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Telford, United Kingdom

Wrapfilm Ltd design and produce innovative electronic and manual dispensing systems for catering and retail consumers. Wrapfilm trades under Bacofoil Brand selling internally produced rewound Film, Foil, Parchment, Foil lined parchment, PET roasting film, integrating profile extrusion dispensers, nonstick coating and outsource production. Wrapfilm is owned by Cofresco which is part of Melitta Group which has 3300 employees, 330 locate on the Telford twin site.• Leadership and Management… Show more Wrapfilm Ltd design and produce innovative electronic and manual dispensing systems for catering and retail consumers. Wrapfilm trades under Bacofoil Brand selling internally produced rewound Film, Foil, Parchment, Foil lined parchment, PET roasting film, integrating profile extrusion dispensers, nonstick coating and outsource production. Wrapfilm is owned by Cofresco which is part of Melitta Group which has 3300 employees, 330 locate on the Telford twin site.• Leadership and Management of QA department. Show less

Hereford, United Kingdom

Sanders Polyfilms manufacturer 12,000 tonnes of mono layer shrink and high performance co extruded packaging films.Quality, Technical, Engineering, Health and Safety Manager. Started as Quality and Technical Manager. Achieved a promotion after 7 months increasing the scope to include Engineering and H&S Management, taking over poor performing departments. (Looking back, should have requested a job title change to Operations Manager.)• Turned around the Engineering… Show more Sanders Polyfilms manufacturer 12,000 tonnes of mono layer shrink and high performance co extruded packaging films.Quality, Technical, Engineering, Health and Safety Manager. Started as Quality and Technical Manager. Achieved a promotion after 7 months increasing the scope to include Engineering and H&S Management, taking over poor performing departments. (Looking back, should have requested a job title change to Operations Manager.)• Turned around the Engineering department resulting in a reduction in engineering expenditure from £550K to £300K saving £250K.• Lead 3rd party accreditation with ISO 9001, BRC/IOP and 14001 Environmental standards. Hazard HACCP team leader.• Represented the company in customer facing role as Technical and Quality Manager supporting sales, generating business development opportunities with companies such as Cott Beverages, Kingspan, Polypipe, P&G, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever, Nestlé, Inbev, NPP, FFP, Heineken and other major producers and packers throughout the UK, Europe and Ireland.• Management of Production Technical Staff, Film Specialist, and Laboratory Staff across UK and European sites.• Visited, and worked collaboratively with large European polymer manufacturing business. Such as Total, Basell, Borealis, Dow, Versalis and A. Schulman. Created company product stewardship compliance system for food contact EU regulatory requirements. • Successfully problem solved transfer projects to European manufacturing sites saving potential £100K per annum. Pioneered polymer development strategies resulting in £100K annual saving. Developed better performing packaging films with higher strength, improved sealing characteristics, lower scrap rates and down gauging for customer retention and margin gain.• Management of Health and Safety consultants resulting in reduced RIDDOR incidents. • Directed with full site responsibility shutdown maintenance and emergency response to main site transformer failure. Show less

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Wednesbury

After growing sales from zero to £1.2M over 5 year period completed successful profitable business sale.

Wolverhampton

Successfully laed Quality Management System AS9100 3rd party accreditation which includes the requirements of AS9001. Was instrumental in NADCAP implementation. Executed Auditing of departments (systems and process). Quality customer contact successfully managed non-conforming product resolution. Successfully handled Specifications, measuring and monitoring, calibration, First Article Inspection Reports and customer satisfaction reports. Managed staff, prepared work schedules and assigned… Show more Successfully laed Quality Management System AS9100 3rd party accreditation which includes the requirements of AS9001. Was instrumental in NADCAP implementation. Executed Auditing of departments (systems and process). Quality customer contact successfully managed non-conforming product resolution. Successfully handled Specifications, measuring and monitoring, calibration, First Article Inspection Reports and customer satisfaction reports. Managed staff, prepared work schedules and assigned specific duties to quality engineers.• Successfully completed extensive quality AS/EN9100:2009 (Rev C) aerospace/defense standard Foundation Course.• Instrumental in NADCAP special process gap analysis to comply with SAE AS7108.• Lead furnace heat treatment compliance to aerospace material specification (AMS) 2750D• Completed ISO19011:2002 Internal Auditing and Continuous improvement course.• Successfully completed course in Reliability and repeat-ability, measuring and capability studies.• Implemented Process improvements, Completion of First Article inspection reports. Show less

Rugby

R&D for Dana now MAHLE. Working on the development of new overlays of engine bearings. Worked effectively with sites in Italy, developing initiative processes for manufacturing engine bearings such as high speed plating, sputter deposition, physical vapor deposition, using analytical technology analysis such as SEM.

Wednesbury

Initial business setup in a vacant 1500 sqft retail premises. Drove sales from zero to £1.2M over 5 year period, using group and local Sales and Marketing activity, face to face sales and staff sales training. Full P&L responsibility, finance, accounts, wages, VAT returns. Purchasing and stock control. Managed 8 employees, recruitment, scheduled work hours, resolved conflicts, and determined salaries. Personnel licensee holder.

Brownhills/Burntwood

Electroplating plastics most technically difficult process in the industry. Maier/Chrome Co also, injection mold. paint and assemble.Started at Chrome Co Ltd Coated Plastics, as Process Improvement Engineer and achieved promotion to become Technical Manager. After a company change of ownership by Maier Coop became part of the board of Managers responsible for the Plastic Plating Shop, Maintenance/Engineering and Laboratory.. Maier Supply automotive first tier, Toyota, Honda, Ford… Show more Electroplating plastics most technically difficult process in the industry. Maier/Chrome Co also, injection mold. paint and assemble.Started at Chrome Co Ltd Coated Plastics, as Process Improvement Engineer and achieved promotion to become Technical Manager. After a company change of ownership by Maier Coop became part of the board of Managers responsible for the Plastic Plating Shop, Maintenance/Engineering and Laboratory.. Maier Supply automotive first tier, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Rover, PSA, Nissan, VW, GM.• A key member of the Board of Managers responsible for the main electroplating operations.• Responsible for scrap rate improvement from 24% to below 10% averaged per month increasing bottom line profit by an estimated £500K. • Instrumental in achievement of plant utilization improvements from 60% to 95% through assigning focus team project increasing bottom line profit by a measured £250K per year.• Managing a team of 6 Managers who intern Managed teams comprising, Process Managers, Engineering Managers, Laboratory supervisors, Maintenance Engineers, Electricians, and Laboratory Staff. A total of 35 staff on a rotating 5 day shift and weekend engineering.• Budget responsibilities for Chemical Budget of £800,000, Maintenance Budget of £225,000. Capital investment budgets of £400,000 annually and a Jig and fixtures budget of £100,000. Show less

Stourport-On-Severn

Large scale industrial chemical process.• Shift technician / pilot plant to large industrial scale process. Chemical engineering apprenticeship.• Initial pilot plant upgrade to full production. Instrumental in a tenfold increase in production from 100,000 gallons to 1 million gallons of oil recycled annually on a large-scale oil refining process.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Applied Chemistry

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