Stephen Adams Email & Phone Number

Middlewich, England, United Kingdom

Stafford

• Smart Energy meter manufacture and Customer Support• Part of the senior leadership team. During a period where from 2015 turnover has more than doubled in 2 years to over £100M.• Management of operational staff, and certification of products. • ISO9001, 14001, 27001, PED, GAR, MID, IST• Supporting new product introductions NPI. • Establishing robust change management processes for existing products PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans.• Working with development teams on DFMEA, Alt and ORT• Leading the achievement of customer delivery objectives through process and capability improvements.• Supporting the introduction of the Honeywell Operating System as part of a cultural change.• Data analysis; risk assessment and risk management for safety related field failures.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

• An integral part of the senior leadership team with the remit to oversee the management of operational staff, and to provide the insight and initiative required to grow the business from a small to medium enterprise.• Ensuring the required framework of operational processes are in place which support performance in various metrics including profitability, efficiency, productivity and health and safety mandate.• Facilitating risk assessments on all relevant areas according to best practice and HSE guidelines.• Established required head count for the organisation and executing recruitment campaigns as needed.• Implementing personnel policies concerning employee administration and performance management.• Designing and implementing various projects concerned with elevating employee engagement and performance including pay structure, improved communications and implementing new shift patterns.• Working closely with management to establish short and long term strategies including the doubling of the workforce over the course of 3-years.• Ensuring robust business continuity plans are in place particularly for critical assets. • Leading the achievement of operational objectives through capacity and resource planning and through mitigating any instance where fulfilment demands cannot be met.• Introducing new products into the organisation and subsequent training modules to up and cross skill staff.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Accountable in a multi-faceted and lead role to manage functions including process mapping, team coaching and development, project management, supplier and client liaison and product recall management.• Managing the on-going certification of operations for 500 sites to internal and external guidelines and according to best practice outlines in calibration and MSA. • Managing the product recall function for the organisation with full consideration of all areas impacted.• Key supplier and customer liaison. Part of the author team for Survive - a partnership between the Government, police and motoring industry to create a national code of practice for Roadside Recovery.

• A dual role with the responsibility of a proof of concept pilot project in Italy, and management of UK sites.• Providing the insight and initiatives required to support and validate a project with an €8m budget, and follow on investment of €250m.• Multi-site Manager for 4 sites with a €6.4m budget and comprising of 130 staff. Key contact and subject expert for all sub-contracts.

Northern Europe

• Managing 26 sites in 6 countries (French and English languages) with additional responsibilities including 3 of the 20 processes in the QMS framework, and budget and project creation and monitoring.• Overseeing the implementation of TS16949 in 6 sites across 5 countries. Mitigating any major NCs’ through proactive measures and projects. TS16949 Auditor.• Designated Process Improvement Coach / Mentor for DPCM – the Michelin version of Six Sigma with emphasis on achievement of plans and sharing of best practice.• Coaching and training various Managers in analysis and construction of multi-annual plans with full consideration of external factors and historical performance.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Various Roles:1999 - 2000 Process DesignerRemit: Process automation and upgrade1992 - 1998 Engineering ManagerRemit: Team of 35, reducing maintenance spend by 17% (£0.5m spend).1986 - 1991 Production EngineerRemit: Qualifying new processes and machinery, developing self managed teams.1978 - 1986 Engineering Apprentice / Technical Apprentice / Maintenance Technician / Shift Manager