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Huddersfield

Providing training services across sectors, with a focus on management and sustainable improvement capability. Subjects include performance measurement, management and improvements; business planning and health and safety.• Steel Stockholder: Reviewed manual handling activities and provided solutions for high risk activities. • Wintwire Ltd-Specialist wire manufacturer: Conducted a full performance review, determining key areas for improvement, leading to an increase in on time delivery from 30% to over 90% over 18-months. Implemented a comprehensive review of the costing system. • Manufacturer: Coaching and mentoring an individual, improving personal effectiveness, target setting, management skills and report writing. • Wire manufacturer: Led comprehensive performance review and developed and delivered transformation strategy covering customer profile, products and employee structure. Turned around loss to profit in 12 months.• Bekaert: Supported a factory start up in India over a twelfth month period. This included safety, production, scheduling, QA procedures, machine layout, material and consumable logistics, contract review procedures and operator training. o Overcame significant cultural barriers to change, with working relationships being informed by societal status rather than organisational position. • Webster and Horsfall: Providing Lean introduction, H&S management, material scheduling and business reorganisation to this wire industry client. • Wire Industry Health & Safety Committee: Developing strategies to improve accident rates and awareness of safety behaviour. This group contains members from employers, trade unions, UK Steel and the HSE. Enhanced communication between employers, trade associations and trade unions, resulting in open discussion of safety with other organisations in the sector. This led to the creation of an industry manual for best practice and sharing of the insights of accident investigations.

for all aspects of manufacture through, with 120 employees and 9 Direct reports. Responsible for all HR matters on two sites. Turnover £29M. • Implemented team working across both sites, including identifying and developing leaders• Significant reduction in Lost Time Accidents through a persistent approach to health and safety and the introduction of excellent standards of behaviour.• Reduced scrap from 13% to 5%, rework down from 20 tonnes per week to less than 1 tonne per week and customer complaints reduced from over 3 per 100 tonnes delivered to less than 0.3. Achieved through rigorous management of quality teams. • A system stock and data integrity improvement programme delivered 99% plus accuracy.• Reduced lead times from 12 to 6 weeks with a significant improvement in work organisation, through committed approach to CI activities.• Implemented systems to ensure that costs are maintained within budget and purchasing initiatives deliver savings. • developed culture change programme that actively engaged employees at all levels and aligned them with the aims of the organisation.

• Increased "right first time" quality from 24% of production to 75% by full analysis of assembly process and establishment of employee quality team. – Manufacturing Manager, Tinsley Wire/Bekaert-Sheffield Plant• Achieved productivity increase from 62% to 83% via daily analysis of operations, publicised graphical recording, employee interviews, supplier meetings and careful notation and resolution of issues. – Manufacturing Manager, Tinsley Wire/Bekaert-Sheffield Plant• Reduced finished goods stocks from £750k to £250k and work in process from £1.5m to £800k by implementing shop floor controls, regulation of issue of work, Kanban on first operations and daily tracking of W.I.P. – Manufacturing Manager, Tinsley Wire/Bekaert-Sheffield Plant• Improved delivery time by 7 weeks through review of order processing system. - Production Control Manager, Blakeborough Valves Ltd

General Certificate, Health And Safety

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Change Management, Hons

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 2:1 Honours