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Baldock Uk

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Project Management• PM for bespoke electro-mechanical retail solutions. I lead teams that take design ideas from prototypes to mass production.• Lead award-listed product developments with global rollouts for international brands. • Adept at applying problem-solving techniques such as the Ishikawa diagram to move the project forward when faced with technical or resource constraints. • Awarded Coaching Champion Award for training and moving teams to decentralized procurement. • Optimizing process - proactive in spotting problems, gathering key stakeholders together to work out an optimized SOP, before documenting, and communicating to the wider team. • Using Monday.com API and ERP data sets to build and maintain data models in Microsoft’s Power BI Tool to produce revenue, inventory, payment forecast, and time tracking reports for senior management.• Awarded ‘Coaching Champion Award’ for my achievements in training teams to use ERP.

Shenzhen, China

• Managed design contracts for China market worth over £100K, as part of larger EPC contracts. • Build partnerships with three UK/North American-based design firms. • Analyzed tender documents in Chinese and formulated strategies with China management to win tenders.• Awarded the “Making Waves” 2020 award for my achievements at the company.

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

- Managed projects between international clients and a Chinese speaking design team.- Managing the daily schedule and the day to day running of the office.- Provided spoken and written translation of complex project briefs into Mandarin.- Designed and implemented data collection for both work processes and customer satisfaction. I provided analysis of this data in monthly reports to the Managing Director.- Oversaw recruitment and worked with our Team Manager to develop and motivate new team members. Over the course of 2018 our design team expanded 50%.- Enhanced work flow and overall efficacy by setting up standard work process, measuring performance indicators, and developing targets with the team.

China

I taught at several different institutions, including Hunan Technology Institute, University of South China, and Shenzhen University Middle School. My objectives were to improve student’s spoken English, so I worked to make my classes engaging and interactive as possible, giving as lots of time for practice, presentation and performance, before following up with constructive feedback.

Aberystwyth

Took part in a two month campaign to contact university alumni.Sought donations from alumni for various university projects. Consistently exceed collection targets.