Patrick Mcdivitt Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Head of organisational and operational activities for Quick Release Australia. Supporting the global Quick Release team as part of the Alten Group.Focusing on:- Organisational structure and policy- Financial performance- HR process and structure- People managment and development

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Quick Release is a managed service provider operating in the product development and manufacturing industries in Australia, The UK, Germany, Southern Europe and North America. Quick Release Specialises in:- Product data management- Engineering change management- Bill of material - Process development- Bespoke tools developement- Continuous improvementAs.

Sydney, Australia

• As a demand planner I am responsible for the demand forecast for all products in the food and beverage, farm, textile care and food retail service divisions for Australia and New Zealand. I am also responsible for.
• Demand forecasting – Collating qualitative and quantitative data to model a collaborative demand forecasts for ANZ.
• S&OP – Designing and implementing the S&OP process for Ecolab. Demand planning and S&OP are new to Ecolab so development is starting from scratch and assigned to the demand planning team.
• Key stakeholder in engagement – Monthly forecast consensus achieved by negotiating and acquiring sign off from sales, marketing, finance, supply, manufacturing and upper management.
• Process improvement – redeveloping and overhauling outdated processes. I have redeveloped the product transition process and created a new data extraction and analysis process in VBA coding.Achievements
• Improved forecast accuracy from 65% to above 75% in all responsible divisions since starting at Ecolab.

Dunton

• Responsible for key stakeholder engagement and approval of design cost, design weight and design direction. This project was the first of its kind for QR and I was tasked with gaining the approval and extension of the.
• Key stakeholder engagement and approval – responsible for the approval of US$80 million in tooling and US$4,500 per vehicle of design content.
• Change management – Responsible for the single point of information regarding design maturity for finance, purchasing, marketing and engineering.
• Team management – Managing a team of 9 QR employees that worked on different projects. My role included training, pastoral care, professional development and performance reviews. I also led a team of 7 on this project.
• Data management and reporting – In-depth analysis on cost and weight status, process efficiencies and approval ratings to continuously improve and develop new systems required for the product development process..
• Cost reduction targets of 10% met through negotiation and cost reduction analysis.

Dunton

• As part coordination fixture specialist I was responsible for part quality, production timing and latest engineering update.
• Supplier relationship management – Continuous engagement with Turkish suppliers to update current production status and assess potential issues and delays. Supplier site visits and issue management.
• Part procurement – Supplier sourcing for 1,200 parts to 10 suppliers, contract management and engineering statement of work controller.
• Data management – Timing update reporting, macro writing for bespoke data analysis requests and metrics.

Dunton

Quick Release is a managed service provider specialising in product data management in the vehicle manufacturing industry. Employees at Quick Release have a position within the organisation and, in most cases, also hold a position with a company they are supporting on a contract. In this case I was supporting my role with Ford Motor Company concurrently.

• Responsible for hydraulic design and internal technical support for the entire state of Queensland, Australia. Reached this position from promotion after 8 months of employment.
• Responsible for applications and pump selection, quotes and tenders, pricing and contracting for Small to large scale projects.
• Advanced knowledge in varying pump types including diaphragm, gear, helical rotor, dosing, screw, rotary lobe and sanitary pumps.
• Advanced knowledge in products including Sandpiper, Viking Gear, Roto, HMD, Southern Cross, Goulds, Truflo, Kral, Lowara, Grundfos, pulsafeeder, Albin and many more.
• Building client relationships and maintaining customer loyalty.
• Finalising contracts and communicating with solicitors.

St Leonards

• Responsible for wind analysis and ballast design for free standing structures in major Australian festivals including Big Day Out, Field day and Parklife.
• Solely responsible for dilapidation reports for existing structures.
• Structural analysis for multi-storey car parks, commercial shopping centres, large Scale warehouses and commercial office buildings under supervision of senior engineers.
• Design for retaining structures.
• Substantial experience in wind load analysis.
• Assisting site visits with senior engineers and communicating with architects.