Stuart Gardner Email & Phone Number

Redditch, England, United Kingdom

Bedworth, England, United Kingdom

• Production planner for Bedworth site covering Weaving, Millinery, Machine Embroidery and Tailoring cells. Control of all work orders via INFOR MRP system. Liaised with purchasing and materials movement to drive sales..
• Cleansed system, reducing overdue open work orders from over 1000 down to 150.
• Found £30,000 of sales not previously invoiced.
• Increased on time to cycle from 32% to 65%.
• Introduced factory tracking system to increase visibility of production status.
• Interrogated MRP system to help Finance Dept close out audit findings

Redditch, England, United Kingdom

• Lead a cross functional team to support production of aerospace components ensuring high levels of safety, quality and delivery.
• Lead Continuous Improvement activities (5S+, VSM, TPM) to increase productivity and reduce waste. Formulated and executed a redesign of the shop floor layout which resulted in 40% footprint reduction, whilst.
• Empowered my team to achieve zero work related absences for a four year period by ensuring a culture of reporting hazards and driving closure of actions.
• Plant Champion for Machine Guarding and Safety, utilised plant resources to ensure legislative and internal compliance and facilitated external auditing process.
• Liaised with planning and supply chain management to seek out opportunities to optimise capacity and ensure material availability for customer requirements.
• Encouraged my team to challenge processes and methods to improve efficiency and quality, ensuring any changes were approved and documented correctly to comply with the Quality Management System.

Redditch, England, United Kingdom

Agreed to an additional interim role of Manufacturing Team Manager to meet an unexpected business need whilst continuing with the Production Planner role for twelve months.

Redditch, England, United Kingdom

• Production planner for clamps and bracket department. Responsible for day to day management of work orders via a bespoke ERP system.
• Increased monthly OTD from 60-70% to 90-100%.
• Produced and maintained weekly and monthly production schedules.
• Held Production Manager and Team Leaders accountable for plan execution.
• Liaised with Materials Movement Team to ensure timely release of work orders.
• Reviewed and refined ERP parameters to optimise inventory.

Redditch, England, United Kingdom

• Gained experience at Eaton Aerospace undertaking several roles on the shop floor as a temporary employee, leading to permanent employment in 2006.
• Stores operative – booking in parts, picking works orders, stock taking, cycle counting.
• Second Operations – drilling, shanking, polishing, wiring on components.
• Hose assembly operator – manufacture and testing of flexible hose assemblies.

Redditch, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for running the food safety laboratory in a chilled food company, conducting 600 analyses per day and managing a small team.
• Required to maintain the laboratory procedures manual, calibration records and analyses results.
• Played an active role in a cross functional team to find the root cause of aberrant results.
• Responsible for annual accreditation audit and closing resultant actions.
• Trained new laboratory staff.