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Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom

Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee, United Kingdom

• Experienced manager with the responsibility for up to 70 employees within a highly technical production workshop, producing up to 20,000 tyres per day on shift. Responsible for holding daily briefings for the team to.
• Take… Show more Experienced manager with the responsibility for up to 70 employees within a highly technical production workshop, producing up to 20,000 tyres per day on shift. Responsible for holding daily briefings.
• Take part in the operational planning of the unit to ensure all resources are available to deliver the plan (personnel, flow of materials and equipment) in the Business Unit (BU).
• Use tools such as 5S and lean manufacturing to drive continuous improvement throughout the BU.
• Deploy the annual plan objectives in the BU and drive KPI’s, including zero accidents within my area of responsibility, safety tours and checks, tyres per operator (up to 1500 tyres per machine per day) quality of.
• Introduce new variations of tyre design, sometimes up to 6 times in a week for different markets, including 3 test runs to validate the product robustness before commercial run is started

Dundee, United Kingdom

• Experienced in leading problem solving tools (Root Cause Analysis) and directing the teams with methodological support. Work with the team to identify areas for improvement and coaching them on the correct methods to.
• Carried… Show more Experienced in leading problem solving tools (Root Cause Analysis) and directing the teams with methodological support. Work with the team to identify areas for improvement and coaching them on the.
• Carried out a focused improvement study on a production line, involving all interested groups, with comprehensive analysis of all production steps, which resulted in reduction of the shift team from 7 to 6 through.
• To benchmark against other internal practices both on site and within other factories.
• To carry out the Process Diagnosis (such as costs, outputs from machines, wastage) of the covered sectors and to develop the potential ways of progress.
• To conduct flow studies and to improve industrial flexibility.

Dundee, United Kingdom

Operated complex machinery to produce 480 tyres per shift, working to Company procedures and standards.

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