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North East England

Independent Management Consultant, specialising in Developing & Implementing business Strategy, Continuous Improvement & Lean 6 Sigma. Experienced coach, mentor & teacher of best practice.

Evenwood, England, United Kingdom

Head of Manufacturing Operations at Fablink Tank Systems Ltd, supplying fabricated components to the Industrial Vehicle Markets.

Europe

Lead Performance Excellence program roll out across all European Manufacturing facilities of Multi-Packaging solutions Division. Deployment included setting up and running 4 waves of Green belt training, qualifying over 100 Belts from across Europe. Developed project portfolios to deliver business plans across the 32 European sites, with focussed coaching for projects to deliver over $3m of profitability improvements, with as many projects delivering intangible benefits, including reducing safety risk, improving product & process quality & improving customer service levels. Delivered Black Belt training in Atlanta, supporting wider WestRock divisions.Lead project to prepare for Brexit across MPS Division's European wide facilities. Developed & implemented Customs Brokerage solution with 3rd party provider, ensuring all legal and commercial concerns were alleviated to allow all facilities to process exports with new standard process.

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Managing Complex Global Supply chain for Vehicle assembly plant, Managing demand planning through to dealer network with robust S&OP process. Translating demand into a manufacturing and material supply plan, Converting material plan into detailed material schedules. Managing Supplier performance to achieve current schedule and improve delivery performance and lead time response. Re-engineering Global supply network to improve product availability. Managing Inbound material supply, transport network & internal logistics. Implementing Lean kitting processes & improving stock turns. Implementing supply chain governance processes including import and export controls.

Supply Chain Manager with responsibility for all material supply processes and accountability for associated performance metrics. Scope of the role includes:-Demand management and S&OP process-Material Supply plan-Material control processes-Transport and delivery performance-Supplier liaison-Supply Chain Governance

Key Role - To provide strategic support to business managers within Caterpillar's BCP European DivisionKey Role - To provide Six Sigma & Lean training to Black Belt and Green Belts, including on going mentoring and project supervision.Qualified to teach DMAIC training materials Lean Deployment Manager for Caterpillar's BCP European Division

Managing Strategic Improvement projects and training Green Belts>$1M savings generated

Appointed as Shift Manager for Fabrication Department through 24x7 shift pattern. Implemented significant process improvements, including implementation of Cab Production Line flow, incresaing throughput with significant improvement in productivity.

Manufacturing Manager, responsible for operations functions at Fabrication and Galvanising Facilities in Middlesbrough and Hartlepool. Delivered significant improvements in volumes, capacity, throughput time and cost efficiency.

Started as Graduate Engineer, working on manufacturing projects and as TQM facilitator, managed the Implementation of BS5750 (now ISO9001) Quality Assurance. Moved into a project management role, coordinating manufacturing & supply of bespoke products into major construction projects such as Hong Kong MRTC, Singapore MTR, Channel Tunnel, etc., Promoted to role as production manager at the Darlington facility, demonstrating significant improvement in throughput, on time delivery and product quality at the same time as facility expansion and product diversification.

Mba, Business Administration

Bsc, Mechanical Engineering