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Halifax, England, United Kingdom

Key achievements1. Led 20+ NPD projects through product development process ranging from 2 months to 2 years in duration. 2. Delivered critical modifications to core Surface medical device portfolio within tight regulatory deadline, safeguarding ~£70m p.a. of business.3. Delivered air disinfection product to market in 2 month timeframe during COVID pandemic in time for Winter ‘214. Delivered first plastic-free wipe product to consumer market, introducing a new range into GAMA Healthcare. This involved working with a new supplier and supply source of product, overseeing extensive testing and managing expectation through key technical milestones.5. Re-organisation of front end of stage gate process to improve the quality of due diligence conducted up front, saving staff resource and financial investment in projects killed early whilst freeing up resource for high quality projects.6. Researched, organised and delivered a research project on terminal cleaning & disinfection, delivering an innovation workshop with senior leaders in the company, generating a series of ideas fed into NPD pipeline for next 5 years.7. Delivered critical re-formulation project in extremely constrained timelines, safeguarding several key SKUs and ensuring supply continuity.8. Conducted commercial feasibility work into a new disinfection agent for acute healthcare, designing and delivering customer and end user research to characterise the specific needs the product needed to solve.

United Kingdom

Halifax, England, United Kingdom

Key skills♦ Building strong relationships with stakeholders from across the business with a focus on delivery.♦ Problem solving around fixing issues and mitigating risks.♦ High level of organisation, driving progress across teams.♦ Influencing stakeholders within the business.♦ Strong planning skills, understanding and putting together project budgets.♦ Ability to sell new ideas and concepts into stakeholders and create champions for new product ideas♦ Leading from the front on management of a category of products and ensuring that the development pipeline compliments the overall category strategy globally.Roles and Responsibilities♦ End to end management of NPD projects, closing at 6 months post-launch.♦ Building and managing ad-hoc delivery teams for new product development projects, comprising R&D, Marketing, Sales, Regulatory, Creative Design and Supply Chain depts.♦ Overall responsibility for delivery of the ‘product’ in projects, defining and owning project scope, aligning with and challenging stakeholders across the business to ensure the scope is delivered.♦ Chairing meetings and driving progress, unpicking problems and developing solutions to keep project on track and on budget.♦ Developing a detailed project plan and budget made up of work packages and milestones and defining a launch date for the financial budget.♦ Leading strategic gate reviews at defined points in the project.♦ Leading technical project reviews and managing stakeholders according to project RACI.♦ Ensuring project documentation and reporting all in line with GAMA Healthcare StageGate process, owning compliance with ISO 13485 certification. ♦ Responsibility for nurturing and developing the global Enhanced Disinfection portfolio of products in partnership with Marketing by generating new projects to compliment and drive increased revenue.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Key achievements:1. Personally delivered thousands of hours of consultancy to companies undertaking R&D in the Life Sciences and related sectors2. As a senior member of a small motivated team, consistently increased sales revenue in business unit year on year (since 2015)3. Developed and nurtured a Digital Health business community in the North of England designed to encourage the growth of the sub-sector4. Developed a range of new services and accompanying marketing material, relaunching the department5. Co-delivered innovation courses for Director-level people in medtech companies, covering fundamental elements of a successful product development processRoles and Responsibilities:Project Delivery♦ Delivered over £1m of consultancy projects, ranging from £5k to >£100k in value♦ Generating and championing new product and service ideas to offer to small and large firmsProject Management♦ Management of associates and sub-contractors in the delivery of larger projects.Business Development♦ Skilled networker and relationship developer, representing the organisation at a regional and national level.♦ Experienced in lead generation, identifying needs and addressing through bespoke projects♦ Responsibility for promoting the Medilink brand within the Medical Technologies and promoting Innovation expertise for bespoke projectsClient management♦ Long record of relationship building with individuals and large organisations for single piece and ongoing work♦ Excellent feedback consistently received from clientsOther skills and competencies♦ Expert on public sector finance sources, (Innovate UK, SBRI Healthcare, NIHR)♦ Leading delivery and presentation of project work to clients♦ Familiar with EU Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulations and requirements.♦ Authored Clinical Evaluation Reports to MEDDEV 2.7.1. Rev4.♦ Up-to-date knowledge of NHS in relation to commissioning of new technologies♦ EU and FDA regulatory knowledge

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Medilink Yorkshire and Humber is the membership based representative body dedicated to the growth of the Healthcare Technologies sector.Medilink brings together the NHS, academia and industry to stimulate innovation and support the growth of the Healthcare Technologies sector, providing specialist consultancy services around Innovation and Commercialisation, International Trade, PR and Marketing and Sector Skill provision.Our customers range from start-ups to global organisations and are at the heart of all of Medilink Yorkshire & Humber's services.

Daresbury

Role: Project Manager for an ★award winning★ £9.8m business support programme accelerating innovation in 290 SMEs in the North West of England.Key achievements:1. Consistently achieving quarterly targets for business assists, recruiting over 100 businesses andmanaging upwards of 30 projects at any one time, demonstrating project management and organisational capabilities2. As the primary interface with businesses. helping clients access over £1m in grants and over £2m of venture capital funding to help them initiate business-critical projects3. Implemented a variety of new initiatives to improve project performance including recruitment ofadditional junior market researchers, up-dating communication systems and investment in an electronic Customer Relationship Management systemResponsibilities included:♦ Conducting business development ensuring upwards of 20 new businesses were recruited per quarter using a variety of techniques, such as attending networking events, giving presentations and liaising with an external PR company♦ Identifying needs, scoping projects and providing business support to clients focusing on marketing, growth strategy, and inward investment♦ Maintaining relationships with all supported clients throughout the programme, ensuring the highest impact for the assistance given♦ Recruited, trained and managed a team of graduates to ensure high quality work was delivered on time♦ Worked closely with project partners Lancaster University & University of Liverpool, reporting on key performance indicators at board meetings

Role: Delivering bespoke market research, business consultancy and commercialisation services to a wide array of science and technology companies.Responsibilities included: ♦ Planning and delivery of Innovate UK funded bespoke market research for a range of companies in the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Engineering business sectors, with the aim of de-risking projects to encourage further investment ♦ Personally delivered a wide array of projects varying in duration from one to four months in length, with a combined value of £480k ♦ Leading client management from initial workshops through to presentation of findings and using a combination of primary and secondary research techniques to investigate and validate new market opportunities

Ma Environmental Management And Consultancy, Environmental Consultancy, Merit

Bsc Environmental Science, Environmental Management, 2:1