30 years experience within Toyota.● Pre-production Project Management: complete evaluation and implementation lifecycle; ensuring all necessary and recommended standards, systems, and processes are met, delivering education training and risk management. Thorough gap analysis, and ensuring approval from senior leadership at each stage● Kaizen and Innovation: analysis of current situation, visualisation of potential problem solution department-wide; recommendation/implementation of creative solutions to improve cost efficiency and working practices. Facilitating and leading colleagues to investigate, understand, propose and implement counter-measures● Teamworking: coordination of each Division’s planning, ensuring departmental cooperation to achieve required results. Recognition of the power of teams, the requirements of building high-performing teams and experience in leading and developing the people therein ● Leadership: 25+ years’ experience of managing operational and expert teams, coaching, mentoring and development experience of team members and managers. HR Resource Management, managing headcount budgets and ensuring value-add activities. Plant management for Divisional cost and asset management. Quality and KPI reporting to all levels. Practised in key speaking at group events for training, motivation and instruction● Supplier and contract management: 20 years’ experience in account management of suppliers and associated contracts ensuring standards are maintained and targets achieved● ISO Audit management: assuring the systems employed within the company reflect practices; reporting of non-conformance, ensuring containment and long-term compliance● Health and Safety Management: divisional lead responsible for analysing and educating behaviours required for safe and productive working● Computer skills: strong knowledge of MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook). Basic knowledge of database creation and management