Kundai Dangare

Experience

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  Next

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2016

  Sales consultant/Team Coach
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  INEOS

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2019

  Mechanical Engineering Intern
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  The Edge Gym

  Sept 2019 - Sept 2021

  Receptionist
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  University of Leeds

  Jul 2020 - Sept 2021

  School of Mechanical Engineering Student Representative

  - Won the School of Mechanical Engineering Simon Vickers award for contributing the most to student life.- Won the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Student Academic Rep of the Year award.- Received special commendations for my work as a School Rep at the Leeds University Union Partnership Awards.- Represented the views of over 1000 students in the School and worked alongside Course Reps and staff to make the School better.- Influenced decision making at School, Faculty and University level.- Connected with academic societies to gather student opinion and ensure students’ expectations were met in all areas.- Informed students of positive changes made. Show less

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  Thales

  Sept 2021 - now

  - Managed engineering compliance queries, reducing the number of open cases across the UK.- Facilitated internal audits with engineering leaders.- Developed change management strategy for a transformation project.- Created project plan and schedule.- Managed project schedule and deliverables.- Identified project goals, needs, and scope.- Led project team towards shared goals and objectives.- Ensured all tasks, deliverables, and project materials were delivered promptly. Show less - Developed Power BI dashboards that provide insight into engineering data.- Demoed digital products to customers.- Created training content including videos and user guides.- Chaired gate reviews and delivered supporting presentations.- Analysed and presented benefit estimation for digital products.- Collaborated with the development team, user groups and product owners to conduct user acceptance tests.- Acted as the liaison between the development team and customers.- Facilitated requirements gathering and capture sessions with customers.- Managed key stakeholders to promote collaboration across different functions.- Chaired sprint planning, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups.- Managed sprint tasks using Jira and agile principles.- Recipient of the Thales Gold Award for my contribution to product launch.- Recipient of the Thales Silver Award for my work as a mentor during the 2022 Thales work experience week.- Recipient of the Thales Bronze Award for supporting the 2022 induction week Show less

  • Graduate Engineer - UAS Trials & Training Centre

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Graduate Engineer - UK Engineering Operations & Strategy

    Sept 2022 - Sept 2023

  • Graduate Engineer - Digital Operations

    Sept 2021 - Sept 2022
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  University of Leeds

  May 2023 - now

  Board Member - Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering Industry Advisory Board