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Smethwick, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Reach Plc. (Newspaper Print Site). Oct 2005 – presentPlant Manager Dec 2013 – present • Leading a range of functions and teams for exceptional operations by strategic planning, coordination, and production line organisation for internal and external clients. • Cultivating an excellent relationship with customers and stakeholders in order to understand needs, translate product design requirements, and develop an end product that exceeds expectations. • Leading the project delivery and process improvements that save costs, such as reviewing and implementing initiatives for operational strategy, and continual performance.• Driving business improvement across all functions and channels, recommending solutions and initiatives to boost quality control processes, productivity, and efficiency. • Leading process improvements through a strategic vision that enables better operations and resolves problems.• Transforming the supply chain and forecasting processes to ensure better lead-time, reduced costs and simplified procedures. • Developing new process flows to improve the operations and logistics of production and delivery times across markets.• Developing talent by training and coaching staff to enable excellent service delivery and implement productivity.• Integrating new initiatives, implementing new procedures (SOPs) and rolling out new parts and materials to transform production capabilities.• Reviewing and auditing the quality levels in order to identify weaknesses and issues and instigate development as part of continuous improvement. • Championing the overall Health and Safety, Fire checks and 5S to ensure all areas, staff and equipment, as well as compliance to regulations.Achievements:• Improved operational performance with a focus on time delivery and quality, reducing spend by £800K+, through reviewing service providers and suppliers’ contracts.

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Operations Manager 2009 – 2013• Promoted to Operations Manager, taking over another site in Cardiff, with control over more functions including Production and Building services. • Cultivated good rapport with clients to understand requirements, monitoring production to their specifications.• Supervised the plant operations, running to full capacity and monitoring the quality within the cell. • Identified areas of improvement in order to propose and implement strategies for optimising production rates and reduce wasted cost and time.• Generated opportunities for system improvement such as cost reduction by implementing strategic change transformation in process flow, workstation and production line levels.• Ensured the Health & Safety and quality control of all procedures and manufacturing processes adhered to all protocols.Achievements:• Secured business, including an investment through financial negotiation to purchase a ¼ fold machine, enabling business with supermarket groups and political parties. • Took on role as Client Manager for an external contract ‘The Tindle Group’ to consult with editors and newspaper managers to ensure production and quality.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Production Shift Manager 2005 – 2009• Managed the overall production and maintenance activities and operations across new print sites.• Expanded the throughput with production and maintenance teams to meet the need of increased production demand, producing more titles that needed insertion with magazines and leaflets.

Derby, England, United Kingdom

Toyota Burnaston Derby. 2004 – 2005 Group Leader Final Assembly• Led the team on the final assembly lines, increasing versatility, improving time lines, implementing process changes and reducing end of line defects through analysis and safe guard.

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