John Foster Email & Phone Number

Weedon Bec, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the day to day operation of the Weedon site across three contracts.Accountable for the site health and safety culture and performance.Lead and manage the site health, safety and environmental plan.Coordinate the annual employee survey and act upon the results.

Weedon Bec, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the day to day operation on the Thales and Anglian Water contracts.Coached and mentored colleagues on the tools and application of the Unipart Way.Improved the employee engagement score from 3.5 to 4.1 on the company survey.

Solihull

Responsible for the recruitment and induction of 90 colleagues into the new bodyshop facility on the JLR plant in Solihull.Implemented operational processes for goods inwards, picking and despatching against ISO 9000 and JLR quality standards.Managed the installation and ongoing management of a fleet of automated guided vehicles.Three-month secondment (Oct – Dec 2016) to the Plastic Omnium contract at Hams Hall (Supplier to JLR).9 month secondment as a Senior Operations Manager in the Bodyshop facility.

Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

Management of a team of 40 warehouse operatives, Team Leaders and Assistant Team Leaders, including performance management, work allocation and appraisalsPart of the team that implemented the mechanised solution on the Vodafone contractManage and control the mechanised solution on the Vodafone contractSuccessfully lead the iPhone 4s and iPhone 5 launches for Vodafone Using Six Sigma tools and techniques, resolved an issue with none conforming product that resulted in a cost saving of £67kImplementing Six Sigma tools and techniques, improved a process within the Goods Inbound department with a ratified cost saving of £25k Using creative problem solving to achieve the business service level agreement of 99.95% order fulfilmentMonitoring Team KPIs, ensuring the site targets for order fulfilment are metSupporting the Health and Safety representative to ensure all targets are achievedControl headcount to ensure costs are in line with the clients requirements

Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

Planning and coordinating multiple stock counts on the Vodafone contractControl and measure of key performance indicatorsUtilised planning and organisational skills to ensure deadlines are met, including financial year end stock counts and Gate to great targetsParticipating and encouraging the team to be involved in continuous improvement initiatives across the siteInstigated, implemented and tested a stock counting programme on the post sales warehouse management system, reducing the resource requirements to complete stock counts by 25%

Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

Coordinate annual stock counts on behalf of the client.Identified an error on the warehouse management system, resulting in a non-payment of £290K to Vodafone for stock liabilityResponsible for the recruitment, induction, training, development and performance of the team Created and implemented Standard Operating ProceduresImplemented a perpetual inventory database on the nightshift, improving the accuracy and efficiency of the process

Baginton, England, United Kingdom

Conducting process audits internally and at third party vendor sites against the quality management standard, ISO9001Conducting product audits internally and at third party vendor sites against the Vodafone supplier conformance specification document

Managing the connection process of Vodafone Pay As You Talk handsets across the UKConduct daily team briefs and weekly team meetings

Newbury, England, United Kingdom

Liaising with Unipart Logistics, I was responsible for the connection process of Pay As You Talk handsets across the UK in a timely and efficient manner

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the recruitment, induction, training, development and performance of the team

Newbury, England, United Kingdom

Delivering consumables to customers across the South East of England

Army engineering including, demolitions, mine clearance and bridge construction5 month tour of duty in Bosnia1