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31 years

Experience

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Bosch-Rexroth HydraForce

Bosch-Rexroth HydraForce

  • Birmingham, UK
  • 2 years & 8 months
Head of Manufacturing
  • September 2021 - May 2024
Senior leader for manufacturing. Direct responsibility for Manufacturing Engineering & Continuous Improvement. Functional responsibility for production operations. • Turnaround in direct labour efficiency during a period of high growth post-Covid. • Introduced lean/ continuous improvement (CI) through a competency based approach, with front-line leaders taking the lead in driving operational efficiency.
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Magna - Stadco Group

Magna - Stadco Group

  • Telford, UK
  • 4 years & 1 months
Group Operations Director
  • December 2015 - January 2020
Responsible for P&L leadership of all 4 UK operational sites in the Stadco Ltd sub-group. Turnaround in performance of the Telford facility to 100% service level and JLRQ award, following large-scale new product launch and new technology installs in 2015.  Driven OPEX, including Magna MAFACT standards for manufacturing excellence.  Sponsored Zero Harm safety culture to deliver year-on-year accident rate reduction.
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Eaton

Eaton

  • Various >50% travel
  • 5 years & 9 months
Director - Operational Excellence & Quality
  • December 2009 - March 2014
Functional leader for business improvement: Eaton Business System, Supplier Performance, Lean Enterprise, Quality and EHS for the European Operations (17 major locations). Delivery of regional cross-business improvement projects, lean six sigma savings, quality strategy & systems. Leadership of supplier performance team including system and product qualification, scorecard performance and new product development support.
Operational Excellence - Acquisition Integration Leader
  • June 2008 - December 2009
Led the Operational Excellence integration of Moeller Electric GmbH into Eaton Corporation. Exceeded synergy savings goals through internal quality cost reduction, six sigma and labour productivity improvements across 9 major plants in Central and Eastern Europe. Introduced Eaton Business System initiatives including: environmental and safety systems, preventive quality methods and lean enterprise. Applied Organisational Change Management methodologies to support the integration activities.

Education

Grade: 2:1 Honours

Manufacture, materials and design - Pass with merit

Structure and design of manufacturing systems - Pass

Manufacturing management - Pass

Quality: delivering excellence - Pass with merit