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Caerphilly, United Kingdom, Gb

S A Partners provides clients with strategic direction and implementation coaching that builds business performance and cultural/ organisation transformation. Our approach integrates Continuous Improvement (CI) principles for market agility and responsiveness, plus identifies change and improvement programs through CI application - using Lean, Shingo, Six Sigma and Scrum/ Agile thinking. All our programs follow a 70:20:10 philosophy to ensure new skills and capabilities are embedded in your organisation, providing very high NPS along the way.We work with Executive teams and business teams to create roadmaps and change programs that deliver significant improvement across business performance and customer value propositions. This follows our 'Assess - Train - Coach - Results' framework which helps us to embed capability and sustainable practices ensuring long term delivery. We’re with you through define, design, build and execution to delivery of results.Currently we work with multiple clients across Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Mining and Utilities, Defence and Service sector industries.

Caerphilly, United Kingdom, Gb

S A Partners is the leading provider of Lean Consulting and Training Services with experienced consultants operating globally with a head office in Cardiff and established businesses in the Republic of Ireland, USA, Australia and New Zealand.S A Partners is dedicated to helping organisations improve their performance by working to Lean Principles.What distinguishes us is our Lean Business Model, which incorporates the learnings of many years experience in the field and academic research by thought leaders in Lean business improvement including Professor Peter Hines co-founder of the Lean Enterprise Research Centre at Cardiff University. Through our links with the academic community we can maintain our position at the forefront of Lean Thinking, and feedback real life learning examples to those individuals studying to become Lean practitioners.S A Partners is firmly focused on transferring to our clients the appropriate skills and behaviors they will need to lead their own continuous improvement activity – we don’t do it for them, rather we train, coach and mentor the individuals that will take ownership of improvement going forward – thereby leaving a legacy that can be sustained.In summary, S A Partners provides clients with strategic direction and hands-on implementation coaching, to guide cultural and organisational transformation. Our approach integrates Lean principles for market agility and responsiveness along the whole supply chain, identifying change and improvement programs through Lean Principle application. Working with Executive teams and business teams from Novice to Expert, we create change programs to deliver significant improvement in Customer Value propositions. Currently engaging teams from Aquaculture and Defense to Commercial banking/Academic institutions and Manufacturing/Service providers.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Leading change across the Australian Manufacturing base, I created the Strategic roadmaps for the next 10 years for investment and productivity improvement. Responsible for allocation and support for a multimillion dollar annual budget, I drove the site performance and excellence in execution improvements. Driving Lean development Globally and across the local cross-functional areas, the productivity of the site increased significantly with the delivery of key strategic projects.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for Supply Logistics and MCE Regional Logistics lead and Lean Strategy development.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Leading the creation of Strategy and Standards for Lean implementation across Petcare in Europe and then for the UK Petcare business. Responsible for developing associates and creating roadmap for Lean coach network and Global Lean training.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Leading a pan European team of experts in changing manufacturing operations and implementing new processes to deliver a standardised approach globally using SAP system integration.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for operations at Slough site leading 45 - 100 associates, I managed manufacturing, continuous improvement and development of associates.

Various managerial roles through Project Management roles to Plant Management.

Master Trainer

M.Eng, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Materials Science And Metallurgy