Tom Ray Email & Phone Number

Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Applications lead for Sweet & Beverage Flavours; Europe, Middle East, North Africa.

Reading, United Kingdom

Strategic provision and end-to-end delivery of analytical science needs for R&D research programmes through to quality and process control measures for manufacturing. Scope covers laboratories and teams of scientists spread throughout Europe and 100+ Manufacturing plants for chocolate, biscuit and gum & candy categories.

Providing leadership and management to the department, as well as directing the day-to-day running of the laboratories, my responsibilities include:P&L management of a multimillion euro businessResponsible for achieving all performance related targetsDevelopment and direction of new/existing service offerings and sales strategy planDirect line management of four technical professionals within the team, in addition to dotted line responsibilities for the whole department (20 + FTE’s)Linking technical opportunities and resources to business objectivesPeople management and development, leveraging resources and defining and solving complex functional, business and technical challenges within the companyLaboratory transitioning projects, both in design and execution. Scheduling workload to meet priorities and targets.

for food and Pharma production / contamination issues Lead microscopist in the group, skilled in all in-house instrumentation and techniquesResponsible for recruitment, training and specific quality issues (maintaining GMP and UKAS accreditation for various service offerings)Extensive supervisory experience in analytical laboratory operations, managing teams and major client accounts

Technical post requiring specific microscopy /contaminant expertise in a unique sector of the weapons industry for the MOD

3 year apprenticeship within the Materials Science department covering all technical training required to support undergrad and post grad/doc laboratory work, as well as contract work to external industry. Upon completion of the apprenticeship, I accepted the post of technician in the Electron Microscopy Unit, thus beginning my career as a microscopist...

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Applied Management, Diploma

Msc Materials Science

Hnd Mechanical And Manufacture Engineering

9 Gcse'S, A-B