Sam Edmonds Chpp Ceng Beng Email & Phone Number

Sutton, Gb

Havant

As Program Manager, I work across the whole organisation at all levels in order to plan, manage, and drive New Product Development Initiatives in their entirety. I maintain a senior presence within the group and am the central hub around which all NPD project activities and stakeholders at all levels interact.

Westerham, Kent

Assisted in prioritizing NPD projects based on “size of the prize” and alignment with strategic objectives and then led the multi-functional team to deliver against the product development specification requirements. Co-ordinated the NPI program execution to the defined process ensuring delivery of each of the program deliverables in the areas of design, quality, cost and commercial business case. Facilitated with decisions that impacted product cost, price, supplier selection etc. Risk management; Identified and planned to negate impact. Identified cost saving opportunities. Provided technical support to other parts of the business as and when required. Inputted into “lessons learnt” to enable future NPD initiatives to be optimised.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Head of the Project Engineering department. Responsible for the leadership and management of the department to effectively meet business strategic objectives for NPD. Approval authority for all matters related to the design and associated documentation. Functioned in collaboration with the global product management teams (based in Germany and the US) to ensure that the requirements of the product roadmap were delivered by the team for the coming FY. Fostered congenial relationships with suppliers and encouraged initiatives and partnerships. Developed the departmental budget (both P&L and capex) to enable successful servicing and delivery of the product roadmap and department needs.

Church Crookham

Design team lead engineer responsible for the design and development of mechanical components and sub assemblies utilising existing and new technologies. Deputised for Mechanics Team Leader. Ensured design for manufacture principles and virtual simulation methodologies were fully utilised. Responsible for the generation and maintenance of all associated design documentation utilising the ECR/ECN system. Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to fully define design intent specification.Supplier liaison and development which required extensive international travel predominantly in the Far East. Responsible for signing off component part approval to enable volume manufacture. Provided Engineering support to operations during the initial volume ramp up of new products.

Chessington

Responsible for the conceptual and detailed design of electro-mechanical components used in amusement and gaming machines.

East Molesey

Team led multi-disciplinary project team to ensure all aspects of the project were completed on time and in accordance with a project plan such that a fast to market product solution was achieved.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Design and development of mechanical components for printing and material handling equipment engaged in the FMCG industry.