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Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

• Create, review, and report factory-related KPIs while fully adhering to department budgets.
• Manage the Test Engineering team to ensure products are tested to the highest agreed standards set and approved by wider Engineering teams.
• Maintained flexible production lines and teams to ensure a quick product turnover for both Loudspeaker and Electronic products.
• Hire, train and coach subordinates from different cultural backgrounds and language abilities.
• As Team Lead, implemented a Cloud Based Production System in the factory, which incorporated Test Automation, WI control, Data collection, Component Traceability System, Dashboards for each production line and office.
• Successfully achieved a low direct labour turnover of less than 3% in the last five years.

Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

• Drove a team of Sourcing/Buyers, Project Managers, Test Engineers, Quality Engineers, and a Production team to meet sales requirements, and new product launches aligned to set milestones. Loaded sales requirements from.
• Headed all decision-making and approvals for material quality outcomes.
• Maintained costs of materials and staffing within budget guidelines.
• Successfully transferred Classe production from Montreal to the Bowers & Wilkins factory in Zhuhai, China, requiring only three months to build lines, test equipment setups and deliver successful output.
• Led the resourcing team to procure materials locally, achieving a total BOM cost reduction of 35-43%, depending on the model.
• Successfully switched the production model from batch flow, historic in the Canada factory, to a one-piece flow. Cutting labor time by 20-25% (model dependent), increasing quality and reducing production scrap.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Project Manager for all Classe products and innovative Classe/Bowers & Wilkins collaboration projects.
• Managed the Mechanical, Software, and electronic engineering teams in Canada, the UK, and the USA to launch new products successfully.
• Ensured tasks and deliverables were on time in keeping with project targets and costs while preserving project, approbation and compliance plans were continuously up-to-date.
• Successfully launched Delta II & CT series on time and budget, achieving aggressive launch schedules.
• Managed teams of engineers from multiple locations, time zones and competencies, ensuring cohesive relationships within the team.
• Managed the winddown and transfer of production from Canada to China, early and under cost.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Sourced electronic and mechanical components to meet project targets.
• Created and expedited sample and production orders.
• Maintained a strict timeline to keep all production lines and subcontractors running to meet schedules.
• Managed a warehouse team to ensure all production departments received goods on time and morale was maintained for productivity.
• Ensured the complete management of departmental goods, limiting stock loss and maximising visibility.
• Effectively preserved stock values below set targets while maintaining flexibility focused on a low-volume, high-movement mix.