Mark Lambert Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

After nearly 19 years with PerkinElmer I decided I needed a career break, spend some quality time with the family, do some travelling for pleasure rather than work, enjoy life whilst we can. I will be back into the game at some point, with the right company, culture and work life balance.

Shelton, CT, US

• Responsible for leading the worldwide instrument manufacturing facilities for Life Sciences Global Operations, a portfolio of approx. $200M, with an inventory spend of approx. $150M reporting to the Senior Vice.
• Developed and implemented strategic and tactical plans in line with corporate goals, footprint optimisation.
• Delivered operational excellence across the sites whilst continuing as the Divisional Operations Director for the sole UK manufacturing facility, A key member of PerkinElmer's Global Operations Leadership Team.

Shelton, CT, US

• UK Site Director responsibility for the wellbeing of over 180 people, manufacturing of Life Science and Environmental Health instrumentation products whilst developing and implementing the strategic and tactical plans.
• Developed strong working relationships with 5 worldwide R&D sites and strategic suppliers to drive NPI’s that meet quality, cost, technology, growth and delivery objectives.
• Increased key production output by 45% and expand prime margins by 5% through a combination of lean, supply chain and quality initiatives.
• Mobilised a broad organisation of 80 technicians/engineers and 60 other professionals at the UK manufacturing facility in Llantrisant, South Wales to deliver outstanding results for the business.
• Developing intercompany relationships with Global Business development teams / intercompany partnerships resulting in increased sales through utilisation of current routes to market with other divisions.
• Drove a culture of Safety through a strategy that focused accountability and behavioural based safety initiatives.

Shelton, CT, US

• Promoted to drive transformational change at the UK Manufacturing site effectively upskilling in preparation for future technical capacity and capability needs.
• Grew the Life Sciences manufacturing department, a $5M to $50M development over a 3-year period.
• Implemented a “visual factory” environment, with point-of-use tooling, materials, and work instructions - cut department overtime from 20% to 2% while increasing revenue.
• Highly collaborative team player skilled in bringing in rapid new product introductions and acquisition into the UK plant, to plan and to budget.
• Raised output of highly technical products by 200% within 6 months, worked closely with development team to transform quality and delivery performance effectively improving on time delivery to greater than 98%.
• Introduced Rolled Throughput Yield measures into the site, a performance indicator of quality, cost and delivery.

Shelton, CT, US

• Manufacturing Engineer within the Life Science’s Instrumentation Department, duties included the development and training of all production personnel, KPI metrics, interviewing technical hires.
• Full ownership of the department and team achieved within 18 months.
• Manufacturing product expert and point of contact for the research and development team.
• First point of contact for developing strategies for products deemed non-cost efficient.
• Improved Instrument COGS by 7% through value engineering and supply chain development.
• Outsourcing and Low-Cost Country used to maintain profitability.

United Plastics Group, Inc. offers precision plastic product manufacturing, including part and tooling design, DFM to plastic processing, automation, final packaging and shipping, and thermoplastic injection moulding. I introduced new products and improvements using lean principles like poke-yoke, work studies, and Ishikawa principles. I optimised product.

Showa Corporation was a manufacturer of high-performance automotive, motorcycle and outboard suspension systems based in Gyoda, Japan. Showa has overseas facilities in United States, Canada, Brazil, Spain, and Wales.I managed production projects, controlled production quality, optimised product output, line timing studies, and ensured ongoing.

Newark, NJ, US

• Panasonic TV and Microwave plant was situated in Pentwyn, Cardiff and was the European manufacturing centre employing over 2,400 staff. As a Design Department consultant, I managed regulation approval applications from.
• Maintained up to date knowledge of approval standards, and prepare technical reports for the Design Department to keep engineers informed of all changes, or proposed changes.

Aiwa Corp. was Japanese consumer Electronics Company founded in 1951 and was once a globally well-regarded brand known for making quality audio products, such as speakers, boom boxes and stereo systems. I introduced and maintained new circuit board manufacturing models, monitored engineering procedures via ISO9002, supported production with LEAN/CI line.

Msc, Lean And Agile Manufacturing

Professional Certificate In Management, Mba

224 Electronic Servicing Part 1 & 2 Credit, Electronic Servicing

Hnc, Advanced Manufacturing Technology