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Thatcham, England, United Kingdom

Thatcham, England, United Kingdom

Newbury

Performing regular activities for management of mixer products, forecasting shortages of products, manpower, also engage with the engineering department for resolutions of design issues and liaising with contract management teams for project planning.Some of my key contributions are:● Acted as part of a team for introducing 5S and lean to the mixer department as well as introduced Cells and a Kanban system to department to streamline the manufacturing process.● Participated in… Show more Performing regular activities for management of mixer products, forecasting shortages of products, manpower, also engage with the engineering department for resolutions of design issues and liaising with contract management teams for project planning.Some of my key contributions are:● Acted as part of a team for introducing 5S and lean to the mixer department as well as introduced Cells and a Kanban system to department to streamline the manufacturing process.● Participated in product standardisation and reduced project time.● Successfully relocated the factory to Newbury with zero losses. ● Effectively managed £18M+ orders of products on annual basis. . Show less

Brixworth, England, United Kingdom

I have managed manufacturing consumable purchasing and budgets as well as supervised capacity planning by continual analysis of backlog and staffing requirements.Some of my key achievements are:● Coordinated multi-site departments to work for the manufacturing plan, involving chairing teleconference calls bringing overall parties together to discuss relevant issues and creating strategic planning. ● Liaised remotely with Contracts and Design departments in establishing working… Show more I have managed manufacturing consumable purchasing and budgets as well as supervised capacity planning by continual analysis of backlog and staffing requirements.Some of my key achievements are:● Coordinated multi-site departments to work for the manufacturing plan, involving chairing teleconference calls bringing overall parties together to discuss relevant issues and creating strategic planning. ● Liaised remotely with Contracts and Design departments in establishing working procedures and assembly instructions for improving workflow and quality as well as reducing monthly non-conformances.● Directed sourcing and management of contract labour ensuring staff skill levels performed at the correct time of the planning schedule, which resulted in enabling a flexible factory approach for planning and maintaining a core of key employees.● Acted as an integral member of the H&S committee. Show less

Brixworth, England, United Kingdom

Reviewed capacity in the factory, scheduled work load, and produced documentation packs for production. I also liaised with sales, contracts, project team, purchasing, and shipping operation to ensure delivery of product to the highest standard and on time using MRP/ERP/Excel.Some of my key contributions are:● SAP implementation and development as well as modernised processes related to production planning.

Brixworth, England, United Kingdom

Working Team Leader● Dealing with day to day issue's● Organing staff● Organising workload

Brixworth, England, United Kingdom

Manufacturing Mixer Products to assembly drawings● Reading engineering drawings● Problem solving

Newbury, England, United Kingdom

Manufacturing Mixer Products to assembly drawings● Reading engineering drawings● Problem solving