AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Strategic Planning – Business Development – Team Management – Change Management/Profit & Loss Management – Health & Safety – QA/QC/HAACP
Cost Saving – Procurement – Waste Reduction/engineering – Lean Tools – JIT/KANBAN/5s – Continuous Improvement – Inspection /Audits
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HOVIS LTD, FOREST GATE
SHIFT MANAGER
March 2014 to date
Hovis is the band leader in bread with semi and fully automated plant. Brought the shift from 57% to 68% on OEE through man management and coaching with lean tools
• Managing a shift of 45 people.
• Cost management and compliance to regulation.
• Cost saving through optimum utilisation of capacity.
• Involved in various new methods to reduce change over time.
• Crisis management during plant breakdown.
GRANTON MEDICAL LTD
INTERIM PRODUCTION MANAGER
Sept 2013 – January 2014
Granton Medical is a company making bespoke sterilization pouches. Their high speed manufacturing facility supplies NHS, B Braun, Med trade and various other companies.
• In charge of production and engineering.
• Procurement of new machinery
• Five sterilization pouches making high speed lines with 30 staff (high Care).
• Clean line machine pack for medical instruments.
• Material Management and costs.
• Development of new products.
• New engineering projects.
• Facility management.
• Buying.
• Quick changeovers.
• Agency Management (price negotiations )
• Project management (saved 24k on contract re-negotiations material suppliers and labour)
Utilised effectively the yearly contract to the best use.
TROY FOODS
INTERIM PRODUCTION MANAGER (SUMMER RANGE ONLY)
17 June 2013 – August 2013
Troy Foods is a Salads, Mayo and Veg supplier to Iceland, Aldi, Lidl to name few supermarkets with 40 products coleslaw, Potato salad, Cous cous ,Pasta and many Mayo products it is a summer product range only.
• In charge of 5 productions Chilled lines high care and low care with 80 staff.
• Quality production time scheduling.
• Absence management.
• Minimise give away and labour cost.
COLDWATER SEA FOOD LTD (ICELANDIC GROUP)
PRODUCTION MANAGER
January 2012 – June 2013
Cold water seafood is the third largest company in the UK and has a major share in the market with brand names like THE SAUCE COMPANY, FISH CAKES, and seafood coating.
• In charge of 10 production lines chilled and frozen high care products with more than 120 staff.
• Project management (saved £350k on start-up, packaging and raw materials)
• Quality, RFT, health and safety absence and performance.
• Project management
• Performance management of the core team.
• Introduced various lean techniques and implemented change management.
TAYTO LTD (GOLDEN WONDER)
AREA MANAGER
August 2010 – January 2012
Golden Wonder is an house hold name in Snacks & Crisps manufacturing products like onion rings, cheese balls ,bacon bites cheese puffs, party snacks and all types of crisps to name few.
• In charge of production lines for various products, Quality, material, c/o, managing more than 50 staff depending on the number of lines running.
• Constantly changing environment due to cost.
• Responsible for department quality, cost, Health & Safety, absence and performance, KPI standards.
• Maintained output, quality on all products and dramatically improved quality of products GMP.
• Developed scheduling systems, designed and organised a new work area and formulated production plans.
• Liaised between departments that harmonized demand with production capacity.
• Helped design and launch numerous new products.
• Established routines that expedited responses to the production team.
• Optimized output against targets by developing ongoing scheduling systems and production plans.
• Harmonized customers demand with key production capacity.
• Indicators, reports and graphs. Presentation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Researched and reviewed existing budgets and presented a more cost effective plan for infrastructure and support expenditure.
• Supervising all production, packing and delivery systems, delegating tasks to operators; inspecting products for quality and correctness; conducts job set-up; packing products as required and training new staff.
• Reporting to plant manager and cover for plant manager in his absence.
RECKITT BENCKISTER LTD
TEAM LEADER
November 2007 – July 2010
Reckitt Benckiser is a house hold name in (FMCG) hygiene products like Dettol, Air wick products, Vanish Carpet cleaner, Sheen Polish, Veet, Finish, Harpic, Windolene, Brasso, Clearasil to name few.
• Day production techniques and time management.
• Maximised production runs and team efficiencies. Responsible for department quality, cost, Health & Safety, absence and performance, KPI standards.
• Maintained output, quality on all products and dramatically improved In charge of production lines manufacturing various products, material management, engineering and quality control (4 production lines)
• Communicating to board level, involved with cross-functional problems and liaison with other departments.
• Train team members and other staff in modern
• Quality of products.
• Developed scheduling systems, designed and organised a new work area and formulated production plans.
• Liaised between departments that harmonized demand with production capacity.
ICLTD (CYLINDER MANUFACTURING)
SENIOR PROGRAMMER
February 1993 – August 2007
Indian cylinder limited is a aluminium and various other metal cylinder manufacturing company who specialises in manufacturing of fire extinguishers, oxygen cylinders, Co2, various other inert gasses bottling cylinders for aerospace (ISRO) and other manufacturing companies worldwide.
• Worked as a machine programmer two and three point based.
• Provide technical line leadership.
• Provide leadership on tasks such as lead change over and planning and quality.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (with Distinction B TEC).
• Diploma in Computers.
• Diploma in Management.
• First Aider.
