Part of the Business Development team within the maturation function of Diageo, focusing on strategic expansion projects and supply chain transformation initiatives.Organisational Change: Successfully drove a major change initiative impacting 30+ employees & introducing a further 10+ employees.Capital Investment Projects: Leading and delivering on two expansion projects each exceeding £100 million. Project Implementation Manager responsibility. Preparation of board paper submissions and senior stakeholder management.Cost Optimization: Identifying & delivering productivity savings and cost reduction opportunities. Strategic projects: Delivering a 10-year strategy for maturation. Focusing on supply network design. Application of analytical skills to model and interpret complex data and financials to build fit for purpose solutions with clear benefits and savings.Cross-functional Collaboration: Partnering with Engineering, Procurement, Operations, Finance, D&T and Planning teams to achieve strategic objectives and work effectively.

• Expanded on previous production experience and assisted with the high demand of ventilators and blood testing equipment.• Responsible for procurement within a manufacturing firm with an average Opex/Capex of £150,000 a week.• Furthered commercial understanding creating a planning tool using excel that predicts capacity and turnover that is still being utilised.• As part of a ISO-9001 audit I looked into supplier development and relationships and analysed the supply chain. • Built analytical skills evaluating the historic costs of raw materials identifying any opportunities to grow the margin.

• During the summer holidays from University I worked operating CNC machines, laser combination machines, CNC folding machines and general assembly. I showed a high level of manual dexterity and process control.