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Crawley, England, United Kingdom

• Lead and manage global product compliance and regulatory approval projects for the group from concept stage to launch through a gated project managed structure for the 90 countries the business operates in. Extensive.
• Responsible for ensuring all hardware products are compliant with all current legislation and obtaining and maintaining product certifications and all other relevant documentation.
• Assisting the M&I team to ensure all products developed and used in the business by or on behalf of the business are safe, legal and fit for purpose.
• Coordinating project management activities as required to support the launch of hardware products.Maintaining up to date internal knowledge through attending internal and external workshops and industry conferences.
• Providing regulatory guidance to global countries for regional compliance
• Steering the Product Engineering and wider M&I team on how current and future regulatory frameworks can impact upon hardware development and pre-empt any arising difficulties

Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

• Spearhead overall day-to-day operations of multi-disciplined global technical and compliance team across England, Wales, China, and Hong Kong.
• Streamline compliance, quality, safety, audit, supplier management, and development of toys, stationery, activity photo frames and albums, wrapping paper, bags, tags, Christmas crackers, and composite food gifting.
• Lead accountabilities of preparation and management of technical compliance for all UK, EU and International product regulation.
• Develop and deploy significant initiatives to drive quality improvement of existing products.Key Contributions:
• Generated annual cost saving worth ~£365K in 2021 by delivering compliance, product testing, and inspection programme within each business unit.
• Solely designed a due-diligence system and tools to pre-screen potential suppliers prior to a trading relationship.

Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom

• Core Electrical Products – UK, Central Europe & Turkey (2015-2018)DIY, Car Care, Garden Furniture, Craft & Christmas products - UK, Central Europe, & Turkey (2012 – 2015)
• Headed and streamlined technical and compliance aspects of the wide range of products.
• Monitored technical delivery for Christmas and stationery products in central Europe.
• Partnered with suppliers, focussing on product issues resolution, corrective actions development and implementation, and overall performance improvement.Key Contributions:
• Launched own label light bulbs range in 2017, resulting in delivering £2M margin.
• Functioned as a technical lead for the Pan European strategy, launched own-brand DIY power tool range and car care products.

Central Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Products worked on:Argos: White Goods, Lighting, Telecommunications, Outdoor Storage, Living Aids and Pet CareHomebase: White Goods, Lighting, Outdoor Buildings & Storage, DIY and Hardware

Kempston, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for developing and leading an exceptionally skilled quality control team in a 750,000 sq ft brand new purpose built distribution facility supporting the home delivery network of Argos Direct.

Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

Where my journey began. A precision engineering company manufacturing for industries including aerospace, security, energy, hydraulic systems and electronics.