Experience

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  Reliance gear co ltd

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1997

  Managing director

  Strategy and P&L responsibility. Adopted the Investors in People Standard. Nurtured loyalty from customers and employees. Managed a diversification away from traditional markets and consolidated two sites into one.

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  European gas turbines ltd

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Ge business manager

  Repairing a strained relationship between GE Industrial Aero Derivatives and EGT. GE were a key supplier, customer and technology partner, as well as being a minority shareholder in the site. We packaged and installed a world first development engine from GE into a CHP system for a UK customer. We designed and manufactured a power turbine for the GE LM1600 engine. A much more productive relationship was achieved, culminating in a bid for the Lincoln site from GE.

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  Alstom power

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Manager of continuous improvement

  Running the continuous improvement programme, including: Facilitating senior management idea generation for new projects, selecting and supporting project leaders, delivering targeted business benefit.

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  Napier turbochargers

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Production manager

  Meeting output targets. Forecasting and matching capacity with demand. Maintaining quality, health and safety. Negotiating pay increases and changes to terms and conditions.

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  Siemens

  Nov 2003 - Dec 2007

  Responsible for the continuous improvement activity globally in the Oil & Gas group of Siemens Power Generation, Industrial Applications. We have four main sites across Europe and several more around the world. I run the Improvement Programs (Six Sigma and Value Generation) and co-ordinate Oil& Gas related quality issues.

  • Lessons Learned Manager

    Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  • Business Excellence Manager, Oil & Gas

    Nov 2003 - Jan 2007
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  Siemens pg

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Lessons learned manager

  Developing and deploying the continual improvement systems.

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  Fenner precision, lincoln

  Jan 2008 - Apr 2014

  General manager

  Achieving operating profit budget. Maintaining safety and ethical standards. Keeping customers happy. Introducing new products to production. Driving the continual improvement program.

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  Reliance rg ltd

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2016

  Chairperson
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  Reliance precision limited

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2016

  Chairperson
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  Fenner precision

  Apr 2014 - Mar 2016

  Operations director

  Operations, which includes, Production, Production Engineering, Continuous Improvement and QHS. We have sites in UK and USA.

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  Reliance precision limited

  May 2021 - Dec 2021

  Director of operations

  Interim position until successor recruited