Mohammad Antar Email & Phone Number

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

- Directly responsible for managing and developing the relationship with strategic business accounts including High Speed 2 (HS2), Network Rail (NR), National Highways (NH) and Transport for Wales (TfW) - Established a direct relationship with the Department for Transport (DfT) to support wider engagement with Arms’ Length Bodies and supply chain on strategic projects and initiatives - Established a pipeline of opportunities with my accounts ranging from small scale projects to large… Show more - Directly responsible for managing and developing the relationship with strategic business accounts including High Speed 2 (HS2), Network Rail (NR), National Highways (NH) and Transport for Wales (TfW) - Established a direct relationship with the Department for Transport (DfT) to support wider engagement with Arms’ Length Bodies and supply chain on strategic projects and initiatives - Established a pipeline of opportunities with my accounts ranging from small scale projects to large scale collaborative programmes - Shaped a joint research strategy for the public funded accounts within the MTC to maximise ROI and leverage available resources - Initiated engagement and developed working relationship with my key accounts at senior management level Show less

Coventry, United Kingdom

Responsibilities and Achievements: Business Development - Initiated and secured industrial and collaborative public-funded research programmes worth over £25m - Delivered >£3m worth of industrial research projects to key customers - Secured public and internal funding to acquire, build and commission a range of advanced manufacturing equipment (worth >£6m) and successfully developed and implemented strategies for cost recovery through strong business relationships with key… Show more Responsibilities and Achievements: Business Development - Initiated and secured industrial and collaborative public-funded research programmes worth over £25m - Delivered >£3m worth of industrial research projects to key customers - Secured public and internal funding to acquire, build and commission a range of advanced manufacturing equipment (worth >£6m) and successfully developed and implemented strategies for cost recovery through strong business relationships with key customers and suppliers - Created and implemented marketing and dissemination plans and value propositions to promote the business activities People management: - Fully established and led a research team of 20 senior and junior engineers and technicians and built a range of manufacturing capabilities including Surface Engineering, Advanced Machining and Post-processing for Additive Manufacturing - Delivered to business metrics whilst delivering high quality output - Created a team structure and succession plan that enable development and career progression for the individuals in the teams - Participated in and actively supported senior management in business growth and structuring/restructuring exercises to enable long-term sustainability - Provided coaching and mentoring for colleagues across the different business engineering departments Strategy and networking - Developed and owned business strategies and technology roadmaps for advanced manufacturing - Managed and maintained strong business relationship with key customers from aerospace, medical, defence, machine-tool and other industrial sectors from large multi-national enterprises to micro-SMEs - Developed wide external strategic partnerships with national and international research centres through collaborations - Represented the business in numerous national and international engineering events and national strategies Show less

Coventry, United Kingdom

Coventry, United Kingdom

Visiting Lecturer at the School of Mechanical Engineering teaching Operations Management for MSc. level

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Postgraduate teaching assistant (PGTA) for different MSc. / Undergraduate courses and laboratories including systems thinking, operations management, simulation, advanced manufacturing processes lab, statics & dynamics labs.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

PhD research project on minimum damage wire electrical discharge machining of aerospace alloys, in collaboration with Rolls-Royce plc..

Master Of Science - Ms, Manufacturing And Mechanical Engineering

MSc. in Operations Management (Distinction), The University of Birmingham, 2006-2007.

Bsc (Hons), Industrial Engineering