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Ansty, England, United Kingdom

Redditch, UK

• Full business responsibility for P&L Operations, Engineering, New Product Development and Procurement reporting directly to and deputising for the CEO Business Owner.
• Integration of business acquisitions, involving product and process knowhow transfer, capital equipment purchase, layout and business systems set-up.
• Project management of successful major business systems upgrade to SAP B1 against tight schedule during full production, involving direct management of all departmental systems & procedures.
• Championed and lead numerous supplier initiatives culminating in the winning of an award for Supply Chain Excellence at The Manufacturer MX Awards in the UK.

Redditch, UK

Appointed as Managing Director of a new subsidiary trading business Puls-R, which produced electronic battery enhancing devices. Managed the successful company set-up from scratch in all aspects from premises, to production equipment, staff hiring, training, component sourcing and logistics. Created the highest volume production facility that B Hepworth.

Redditch, UK

• Responsible for all Operational elements of the business, focussing on integration and process improvement.
• Successfully integrated the acquired Fabrications business W H Crossley, new division & new factory set-up, new machine installation & commissioning, skilled workforce hiring and training – all whilst continuing to.
• Achieved lead-time reduction from 10-12 weeks down to 2-3 weeks and eliminated substantial order backlog through use of Lean Techniques – Kanban, SAP B1 driven MRP, Throughput & flow efficiency through process mapping.

• General management lead for all JCI business with Honda Motors in Europe
• Multiple new product launches achieved in electronics and vehicle interior systems in UK, France and Turkey
• Main key senior customer facing contact for Europe region
• Ultimately responsible for supply to Honda worldwide locations on global programmes from European plants
• Successful secondment undertaken to close and re-locate a manufacturing plant supplying 12 different OEM Automakers, involving union negotiation, continuity of supply, site preparation and ultimate sale of the premises.

Ultimate responsibility for the operation and performance of a successful multi customer automotive interiors plant with approx. 200 employees as Plant Manager.Extensive use of lean tools and techniques including kaizen, 5S, Poke Yoke and JIT. Maintained Ford Q1 status, QS 9000, ISO 14001 and achieved TS 16949 management systems accreditationPreviously.

Dept Head of Manufacturing Engineering within Small Arms Division -successfully intergrated Design Engineering team to promote cohesive 'Design for Manufacture' culturePreviously Production Engineer at Heckler & Koch GmbH in Germany, responsible for equipment transfer, UK production line set up and personnel training Originally Sponsored Student and.