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PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVEA very well qualified and experienced Plant Manager, with in excess of 20 years in the automotive component industry, with a passion for problem solving and cost reduction. PERSONAL PROFILE • A passionate believer in transparency and continuous improvement, with an inspirational level of personal motivation and a ‘can do’ attitude.• Striving always to generate Inclusivity and engagement.• Flexible but focussed strategic thinker who enables dynamic change in people and processes.• Able to use benchmarking to improve performance and use lesson learnt to make a permanent difference.• Realistic, feet on the ground, practical but able to share vision and work towards it. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES• Advocate of strong strategic alignment through goal setting and follow up to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).• Cost reduction using modern lean manufacturing techniques, establishing the value stream and eliminating non value added activity. (5S, SMED, VSM and manufacturing cells)• Capable communicator from shop floor to senior management team.Specialties: LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS• A leader with a sociable style prepared to celebrate success and confront poor performance.• Create focus and team work to significantly improve performance in individuals and process.• Prepared to challenge others to make the improvements and increase employee engagement.• Develop high level internal and external customer focus.• Committed to stability, able to manage and utilise crisis to enrich people and process.