Experience

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  Syngenta

  Jan 1992 - Sept 2019

  My responsibilities included;Managing and developing a team of 8-10 support personnel to ensure an efficient and effective service to the Site Engineering Department, ensuring compliance to HR policies and Legislation. Leading continuous improvement of processes through the use of Operational Excellence tools to ensure standardisation and robustness.Leading Business Process Mapping within Engineering to document the as-is and to-be - allowing for knowledge transfer, a basis for on boarding of new starters and improvements to existing processes.Knowledge of Lean and value stream mapping. Implementation of ISO9001 for the Engineering Design Organisation.Implementation of Measures and Key Performance Indicators for Engineering.Evaluation and implementation of changes to equipment and technology to ensure the service provided by the team met the future needs of the site, optimising and exploiting technology. Management of budgets, cost reporting, journals, accruals, capitalisation of Engineering projects and asset disposals. Submission of F10 documents to the HSE, having a working knowledge of CDM regulations. Knowledge of DSEAR, RBI and Ageing Plant, CoSHH, Alarm Management & Functional Safety.A high degree of knowledge of SAP for Plant Maintenance, Finance, Procurement and Materials Management.Project Management for the introduction of Winshuttle and Microsoft Project Online to the Engineering Project department. Show less - Knowledge of different AI manufacturing and F&P operations from a supply chain perspective working with complex, long lead time, cross regional supply chains- Over 10 years experience in SAP, APO and MRP II philosophies- In depth knowledge of Excel, EDWH & MS Office packages- Management of Inventory (JIT, Kanban, Reorder point ...)- Management of the ROP process (Requirements and Operations planning) - Product life cycle management, phase in and phase outs.- Planning of raw material trials to ensure regulatory and formulation compliance- Experience of Business Risk Management and Supply Chain Strategies- Working cross functionally with Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Sourcing, Procurement, Regional Planners (end to end Supply Chain), Regulatory and Formulation Development- Ensuring demand requirements/changes are balanced effectively against production capability, supply constraints and inventory objectives- Knowledge of SOX and REACH processes- Lead for logistics projects on site for key AI's- Knowledge of reporting metrics; OTIF, Vendor performance, HRSA- Knowledge of Lean processes and Shingo Show less

  • Engineering Systems & Support Manager

    Apr 2014 - Sept 2019

  • Asset Planner (Supply Chain and Procurement)

    Jan 2004 - Mar 2014

  • Vendor Scheduler (Raw Material Procurement)

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  • Production Support Officer

    Jan 1992 - Jan 2001
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  Farrar safety engineering ltd.

  Sept 2019 - now

  Safety consultant

  Offering support to clients with development of safety systems, processes and procedures to enable them to meet UK regulations. I provide support in DSEAR, Standard Operating Procedures, Business Continuity Planning, Business Process Mapping, Role Mapping, Scribe and Operational Excellence services.Presently working towards Human Factors/Performance Technical Specialist status with the Energy Institute and Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF).