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Swindon, United Kingdom

Swindon, United Kingdom

Introduction of new products to the Accessories catalogue range. Role encompassed market research into potential products, negotiation with suppliers in the US, Europe and the UK, product training for sales teams, pricing, product promotion and after sale customer support.Production engineering support to the manufacturing facility, covering efficiency improvement through implementation of lean practices, design of tooling and fixtures using Solidworks CAD, justification for/procurement of new equipment and day to day issue resolution.Liaison with sub-contract vendors for PVD coating and Heat treatment processes to ensure quality and resolve supply issues in a timely manner. Sales metric generation and reporting for Accessories product range, including chairing of regular Level 10 product meetings.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Led teams to improve efficiency through implementation of lean practices.Co-ordinated the introduction of new products into production, generating build reports and completing DFA analysis.Managed cost reduction program for packaging of vendor supplied equipment and inter-site transfers.Managed Business Continuity programe for Supply Chain organisation.Monitored field return and factory quality data and completed root cause analysis and corrective actions.Delivered day to day engineering support to back-end product build areas.Technical role within customer relations group providing a consultative service to EMEA customers on issues relating to product configuration.

Provided the sole engineering support at the Swindon site producing level and flow control equipment. The role encompassed engineering support, life-cycle management, accountability for the Engineering budget and the man-management of 2 Technical staff. Led investigations into continuous process improvement, resulting in reduced cycles times and greater efficiencies.Project managed the successful transfer of the Swindon operation to a new facility in Slough.

Managed a project to procure and install a £500K Pre-treatment and powder coating facility for the Swindon site and provided engineering support to the Powder Coating, Power Press and Injection moulding facilities. Responsibilities included ongoing investigation into process improvement, maintenance of process paperwork, provision of new equipment/tooling, factory floor layout efficiency and assembly jig/fixture design.Served a 3 year apprenticeship involving in-house and college based training.

Hnc, Electrical / Electronic Engineering

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