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Lagos, Nigeria

 Managed day-to-day factory operations in a company with 150 employees, a turnover in the region of U$ 20 million per annum and with an annual crown capacity up to over 4 billion crowns that produces for the likes of Heineken and Guinness. Played a key role in the company being accredited with ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System, upgraded to ISO 9001:2008 certification and additional ISO certificate for Food Safety Management 22000:2005 being only the 24th Company in Nigeria to… Show more  Managed day-to-day factory operations in a company with 150 employees, a turnover in the region of U$ 20 million per annum and with an annual crown capacity up to over 4 billion crowns that produces for the likes of Heineken and Guinness. Played a key role in the company being accredited with ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System, upgraded to ISO 9001:2008 certification and additional ISO certificate for Food Safety Management 22000:2005 being only the 24th Company in Nigeria to receive this certification. Responsibility for procurement and planning of all raw materials, spare parts, procuring and specification of new machinery and injection moulds. Delivered training to the team, assessed performance recognised individuals’ needs for further coaching and training. Reviewed deliverables to ensure schedules were maintained, while meeting with quality standards, endorsing changes to plans where applicable. Show less

Damascus, Syria

 Recruited to the position at a time when the Syrian operations was almost bottom of the Countries (Middle East) league table for operational KPI’s and mid table on quality KPI’s and helped established itself amongst the top 3 in operational KPI’s along with Saudi Arabia and the Emirates holding top position in the quality KPI’s. Monitored, measured and corrected all operations of the business and improved KPIs for all areas.  Established a positive and productive work environment… Show more  Recruited to the position at a time when the Syrian operations was almost bottom of the Countries (Middle East) league table for operational KPI’s and mid table on quality KPI’s and helped established itself amongst the top 3 in operational KPI’s along with Saudi Arabia and the Emirates holding top position in the quality KPI’s. Monitored, measured and corrected all operations of the business and improved KPIs for all areas.  Established a positive and productive work environment, accommodated the roles and needs of diverse teams to promote a cohesive team-based culture, maximised potential and enhanced performance of the team. Secured ISO 9001 Quality Management Certification. Show less

Damascus, Syria

Establish, manage and develop an injection moulding facility from virtually a green field site. New microprocessor machines from Battenfeld (80 - 800 ton), chillers and all ancillaries where specified, ordered and commissioned. In addditon to the planned production facitity also provided an injection mould testing capabilty (up tp 8 tons) for the sister mould manufacturing company. A work force of around 50 personnel were selected and trained to include a, production manager, shift leaders… Show more Establish, manage and develop an injection moulding facility from virtually a green field site. New microprocessor machines from Battenfeld (80 - 800 ton), chillers and all ancillaries where specified, ordered and commissioned. In addditon to the planned production facitity also provided an injection mould testing capabilty (up tp 8 tons) for the sister mould manufacturing company. A work force of around 50 personnel were selected and trained to include a, production manager, shift leaders, technicians, mould setters, quality controllers, inspector packers, material handlers. Adopted a hands-on role in training Injection moulding technology as well as testing and correcting moulds from the sister company. Implementation of procedures and documentation in order to establish production quantities, machine utilisation, efficiencies, yeilds and material wastage. The Company was accredited with ISO 9001 Quality Management system during my tenure. Show less

Wrexham, United Kingdom

Reporting directly to the General Manager at Nypro, a Group of custom injection moulding companies with global relationships in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications and automotive sectors. Responsible for all manufacturing operations and personnel in an environment operating 24 hours a day 7 days a week. During my brief time at Nypro I was instrumental in the introduction of a massivetelecommunication accessories project for a Nordic customer worth in the region of 8 million pounds… Show more Reporting directly to the General Manager at Nypro, a Group of custom injection moulding companies with global relationships in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications and automotive sectors. Responsible for all manufacturing operations and personnel in an environment operating 24 hours a day 7 days a week. During my brief time at Nypro I was instrumental in the introduction of a massivetelecommunication accessories project for a Nordic customer worth in the region of 8 million pounds annually. This project required some 100 new moulds to be introduced which required my input in problem solving both tooling and injection moulding processing. Show less

West Yorkshire Uk

Lead and managed a team of more than 35 tradesmen across three departments, those being Toolroom, Maintenance and Electrical departments at the UK's largest single site injection moulding facility. Reporting to the Manufacturing Director, I was responsible for the continuous operation, of 72 injection moulding machines (40 tonnes - 1800 tonnes ) 24 hours a day 7 days a week, producing high quality injection moulded components for many major blue-chip companies some of which were; Ford, Toyota,… Show more Lead and managed a team of more than 35 tradesmen across three departments, those being Toolroom, Maintenance and Electrical departments at the UK's largest single site injection moulding facility. Reporting to the Manufacturing Director, I was responsible for the continuous operation, of 72 injection moulding machines (40 tonnes - 1800 tonnes ) 24 hours a day 7 days a week, producing high quality injection moulded components for many major blue-chip companies some of which were; Ford, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Sun Microsystems, Black and Decker. Managing the control of a strict preventative maintenance program to cover all plant, machinery, mould tools, robots, second operations equipment and ancillary equipment as well as handle all site services. As a Japanese owned company, we practised, Kanban, Kazien and Gemba Kanri techniques, as well as S.P.C. and 8D as used by the Ford Motor Company. Show less

Sri Lanka

Provide leadership and Manage, the selection and commissioning of the latest state of the art machines, equipment and personnel for producing quality plastic injection moulded assemblies, as well as moulds and dies for both the Plastics, Rubber, Aluminium and Ceramics industries. Customers included the ever-expanding local market of Sri Lanka, and a competitive quality service into Europe and especially Germany.

Liverpool, United Kingdom