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Monmouth, GB

Desborough, England, United Kingdom

Solihull, England, United Kingdom

To lead UK Design activities to develop best practice in process, ways of working, deployment of tools, skills & development across Cluster teams, in excess of 70 across the UK D&I network, covering Retail FMCG, eCommerce, Industrial and Retail POS market sectors.Leadership, Management and coordination of Cluster based Design & Innovation team, including a.

Solihull

Head of a focused Technical Development team for Retail South Sector - volume in excess of 500msm and revenue in excess of £200m.Direct team of five and in-direct team of 15.Through collaborative and cross-functional teamwork responsible for a project portfolio in excess of £30,000,000 PA with targeted demonstrable delivery of bottom line profit in excess.

Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Leader of strategic development projects across the UK Packaging network. Promote collaboration, sharing and development of good practices & processes across the divisional network.Explore and analyse technologies & ways of working opportunities and make recommendations to the organisation. Managed portfolio of intellectual property - created a process for.

Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Managed and led added value presentations across a divisional customer base.Supported development, deployment and management of collaborative customer facing technologies and centres.Through Supply Cycle Analysis, led deployment and training of material efficiency & assurance programme across regional design network. Deployed common CAD system across.

Established and implemented common working practices across the divisional network.Launched visualisation process and training programme. Defined optimum systems and infrastructure to support leading edge design software.Identified regional training requirements and training modules.Implemented a SuperUser training programme.UK representative and active.

Successfully managed, led and inspired the South West design resource.Created a full Regional Design workflow analysis and strategy.Harmonised systems and implemented best practices.Initiated a centralised design enquiry process.Managed the creation and implementation of the South West Innovation Centre, The Next Level.Led, managed and piloted the.

Exeter, United Kingdom

Provide internal & external account management, full design & technical support for a key client base.Utilised both Sales & Development skills to maximise client development, recently resulted in the development of a potential client to a £150k client in less than twelve months.Run cost-leadership programs by initiating proactive cost-down solutions.

Exeter

Newport, United Kingdom

Successfully led, managed and inspired the design resource for the South West Region.Created an award winning Structural & Graphical Design Team.Successfully implemented a Regional Design Resource.Initiated and branded a virtual design solution process.Led major projects within strategic market sectors.

Exeter, United Kingdom

Managed a productive design department with customers in varying market sectors including transit and POS etc.Produced multi-material solutions utilising corrugated, EPS and foam products.Three ‘Starpack’ awards between 1999 & 2002.Main customer base: Rittal CSM, HP, DELL, Mountfield Westwood, Dartington Crystal.

Exeter, United Kingdom

Provided packaging solutions for key customer base.Responsible for developing selected key accounts.Demonstrated progressive enhancement of design and presentation skills.

Exeter, United Kingdom

Alongside Design Manager developed packaging design skills.Attended and successfully passed an internal 4 week design training course.Provided a full sample making resource.