Thomas Kimpton Email & Phone Number

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Yeadon, England, United Kingdom

• Manager of a manufacturing department containing 19 operators, over two shifts, within a company with a turnover of approximately £70 million.
• Responsible for the first stage in the production process of manufacturing gas-path components for aerospace and industrial gas turbine industries.
• Working to stringent quality regulations due to the production of highly critical components, requiring strong attention to detail.
• Responsible for all health and safety in the department, regularly creating and reviewing in depth risk and COSHH assessments, also dealing with health and safety incidents.
• Overseeing a large subcontract company, having to maintain good inter-company relations, and driving their work to meet OTIF and quality expectations.
• Meeting and exceeding challenging targets, such as: throughput, productivity, standard hours, lean manufacturing improvements, and waste minimization.

Ilminster, England, United Kingdom

• Worked in a small team which was responsible for all continuous improvement within the factory, with the overall aim of generating significant cost savings.
• Achieved cost savings of approximately £200,000 per year through projects I managed, equating to approximately 5% of annual profit.
• Managed small and large projects which impacted stakeholders in all departments within the business, developing excellent management and communication skills.
• Entrusted with large scale, high impact projects such as creating and leading a new factory wide stock-taking procedure. The new procedure was expected to significantly reduce the value of written off stock in the.
• Developed a wide range of technical skills, including the ability to understand and work with large data sets. Also gained significant knowledge of lean manufacturing.