Ashley Kingston

Experience

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  Crosslee plc

  Sept 2003 - Jun 2006

  • Planning & Materials Manager

    May 2005 - Jun 2006

  • Graduate Engineer - Training Programme

    Sept 2003 - May 2005
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  CCL - Specialised Engineered Solutions for Structures

  Jul 2006 - Jun 2009

  Operations Engineer
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  Renold PLC

  Jul 2009 - Dec 2014

  Managing full Operations of the Halifax site including: HS&E, Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Purchasing, Logistics, Warehousing & Despatch and Site services. Full budgetary responsibility with P&L. Charged with the direction and management of a team of five managers and overall responsibility of over thirty employees. Manager for Production Planning, Warehousing (including stock control and stock value), Goods-In, Packing and Shipping.Lean team leader for Kaisan and SMED projects.

  • Manufacturing Manager

    Nov 2013 - Dec 2014

  • Production Controller

    Jul 2009 - Nov 2013
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  Institution of Mechanical Engineers

  Mar 2011 - Apr 2017

  Media & Publicity Officer (Yorkshire Region)

  Media & Publicity Officer for the Yorkshire Region of the IMechE. Also part of the Yorkshire Region committee.

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  James Heal

  Dec 2014 - Jul 2017

  Head of Operations
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  Home Automation Solutions (HAS)

  Sept 2017 - now

  Business Owner

  Home Automation Solutions exists to help everyone enjoy the benefits of modern home technology in our busy lives.Our Mission is to provide understandable advice, training, installation and set-up of a variety of home technology and automation systems to support our clients whilst providing the option of ongoing support.

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  AMK Business Consulting

  May 2018 - now

  Manufacturing Consultant & Interim Operations Director

  Offering manufacturing consultancy, interim management and leadership experience in all areas of manufacturing and operations management with the ability to add value from the first day.