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Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Bracknell, United Kingdom

Ashford, Kent

Achievements♦ Cost saving work - working with multiple stakeholders (suppliers, marketing teams, production teams) to reduce costs related to packaging materials.♦ Productivity saving work - working with multiple stakeholders (suppliers, marketing teams, production teams) to improve time related to manipulating packaging materials.♦ Design, Development and Implementation of 'Ashford Factory Manual' - a 'new to the factory' tool to help assess the manufacturing capability of the factory with regards to packaging development.♦ Portfolio of examples available on request* *some examples may not be shared to protect any restricted data/property of the employer.Responsibilities● Technical Development of project - including any dimensional and functional testing required to qualify the packaging. All results documented and maintained within technical dossier. Also to identify and conduct any factory line trials required to support development of packaging in relation to ensuring factory success.● Creating and issuing technical documentation for project - including creation of codes in SAP, technical specifications related to packaging that are developed with the supplier and internal documentation used by production teams to execute packaging format within in the factory.● Artwork development - providing technical input to marketing teams to help support creation of packaging artwork. Working with suppliers to deliver successful execution of concept in relation to any colour targets, desired print finishes and ensure integrity of packaging from a decoration perspective. ● Support other team members as and when resource flex is required.Key Skills Developed*:*in addition to skills developed from previous roles♦ Various software from SAP, MS Office Suite (including project), Camtasia, Solidworks

Egham

Post merger with the P&G Prestige Beauty business I am joining a company that will be #1 Fragrance, #2 Hair Colour and #3 Cosmetics company, globally. The vision - to become the #1 Beauty Company globally on all fronts. The role for the meantime is similar to the role held at Procter and Gamble.

Greater London Innovation Center - Egham

Achievements♦ In first year, personally contributed approximately $100,000 towards a massive $200 million organisational cost saving goal (please ask for project information). ♦ In second year, identified and implemented an 11 hour per week per employee productivity saving by improving work processes (please ask for project information). Also delivered our departments best ever giftsets programme set up and delivery with our manufacturers - 100% on time. During this year I also co lead the Europe effort to design, develop and deliver our global organisations very first open innovation effort to identify the next s-curve of ideas to support the business - campaign was called Global ESS Big Ideas Campaign.♦ Awarded 'CEO award' as a result of second year achievements.♦ Portfolio of examples available on request.Responsibilities● Preparing technical documentation for our manufacturing sites to support right first time initiative delivery of our fine fragrances and cosmetics category. ● Typical documents communicated with global manufactures included bill of materials (BOMs), assembly instructions, experimental protocols and packaging guidelines. Documents are created in partnership with colleagues from relevant departments to guarantee accuracy and quality.● Developing shippers and creating pallet plans to maximise cost effectiveness during transport whilst providing good level of protection for the product.● Process ownership of transit testing procedures within the team to deliver tertiary packaging that protects our products and safeguards against common transportation issues before reaching our customers. ● Identification and execution of cost/productivity saving projects that benefit the business.Key Skills Developed:♦ Problem solving ♦ Communication ♦ Continuous improvement♦ Loss identification and elimination ♦ Data management and manipulation ♦ Time management♦ Decision making♦ Interpersonal skills♦ Advanced MS Excel skills.

Basingstoke

Achievements:♦ Involved in the complete development of five LED Luminaire fittings within the first three months. All developed products out to tender with the likes of Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Morrison and others. ♦ Portfolio of examples available on request. Responsibilities:● Designing and detailing of luminaires for manufacture. ● Responsible for all aspects of product development life cycle from idea generation through to prototyping and testing. ● Technical support to manufacturing departments.● Close liaison with sales and technical teams and provide technical support to customers.Key skills developed: ♦ Problem solving ♦ Communication ♦ Creative thinking ♦ CAD – Creo Parametric ♦ Continuous improvement ♦ Time management ♦ Multitasking♦ Interpersonal skills.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Achievements:♦ Created 15 unique solutions to address problems within baby monitor market. ♦ Shareholder selected 3 solutions to invest organisational resources into.♦ Development and implementation of a novel framework to help decision makers evaluate ideas in the pipeline, with the aim of selecting those ideas that were most likely to succeed. ♦ Portfolio of examples available on request.Responsibilities:● Defining, planning and executing entire design process from formulation of specification to the generation of ideas that need to be presented to the company. ● Conducting market analysis utilising a variety of channels to gather data on existing baby monitors.● Undertaking competitor analysis to gain an understanding of where certain monitors are placed in the market as a result of their price, attributes and performance.● Organising focus groups composed of parents in order to discuss and primarily identify where the opportunity lies within the marketplace. ● Quantitative and qualitative analysis of research with focus groups, competitors analysis and other sources to begin conceptualising ideas.● Visualising ideas for baby monitors through a variety of sketches, crude prototypes and CAD. Key Skills Developed:♦ Decision making ♦ Time management ♦ Responsibility ♦ CAD and Visualisation techniques (Rhino, Solidworks, Maxwell Render, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop) ♦ Managing multiple priorities ♦ Creativity ♦ Problem solving and reasoning.

Ceme Centre, United Kingdom

Achievements:♦ Contributed to a feasibility study assessing the likelihood of a new product and service offering, proposed by the client, succeeding. ♦ Provided assistance in the generation of innovative solutions to the problem of developing a structure that could be deployed quickly in emergency scenarios. ♦ Presented to representatives from Barclays Bank on behalf of client to potentially secure funding for business idea. ♦ Portfolio of examples available on request.Responsibilities:● Implemented a thorough research approach consulting primary, secondary and tertiary sources of information to investigate and understand the opportunity within the market. ● Organising workshops and consulting experts to facilitate in the appropriate contribution to our pool of ideas. ● Visualised ideas using CAD (Rhino, Solidworks and Maxwell Render).● Designed a survey complete with analytical analysis distributed internationally to gain feedback on ideas. ● Responsible for producing prototypes from basic materials and communicating ideas in order to receive feedback from peers and experts within field of civil engineering, construction and others. ● Utilised Magics software to prepare CAD models for STL printing.Key Skills Developed:♦ Team working♦ Communication♦ Analysing and Investigating♦ Reliability♦ Initiative and Dependability

Slough, United Kingdom

Achievements:♦ Represented a variety of organisations across various industries.♦ Increased consumers awareness of various brands in order to facilitate sales for organisations being represented. ♦ Improved interpersonal skills massively as a result of the variety of activities conducted. Responsibilities:● Obtain briefing documents and prepare in advance for promotional activities.● Approach potential customers and advise on benefits of product/ service being promoted on the day.● Certain tasks required live demonstrations of products to potential customers.● Experiential marketing methods employed to create an unforgettable brand experience (leafleting, demonstrations, interaction with products etc).Key Skills Developed:♦ Range of interpersonal skills

Mdes, Innovation And Creativity In Industry

Activities and Societies: Course Representative Modules Covered: 1) Creative Design Practices 2) Concept Development and Prototyping 3).

Beng, Mechanical Engineering

Modules Covered: 1st Year Design for Function, Economics and the Structure of Industry, The Aesthetics of Design, Engineering Maths.