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Auckland, New Zealand

Reporting to the Product Design Manager Laundry, managing multimillion-dollar projects for sale in local and global markets

Auckland, New Zealand

Selected to lead a corporate business initiative to improve business forecasting across, sales, supply chain and finance to improve sales achievement, produce accurate forecasts, reduce inventory and a faster cadence to sales and supply planning Lead a large cross business project, reporting to EVP Supply Chain & EVP Sales Operations to deliver improvements in sales, finance and supply chain forecasting Improved USA sales forecasting from 35% to 60% accuracy, a step change in… Show more Selected to lead a corporate business initiative to improve business forecasting across, sales, supply chain and finance to improve sales achievement, produce accurate forecasts, reduce inventory and a faster cadence to sales and supply planning Lead a large cross business project, reporting to EVP Supply Chain & EVP Sales Operations to deliver improvements in sales, finance and supply chain forecasting Improved USA sales forecasting from 35% to 60% accuracy, a step change in planning for that sales office Delivered cross company integrated business planning process and global roll out of process Shortlisted vendors to migrate tools to cloud-based forecasting with advanced analytics and prediction Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

Leading Laundry and Range-hood engineering teams to deliver projects and build team capabilityKey Contributions Introduced and deployed agile systems for objective tracking, visibility of objectives and accountability for individuals Deliver to projects on time, develop key product roadmaps and grew laundry team and technical skill base Extremely low staff turnover during tenure Teams delivered 3 unique platforms during tenure Responsibilities of this role… Show more Leading Laundry and Range-hood engineering teams to deliver projects and build team capabilityKey Contributions Introduced and deployed agile systems for objective tracking, visibility of objectives and accountability for individuals Deliver to projects on time, develop key product roadmaps and grew laundry team and technical skill base Extremely low staff turnover during tenure Teams delivered 3 unique platforms during tenure Responsibilities of this role Team manager for 6 direct reports, 50 Indirect, 2 product lines Hiring manager for engineers and function team leaders Leadership and team development Resource and budget management, including contractors and parent company resource (Haier China) Manage and develop internal systems and processes Review business cases Ensuring technical teams project delivery Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

Reporting to the Function Manager of product development, ensuring the technical teams under my leadership deliver to company objectives. Develop engineering teams skills and leadership, continually improve company processes and delivery.

Auckland New Zealand

Worked as a freelance contractor. Successfully engaged several contracts including Adherium (Asthma Inhalers), Smart Clothing development, iMonitor (Food Monitoring Telemetry). Work ranged from hands on technical, team leadership and process development.

Auckland New Zealnd

Leading the new zealand operations for Zephyr Technology- Management NZ development team including 11 engineers and office staff- Project & Programme management- Define project scope , timelines and effort, ensure projects are delivered on time and within budgetNegotiation with internal stakeholder and clients to define project and products- Work closely with the CTO to develop core IP and product strategy- Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team on system design… Show more Leading the new zealand operations for Zephyr Technology- Management NZ development team including 11 engineers and office staff- Project & Programme management- Define project scope , timelines and effort, ensure projects are delivered on time and within budgetNegotiation with internal stakeholder and clients to define project and products- Work closely with the CTO to develop core IP and product strategy- Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team on system design and product development- Mange and improve development systems Show less

Progressed from a hardware engineer through to Senior Designer and Project Manager. Responsibilities of this roleLead a small research team developing core technology and IPManage multi disciplined projects from start to finish to deliver on time and on budgetManage internal and external resources Requirements gathering and documentationSenior designer smart fabric productsManage production partners overseasElectronics sensors & Product DesignKey… Show more Progressed from a hardware engineer through to Senior Designer and Project Manager. Responsibilities of this roleLead a small research team developing core technology and IPManage multi disciplined projects from start to finish to deliver on time and on budgetManage internal and external resources Requirements gathering and documentationSenior designer smart fabric productsManage production partners overseasElectronics sensors & Product DesignKey ContributionsManaged Key Client projects to mass production 10k/AnnumCompleted over 10 successful projects for key customers including Sigma Sport, NZ Academy of Sport, US MilitaryDesigned patented smart fabric wearable sensors, Zephyr BioHarness Strap Show less

Worked full time as part for university degree as a failure analysis engineer for a world leading semiconductor company. I was responsible for analyzing failed integrated circuits from internal and external customers, compiling reports identifying failure mechanisms and recommendations to prevent future failures. Responsibilities of this roleAnalyzing integrated circuits for causes of failureAssisting design engineers to analyze results and implement design improvements Trained… Show more Worked full time as part for university degree as a failure analysis engineer for a world leading semiconductor company. I was responsible for analyzing failed integrated circuits from internal and external customers, compiling reports identifying failure mechanisms and recommendations to prevent future failures. Responsibilities of this roleAnalyzing integrated circuits for causes of failureAssisting design engineers to analyze results and implement design improvements Trained in the use of hazardous chemicals in high tech lab failure analysis labMaintenance of lab equipmentKey ContributionsUpgrade of FA lab test PCB systemUndergraduate representative promoting Analog Devices as graduate employer Show less