Highly experienced manufacturing professional with strong leadership skills in manufacturing, quality, and production engineering disciplines. Extensive experience in lean deployment and the management of quality management systems in automotive and aerospace sectors. Degree qualified in Production Engineering, apprentice trained in the automotive industry and a qualified lean six sigma blackbelt.
Why are they a good candidate?
- Strong people development skills with the experience to mentor younger engineers and managers.
- Versatile communicator, equally comfortable on the shop floor or with senior management and comfortable in customer-facing situations.
- Huge experience in problem-solving and process improvement in a variety of manufacturing environments.
- Quick to adapt to new and changing environments with a systemic approach to grasping issues quickly and reacting accordingly to find effective solutions.
3 greatest professional achievements:
- Took Building Products Business from a new start-up to an established manufacturer employing up to 100 workers and generating £8m revenue
- Increased manufacturing cell capacity by 33% for Precision Engineering business in their largest manufacturing cell through the deployment of motion kaizen to redesign the cell layout and assembly work station design
- Increased on time/in full delivery performance for Manufacturer of Building Materials from 85% to 99.5% over a five-month period through the deployment of short interval management and engaging the workforce through more meaningful KPI deployment
3 most important things about next move:
- Opportunity to grow as a leader and developer of people
- Progressive company culture with ambitions for growth and an ethical outlook
- Stability & satisfaction