of Ford Motor Company.

Worked on the launch of the new Ford Focus in Europe and North America with responsibility for the powertrain components and point of interface to other departments in Ford such as calibration/emissions, testing and manufacturing.Member of Ford Launch team in Germany during prototype build phase of Ford Focus to ensure powertrain control system functioned and passed End of Line test. Represented Powertrain Applications team in component issue resolution.Supported hot and cold climate… Show more Worked on the launch of the new Ford Focus in Europe and North America with responsibility for the powertrain components and point of interface to other departments in Ford such as calibration/emissions, testing and manufacturing.Member of Ford Launch team in Germany during prototype build phase of Ford Focus to ensure powertrain control system functioned and passed End of Line test. Represented Powertrain Applications team in component issue resolution.Supported hot and cold climate vehicle testing trips to ensure powertrain components functioned under all operating conditions. Show less

Graduate Engineer (following Sponsorship through University) working on the software and hardware development of a Communications System for a Merlin helicopter.