Experience

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  Britton security products

  Aug 1995 - Jan 2000

  Purchasing and Planning of business during relocation of that business. Managing logistics for the supply of manufacturing, plus logistics of ensuring production was fed at the right site on a live basis as business did not stop whilst relocating. Sourcing and negotiation of new supply contracts. Responsible for managing all aspects of production unit including staffing, holidays, discipline, training, output, waste, utilisation, specific project management, safety, quality and planning.

  • Purchasing and Planning Supervisor

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  • Group Leader / Shift Supervisor

    Aug 1995 - Aug 1998
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  Britton merlin

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Production services manager

  Ran Quality and Health and Safety within department. Planning and purchasing and production support within that department.

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  Britton decoflex

  Aug 2001 - Jan 2013

  Technical support to the sales team. Technical Sales to new and existing clients. Managing Quality systems, procedures and team. Reporting. Managing Patents and Trademarks. Managing own departmental discipline and employment plus assisting / recommending in actions for other departments. Responsible for the creation, implementation and amalgamation of Quality and Health & Safety Policy, Systems and Procedures across 3 businesses within a division. Building similarity across the 3 essentially disparate sites located across UK.

  • Technical and Quality Manager

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2013

  • Divisional Quality, and Health & Safety Manager

    Aug 2001 - Aug 2006
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  Coveris uk

  Jan 2013 - Oct 2017

  Innovation and improvement in all areas of product, process and personnel. Technical support to the sales team. Technical Sales to new and existing clients. Managing Patents and Trademarks - named inventor on at least 2 Patents. Sourcing new suppliers, negotiating new terms plus testing and approving all new supplier materials. Winner of Flexible Packaging Association Highest Achievement Award 2015. "The Highest Achievement Award is evaluated by the judges as possessing overall packaging excellence, significant attributes in all the award categories, and contributing most to the advancement of the industry." http://www.flexpackmag.com/2015-FPA-Highest-Achievement Show less

  • Product Development Manager Speciality Bags

    Jan 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Technical Manager

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2016
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  Essity

  Nov 2017 - now

  Product development manager

  To sustainably develop, produce, market and sell increasingly value-added products and services within hygiene and health product markets for customers and consumers. Satisfying needs through understanding of customers and consumers, knowledge of local and regional market conditions and superior go-to-market approaches, combined with global experience, strong brands, efficient production and innovation