Mike Heaton Email & Phone Number

Mike Heaton is a Product Development Director, Ideal Standard International at Ideal Standard International BVBA. He possess expertise in product development, manufacturing, management, continuous improvement, leadership and 26 more skills. He is proficient in Italian. Colleagues describe him as "Last 7 years I have worked with Mike, he established excellent and successful team of Lead Engineers and R&D leaders. Mike is excellent team leader and great motivator, always positive and looking for ‘solution’. He is pragmatic and oriented to reach best results. He has very wide and deep knowledge of Ceramics and Furniture. He is pragmatic person oriented to reach best results. His work is very methodical with respect to the process." and "Mike’s commitment and professionalism are as high as valuable. He deeply cares for continuous business and people development. Mike is pro-actively dealing with his team, his colleagues and stakeholders. Great product development manager, he always manages issues with a pragmatic approach in a holistic business perspective. Mike is a great person and a great manager. A real asset."

Listed skills include Product Development, Manufacturing, Management, Continuous Improvement, and 27 others.

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  Director Of Product Development

  Ideal Standard International Bvba

  1986 - Present

  Highlights¨ Generated product portfolio with t/o peaking at €495 millions over a career spanning 28years¨ Overall responsibility for technical product life-cycle and growth of ceramics, furniture and tank trim product ranges – from technical design through to tooling an Industrialisation¨ Creation and management of European “Development and Industrialisation centres (D&IC)” which are mini pilot factories within the factory and located in UK, Italy, Czech Republic and Bulgaria,currently comprising 73 staff.¨ Responsible for leading Ideal Standard Europe’s transition from manual to CADCAM methods.¨ Created, resourced, trained & set up 4 European engineering centres : UK, Bulgaria, Italy and Czech Republic currently comprising 22 engineers.¨ Responsible for Digital Assets such as technical documentation, and virtual reality renderings using Adobe products and Hypershot¨ Acknowledged expert in the following: ECR/ECN system design, new product approval (NPA) process, project planning customisation, design for Six Sigma, Gauge R&R, FMEA, reliability testing, Platforms, ceramic design and manufacture, CAD surface technology and CNC machining¨ Lead a major pan Atlantic development project running concurrently in America & Italy.- Lean NPD project currently in progressDuring a 28 year career with this company, from CAD Engineer to Development Manager, I have been responsible for the creation of Ideal Standard’s product development structure and technology.I report to the R&D Director and as his understudy and successor I have 68 staff in total with 8 managers reporting directly to me.I have had the pleasure of building and growing teams , as well as the challenging task of downsizing and making small teams more effective on several occasions.Although the company is now European based, in the past I have been responsible for setting up technology and CAD teams in Asia (Bangkok, Shanghai) as well as running pan-Atlantic projects with USA and Europe.