Aaron Nash

Experience

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  Kumon UK

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2019

  Classroom Assistant

  Provided educational support to a large and expanding tuition franchise. Building relations with customers to deliver feedback and insight into how best to improve the education of their respective child. Tracking the progress of individual learners mapping this against their target. Managing learning by structuring lessons. Other duties included general administration and the forward planning of homework for students.

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  J.Thwaite

  Feb 2017 - Jun 2019

  Agricultural employee

  Seasonal support work on a farm containing circa 450 ewes. Progressed to managing flock rotation and organising resources reacting to ground and weather conditions planning stock movements and grazing patterns.Undertook a project to maximise available space to suit weather conditions and demand spikes during lambing season which increased barn capacity for newborns whilst trailblazing a split barn rotation system designed to progressively move Ewes and Lambs out to the fields based on their general health Show less

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  Freshcut Foods

  Sept 2019 - now

  Contingency mapping of equipment across both sites providing cost of solutions to ensure future supply is protected in the best possible manner.Prepared a 5 year strategy plan for the factory and scoping capex requirements.Led quality project improving end of life product by reviewing current processes and adjusting to scientifically refine the process. This action reduced quality complaints from highest affected SKU to zero. Shutdown coordination of 7 production lines to complete 4 multi departmental projects, with focus on improving Food Safety, Performance and Preventative failures.Completed the design, trialling and swap over to printed film for 6 SKUs with 1 film able to service 3 different pack sizes providing an end to a customer led project whilst saving on MOQs and stock held at site. Show less Installation of x2 multihead weighing lines and the decommissioning of an aging linear weighing lineScoping, proposal and then modification of x1 multihead weighing line to cater for entire pack range giving business greater flexibility.Adaptation of x1 under utilised line to enable most common pack size to pack Saving in the region of £230,000 per annum in yield and labour by adapting the mutlihead line to pack the businesses largest single product line. The project involved the training of 4 new staff to create a morning team improving equipment utilisation from 41% to 62% from this a running order was set in place as standard practice with targets for the morning team to hit.Reducing NVA time in the preparation department highlighting savings of £50,000 per annum with a payback period of 13.4 weeksReducing waste from the multihead packing line from 2% of throughput to 0.3% saving a processed cost of £34,000 per annumTraining and mentoring of an apprentice to integrate new team member into the business Show less Provided interim cover for the operations manager from December 2020 through to May 2021 in which duties included leading a team of six supervisors and circ. 180 employees to ensure areas worked in partnership to meet the needs of the business.In addition to this I took a position as operational contact point to third party contractors, coordinating works during and outside of production hours which complied with BRC codes of practice. Reviewing area plans and machinery layout plans to ensure the new areas were fit for lean productionImprovement project resume incudes:Streamlining traceability system to improve live recording of data by reducing non essential tasks, changing system flows and merging data recording where applicable. This reduced 40% of the required clicks relating to system usageImplementing automated packing systems to reduce giveaway and provide consistent BPM. This generated RM and labour savings of £104,000 per annum with no capexMoving the process flow of products to produce yield savings in the region of £15,000 pa with no capex in addition to the switching of RM which saved £3000 paImplementing engineered solutions to reduce floor waste across highcare departments, producing a cost saving of £32,000 paLiaising with engineering dept. Health and Safety and Quality Assurance to seek and implement practical solutions in a continuous manufacturing environmentCreating SOPs and the managing of external and internal training to successfully implement new machinery into the production environment. This includes mutlihead weighing systems in two departments. This increased throughput by 55% and reduced giveaway by 72%Implementing paperless life extension recording system, reducing fields by 40% and maximising data processing efficiency by reducing transportation waste. Show less

  • Continuous Improvement Manager

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Continuous Improvement Technician

    Sept 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Project Management and CI Apprentice

    Sept 2019 - Sept 2021