Ben Mitchell

Experience

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  Hexcel Corporation

  Oct 2014 - Dec 2021

  Development Scientist

  ▪ Development of aerospace composite technologies and processes in-line with internal and external customer directives ▪ Management of cross-functional formulation, application and process-based research and new product development projects▪ Product development from laboratory-based conception to manufacture on pilot and production scale, by evaluation of materials and technologies and experimental design▪ Planning and supervision of production scale manufacturing trials (UK and Europe) to industrialise development systems for customer sampling Show less

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  Sartorius

  Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

  Project Manager

  ▪ Management of a multi-million euro innovative automated bioreactor technology NPI project for the biopharmaceutical industry▪ Led a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary project team including development scientists, hardware, software and manufacturing engineers▪ Maintained clear and regular stakeholder engagement across the multiple business functions▪ Ran a collaborative programme with external life science customers▪ Held regular technical reviews and provided high level updates to stakeholders and senior management▪ Tracked and reported the project financial status using Microsoft Project and other project management software tools for planning, reporting, budget forecasting and resource modelling▪ Owned key project documentation, managed the project scope, led lessons learned sessions and identified, recorded and mitigated project risks and issues▪ Engaged with suppliers across different technical fields, supporting vendor selection activities and NDA administration Show less