KEY SKILLS
• Instituting best manufacturing practices.
• Maximising customer-added-value and embedding measurable Continuous Improvement.
• Hands-on people and end-to-end process optimisation.
• Project managing capital projects.
• Stringent financial control.
• Leading / motivating production or manufacturing and associated operations (Production Planning and Control; Engineering; HS&E; Quality; Global Supply Chain; NPD/NPI; Customer Services; Warehousing; Distribution/Logistics).
• Delivering multi £M capital projects in-full, on-time, within budget.
• Customer-focused with excellent people and relationship building skills.
• Championing lean OpEx.
• Current / future state value-stream-mapping to eliminate waste, cost and risk, re TPS.
• Project managing end-to-end New Product Development/Introduction.
• Leading technology transfers and establishing satellite operations.
• Building highly effective cross-functional teams and promoting self-direction.
CAREER
David West Lean Manufacturing
Op. Ex and Project Management Consultant
10A Main Street Hillsborough BT26 6AE
Owner/Consultant
Jan 2014 – present
• Delivering project management and production / manufacturing management consultancy.
• Recently completed an administrative/design/engineering contract for a start-up in ROI for all-new bathroom consumer durable products involving – Aug 2014 – Feb 2016
Securing development grants with Cavan Enterprise Board / Enterprise Ireland.
Researching best-in-class products throughout EU.
Project managing the design brief/3D CAD product detailed design and grand assembly/technical specifications/packaging specifications/installation instructions of all- new “greenest” innovative ranges of frameless shower enclosures and wet room products.
Prototyping and independent testing including CE.
EU Design registration and Patent Pending protection.
Managing preparation for production by a preferred Chinese manufacturer including stringent QC protocols and failsafe systems.
• Supplied operations consultancy to Prodieco Ltd. Dublin. Specialist supplier of bespoke high speed pharma blister-pack tooling systems for the global pharmaceutical packaging sector compatible with OEM plant/equipment – specifically – IMA, Uhlmann, Marchesini, Bosch, Klockner/Mediseal, CAM, Romaco, Heino, Ilsemann, Farcon, CKD. Remit was to assume hands-on ownership of all manufacturing operations (including validation and compliance to Factory Acceptance Tests) to optimise departmental outputs – whilst developing a new cellularisation regime prior to the translocation (to new site) of all manufacturing plant and associated operations. Jan 2014 – May 2014
Flair International Ltd., Bailieborough, Co. Cavan. (€16M t/o. Design and manufacture of bathroom consumer durable products).
Operations Director
Jan 2002 – Oct 2013
• Responsibility for all domestic (Ireland) and overseas (China) manufacturing operations (Production/HS&E/Engineering/Procurement/Production Control/Warehousing and Logistics/Customer Care/QA:QC) . Reporting to the CEO.
• Delivered a lean OpEx Toyota-Production-System-based improvement program which boosted efficiency from 67% to 94%.
• Assisted in the delivery of all-new customer-specific product ranges which facilitated entry into new EU markets and massively increased profitable sales (€10M to €16M).
• Created an all-new NPD team and process re-engineered the NPD/NPI function to incorporate Six Sigma DMADV. NPD lead-time reduced by ~75%.
• Reduced raw material costs by >48% by re-sourcing from Europe to China.
• Reduced manufacturing cycle times by almost 40%.
• Key player in formulating and delivering a 6 – 9 year business strategy.
Norbrook Laboratories Ltd., Newry, Co. Down. BT35 6JP. (£260M t/o. Veterinary/human pharmaceuticals for global market).
Head of Engineering and Head of Primary Production
Jan 1999 – Nov 2001
• Reported to the Chairman. Responsible for HS&E; facilities engineering and maintenance; new production plant process-design and engineering; project managing the design/engineering/commissioning/validation of all new manufacturing suites.
• Responsible for all primary chemical production (24/7) – on two sites.
• Successfully specified/designed/engineered/constructed/commissioned four all-new multi £M manufacturing suites and high-speed packaging systems.
• Reduced WFI (water for injection) down time in Factory 1 from 16 – 2%.
• Partnered with all production/operations personnel to assist in optimising OEE.
• Implemented an all-new TPM program on both sites.
• Collaborated with the R&D chemists to prove-out every new primary chemical process at pilot scale ahead of main-stream production and to optimise yields.
• Project managed the specification and commissioning of a multi £M methanol distillation recovery system.
EDUCATION
MBA WCM/Lean OpEx
University of Ulster 1993 – 1996
HND Mechanical / Production Eng
Belfast College of Technology 1986 – 1990
BSc. Hons. Combined Sciences
University of Ulster 1979 – 1983
TRAINING
Start-up Workshop – Enterprise Ireland 2015
Lean Transform / Team based cellular autonomy – HOSCA 2013
E.U. R.E.A.C.H. Compliance Forum. Enterprise Ireland (EI). 2012
Occupational HS&E case law seminars. Irish Business and Employers
Confederation (IBEC) 2012
Employment case law seminars.IBEC. 2010
OEE in IEE – The 6 Big Losses. EI. 2009
Occupational HS&E Companies Forum. IBEC. 2008
Innovation and R&D Management. Innovator. 2006
Aircraft Industry Seminar – business simulation. AIMS. 1994
Project Management. Lucas Project Management Consulting. 1993
Theory of Constraints / practical workshops for cells. Goldratt Institute. 1992
Boeing 5S program. 1989
Six Sigma DMAIC. Boeing (on site Queens Island) 1989
Team Dynamics – Building Effective Teams. Outward Bound Cumbria. 1989
Cellular Application – Cell on a single base. Career Track International. 1988
Implementing Self-Directing Teams. Outward Bound. 1987
Leadership Training and Development. Outward Bound. 1985
IT EXPERIENCE
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite – Excel / Outlook / Word / Powerpoint / Project.
