Simon Cant

Experience

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  Airbus Group

  Nov 1991 - Aug 2016

  Accountable for the planning and approvals of the full Airbus Make perimeter plus Risk Sharing Partners (RSP) for all Capital Expenditure needs for the launch and ramp up of the A350XWB aircraft. Covering 16 internal manufacturing centres across Europe and RSP’s worldwide with a financial perimeter of over 3B€.Accountable for the monitoring and reporting of financial spend to the Executive Committee including convergence planning to the launch business case.Accountable for the ramp up readiness of facilities and equipment for both the -900 and -1000 series aircraft.Responsible to perform Risk and Opportunity assessments in order to meet annual budget planning, overall aircraft business case and rate ramp up requirement. Provide mitigation action proposals for gap closure. Show less Accountable for the planning and approvals of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) CapEx budgets including sign off authority of individual cases up to 0.5M€, challenge of technical and financial business cases and reporting to senior executives within the CoE and central functions (HQ). Annual budget 100-200M€ including new programmes development Accountable for the development and deployment of Make/Buy Policy and deployment of Make/Buy processes and tools within the CoE across 4 manufacturing sites and 5 engineering centres in 4 countries. Managed Globalisation (Make/ Buy) projects in China, Russia, South Korea and Eastern Europe. Show less Defined and implemented a single company wide core / non-core methodology across all CoEs, the baseline for make/buy and investment decision. Process included challenge of existing core / non-core assessments and decisions across 16 manufacturing plants in 4 countries.Defined and implemented a common Make or Buy Policy and decision process across all CoEs, ensuring that the procedures were fully documented and compliant with aviation authority requirements. Successfully passed 2 aviation authority audits at central process level as well as CoE/plant implementation level.Directly supported company-wide CapEx decisions by providing strategic industrial and development planning inputs, including specifically the requirements for expansion of composite technology manufacturing Show less Coordinated the planning and implementation of ‘Integration’ projects relating to common logistics process resulting in annual savings in excess of 15M€, with project implementations achieved 2 years ahead of plan.Responsible for Manufacturing Value Creation reporting to Executive Committee and subsequently EADS [now Airbus Group] (totalling over 60M€ savings) requiring monthly reports on progress, risks and opportunities; twice yearly board reviews directly with executive committee members along with project sponsors and mangers.Responsible for communication of all Manufacturing Value Creation project activities (Internal and External to function) ensuring clarity and accuracy on key messages and improvements Show less Responsible for a team of technical and non-technical personal (up to 20 people) across 3 shifts, for providing Engineering, Quality and Logistics support to a manufacturing unit.Accountable for achieving the Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery targets within the unit.Site accountable for the implementation of the A321 89t modification, ensuring implementation aircraft achieved to SQCD targets from development to series production.Budgetary accountable for the recurring and non-recurring costs of the team, ensuring training and development of individuals match their and the company’s needs. Show less Responsible for the wing engineering planning standard for fuel and hydraulics systems for the A320 family aircraft, including assembly instructions, bill of materials, condition of supply of delivered components ensuring compliance with aircraft modification standard and aviation authority requirements.Latterly took over additional responsible of flying control systems; ailerons, flaps, slats and spoilersProvided direct line support to shop floor for manufacturing issues including repair solution instructions. Show less

  • A350 Programme CapEx Manager

    Jan 2013 - Aug 2016

  • Head of Industrial Strategy and Investments

    Jun 2007 - Dec 2012

  • Industrial Structure and Globalisation Manager

    Apr 2003 - Jun 2007

  • Integration and Value Creation Manager

    Apr 2001 - Apr 2003

  • Airbus Production System Engineer

    Jun 2000 - Apr 2001

  • Engineering Group Leader

    Jul 1995 - May 2000

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    Nov 1991 - Jul 1995
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  Unattached

  Sept 2016 - Mar 2017

  On Sabbatical for emigration to Canada
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  ATS Corporation

  Mar 2017 - now

  • Strategy Program Manager, After Sales & Service

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Global Services Program Manager, Enterprise Resource Planning

    Mar 2017 - Mar 2021