Peter Howell Email & Phone Number

Dunstable, Gb

Tring

Lead the manufacturing shop floor in the manufacturing, inspection and testing of X-Ray cabinetsand systems to improve quality, production process, workflow, manufacturing reliability andproductivity.Manage the deployment and effectiveness of X-Ray cabinet and system manufacturing,inspection and testing.· Drive the development and implementation of manufacturing, inspection and testingprocesses, procedures, methodologies and best practices to improve quality, reliability andproductivity while maintaining costs and delivery objectives.· Act as the focal point for the manufacture of the products on the shop floor.· Develop procedures and practices to meet standards of quality, performance, cost anddelivery.· Control all materials/inventory and equipment within your area/processes.· Ensure incoming material conforms to specifications, both visually and dimensionally.· Develop and reporting of work activity and performance of the department in line with KPI’s.

Pitstone

Delivery of the daily, weekly and monthly MPS requirements and understands how these fit into overallOperations performance• Delivers target quality levels throughout the process driving up quality and driving out defects• Takes necessary action to ensure the modules achieves build requirement in line with the capacity plan anddelivers the year on year productivity and efficiency targets required by the business• Takes action to deliver the inventory plan in line with build requirements on a daily / weekly / monthly basisand aligned to overall business performance.• Manages training and development to ensure a fully cross-functional autonomous team, able to deliver thebusiness objectives• Ensures any key customer plans are maintained and shared as needed• Delivers identified improvement actions to ensure 100% compliance with the business Quality processes andprocedures• Ensures all training materials, Standard Work (SW) and Standard Process Instructions (SPI) that relate to theprocess is up-to-date and accurately reflects the operational requirement• Has awareness of overall business targets and the modules role in meeting these• Will deputise for Operations Manager when required

Harrow, United Kingdom

Shift Operations Manager Kodak Ltd 2007 to current • Manage team of 60 people• Effective management of production line delays to minimize impact on supply chain. Use of escalation procedures. • Coordinate grade changes on the production line to ensure good planning and execution. • Proactively monitor and analyse the quality of production data and trends with the Team Leaders and provide technical direction in the event of non-conformances. • Drive on-shift investigations of waste incidents. • Coach Operations staff in following and adhering to cGMP , KPIs , QAS, Escalation and other Business processes. • Promote Lean manufacturing culture on shift.• Identifying the main causes of waste in the flow through value stream mapping• Daily dashboard meetings implemented to highlight quality/ production issues & determine immediate corrective actions.• In conjunction with the Team leaders, monitor the physical quality of production and provide technical direction to the Coating Quality and Production Team Leaders on actions to be taken to restore quality in the event of non-conformance arising.• Investigating reasons for non-conformance and initiating QAS follow up.• Drive company HS&E standards and act as Site Major incident controller

Harrow Middlesex

Logistics / Warehouse Manager Kodak Ltd 2005 to 2007 • Manage team of 30 Staff including team leaders and engineers• Responsible for the movement and management of photographic paper inbound and outbound• Compiling, maintaining and implementing Vendor/Vendee Contracts, Procedures, and Work/Training Instructions. • Ensuring that personnel have adequate education, training and experience to do their jobs.• Responsible for HS&E, including PPE and All risk assessments for the area.• Maintaining Inventory Accuracy for their areas. • Maintaining cGMP, MRP II and KPIs for their areas • Develop and support all operators by carrying out regular performance reviews and appraisals• Manage and maintain attendance adherence to support the operational demands• Maintain the counterbalance truck licences • Maintaining Standard Practices and other relevant Quality Records • Introduced OTIFNE measure for export loads (On Time in Full No Errors)

Harrow, United Kingdom

• Manage team of 60 operators, technicians, process and product group personnel and engineers on an extrusion and coating film production line.• Ensuring zone KPI are met• Compiling, maintaining and implementing Vendor/Vendee Contracts, Procedures, and Work/Training Instructions. • Ensuring that personnel have adequate education, training and experience to do their jobs.• Maintaining Inventory Accuracy for their areas. • Maintaining cGMP, MRP II and KPI for their areas • Ensuring that Health Safety & Environmental issues are considered for any process changes and COSHH assessment are carried out where relevant.• Initiating COSHH assessments on new chemicals as required.• Identification and implementation of statistical techniques• Agreeing customer/supplier contracts relevant to the ESD Zone.• Deputising for other Operations Managers in their absence.• Department closed down in 2007 • Appointed new position in Logistics