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Shanghai, China

Responsible for providing strategic leadership and driving business growth across the Asia Pacific region. Working closely with the cross functional teams to develop and execute plans to expand market presence, drive revenue growth and enhance operational efficiency.

Shanghai, China

Shanghai, China

Responsible for all Procurement operations for the Chery Jaguar Land Rover JV. Leading Indirect & Direct Procurement, STA, Programme Procurement, the procurement Business Office and Cost Engineering.

Shanghai, China

• Heading production purchasing teams for the joint venture between Chery and Jaguar Land Rover
• Accountable for ¥7.2bn RMB (£903m) pa of purchasing spend across 360+ local and global suppliers
• Managing a team of over 70 Buyers, Programme Managers, and Senior Purchasing Managers
• Leading the team in developing short, medium, and long-term sourcing strategies
• Point of escalation for all complex supply chain and supplier procurement issues; lead negotiator
• Overseeing supplier selection, sourcing activities and technological partnerships – for JLR’s most recent change programme amid the transition from combustion engines into new energy vehiclesAchievement Highlights…

Shanghai City, China

• End-to-end purchasing project management, from commodity sourcing to parts delivery
• Responsible for 21 Project Engineers and Buyers, led by a team of 3 senior Project Managers
• Ensured all purchasing, supplier quality and commercial-related issues were managed effectively
• Operational and strategic leadership, internally and externally, to ensure collaborative partnerships
• Executive governance for JLR programmes, resolving purchasing, commercial and supply issues
• Legal compliance management of all manufactured vehicles; tracked all part-submission warrantsAchievement Highlights…

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Leadership of a team of highly experienced Supplier Technical Assistance Engineers (13 launch engineers and two launch managers) to ensure all Halewood launch issues were actively managed
• Accountable for quality, capacity, and manufacturing performance of JLR’s entire global supply base to ensure all new model launch programmes were delivered in line with corporate targets
• Provided consultative technical support to suppliers, to improve their manufacturing processes
• Held budget responsibility worth £80K pa Achievement Highlights…
• I developed, led, and delivered a resource strategy that reduced operating costs across all JLR manufacturing sites, globally. Born of my initiative, rather than corporate policy, I developed and implemented the.
• I project-manged the design, development, and deployment of a new STA Launch Dashboard, which increased response times by 19% across all Halewood-delivered programmes and at all but zero cost, in-house. The dashboard.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Managed the JLR Halewood assembly plant’s Industrial Engineering Department
• Responsible for creating optimal hours-per-car cost through resource and labour management
• Challenged advanced manufacturing engineering assumptions on designs for manufacture
• Provided industrial engineering support to all pre-build activities conducted at our off-site pilot plant
• Oversaw resource utilisation studies to help streamline labour costs and reduce wasteAchievement Highlight…
• Challenging existing design-for-manufacture principles, I delivered an £8.4m saving amid the introduction of Discovery Sport into Halewood. The saving was realised through the reduction of 27 employees in manufacturing.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Responsible for managing/controlling an £8.3bn supply chain across 500-plus suppliers, worldwide
• Led a team of 17 highly experienced Supply Chain Analysts across three shift operations
• Oversaw daily distribution of 800+ vehicles, with £4.9bn annual value to the global dealer network
• Managed inventory levels worth circa £34m per day for Halewood Assembly Plant Operations
• Performed data analytics on 500+ global suppliers to build an understanding of supply chain risks
• Planning and scheduling coordination of 164,000 vehicles per year within the Heijunka principle

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Responsible for 156 associates across 11 workgroups, ensuring efficient Range Rover production
• Implementation and management of Lean Manufacturing techniques across three production lines
• Oversaw the quality standards of 647 vehicles per day, with an average wholesale value of £27.1m
• Implemented the first successful (benchmark) value stream mapping project within Halewood
• Achieved a £562K cost-saving and improved operational efficiency by 14%

Master Of Science (Msc), Management Development

This degree focused on key aspects of management experienced within all industries, with an emphasis on stakeholder management and.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Business Management, 1St Class Honours

This degree focused on challenges faced by businesses in a today’s global economy, and the mitigating role that managers play. Subject.

Accelarated Talent Development Programme