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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Argon & Co is a global management consultancy with over 500 consultants in 16 offices that specialises in strategy and transformation of operations in manufacturing, supply chain, warehouse automation, logistics and distribution network optimisation.Argon & Co Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) has operated for over a decade in the local market with offices.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

At Pollen Consulting Group, we are straight talkers who work collaboratively to find the best possible solution to your greatest challenge; our credentials cover every element of a COO’s remit.Established in 2016 with the vision of ‘a consultancy with a difference’ (heard that one before...?) our aim is to drive bottom-line performance by creating value.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Leading end-to-end Global Supply Chain Operations serving ANZ, Asia, UK and USA markets for all brands. Accountabilities include contract manufacturing, demand and supply planning, logistics including warehouse and 3PL management and customer service interface. Overseeing the budget for manufacturing and logistics and accountable for meeting DIFOT.

Sydney, Australia

• Responsible for the development of Coriolis Australia consultancy business across the existing client base to achieve operational business plan. Key areas of functional responsibility focused on growing Coriolis.
• Operational Excellence to drive manufacturing efficiencies and reduce operational expense
• E2E Supply Chain cost optimisation
• Capability build in core manufacturing areas including coaching and mentoring

Sydney

• Provide verification of successful delivery of CIP projects at manufacturing facility and work with leadership team to ensure successful integration of CIP process improvements in quality, safety and people are fully.
• Work with relevant project teams in particular the remediation leads to develop comprehensive evidence on the improvements undertaken.
• Guide the business leadership team to identify with future improvement areas post the compliance improvement project to embed new practices and behaviours across all business units. Where embedded change is not fully.
• Be a coaching and consulting resource to work through obstacles to achieve desired outcomes and provide support to the project team during the tense implementation and execution stage.

Syndey, Australia

Led the delivery of targets and deliverables within the business plans, to improve performance across Quality, Safety, Service and Cost with supply network. Part of the regional E2E supply chain team supporting to continue developing and transforming the regional E2E supply chain.Managed contract manufacturers supporting commercial sales and growth plans.

Sydney

• Assisted the Regional SC Head for AsiaPacific & Latin America to develop and deliver the business strategy through sustainable improvement in end-end supply chain performance resulting from deployment of Lean Sigma.
• Led and managed turnaround events, i.e. led Operational Review and capability gap analysis at production site covering HR capabilities & culture, Technical service, Operations, Engineering and EHS. Findings and.
• Drove continuous improvement initiatives in AsiaPacific region through problem solving approach: - OEE performance - Liaise with global waste lead to prioritise and drive waste reduction initiatives in the region.
• Asia Pacific Middle East & Africa regional lead for Value Engineering initiative to ensure delivery of annual financial targets
• Support sites with recruitment of key Operational Excellence resources in AsiaPacific & Latin America and China.
• Establish OE network in AP & China region through best practice sharing sessions and build capability by encouraging local OE resources to attend improvement events in region (change over event, productivity.

• Applying Lean and/or Six Sigma solutions within Pharmaceutical Operations and Consumer Healthcare OperationsLeading change initiatives and execution of projects, resulting in direct financial benefit and behavioural.
• Lead and support specific (LeanSigma) high value interventions to deliver cash benefit to the business, specifically leading productivity diagnostic within the supply chain at sites in China, MEA and Europe.

Leading EBITDA improvement and cost reduction activities with clients on projects in; including designing and optimising business processes.Increased performance warranty team efficiency by applying Lean methods and implementing standard working processes in renewable energy sector in India. Defined resourcing process, methods for service teams and led.

Leading operations and process capability improvement workpackages with client on projects in automotive (Germany, Sweden), chemicals (UK, Austria, Netherlands), biotechnology (UK), FMCG (Denmark) and telecoms (Call centre UK). Accountable for the delivery of specific time, cost, and quality targets to achieve project objectives within a structured.

Led research initiatives to achieve step change in Nylon fibre product quality to maximise the competitive advantage for the global technical Performance Materials business. Coordinated projects from development through to implementation within a structured milestone review process. Focused on the bottom line business impact of decisions in all.

Coordinated product development projects from pilot plant to production scale of Nylon fibre yarns for Apparel end-use with customer defined product characteristics. Led projects to optimise production, improve materials, reduce costs and upgrade existing products. Improved capability of manufacturing processes using statistical process control tools.

Solved problems of a more intractable nature utilising in-depth understanding of SIX-SIGMA coupled with lateral thinking processes in multiple cross-functional projects. Proven track record of quickly identifying operational deficiencies and implementing sustainable process improvements in the UK and Germany. Comfortable with all aspects of DMAIC.

Led research initiatives to maximise the value to the Apparel business from the local asset centres. Applied fundamental scientific principles and evaluation processes to develop novel Nylon Apparel fibre products.Instituted quality critical testing equipment to improve product uniformity reducing quality complaint costs as part of SIX-SIGMA Green Belt.

Thesis titled "Polymerisations in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide". Awarded a Cambridge European Trust Scholar, Trinity College.Patent. Several publications.

Supervised and trained two undergraduate students and managed their projects. Mentored and assisted undergraduates in teaching laboratories and coached revision groups.

Master thesis in polymer chemistry titled “Synthesis and Characterisation of Polymers by Chemical Vapour Deposition”. Supervised one research student. Teaching Assistant (Part-time). Supervised and trained a group of twelve undergraduates in teaching laboratories and classes.

Phd, Chemistry

Certified Nlp Practitioner

Msc, Chemistry

Vordiplom, Chemistry

Certified Life Coach