Gilberto Jones

Experience

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  UTC Aerospace Systems

  Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

  Project Manager

  Summer work experience within the Irkut MC-21 Programme Management teamKey responsibilities: > Support the Programme Manager on daily tasks > Preparation for the life-cycle gate audit > Coordinate an Engineering team to deliver a financial customer milestone

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  Lufthansa Technik

  Jul 2016 - Oct 2016

  Research Assistant

  Summer work experience within the Irkut MC-21 Programme Management teamKey responsibilities: > Support the Programme Manager on daily tasks > Preparation for the life-cycle gate audit > Coordinate an Engineering team to deliver a financial customer milestone

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  Collins Aerospace

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Business Development Analyst

  Internship within the Commercial and Business development teamKey responsibilities: > Support the BD manager formulate bids > Amend the financial tool used to create the Business Case for bid proposal > Analyse the military and civil helicopter marketInternship ended pre-maturely due to joining GKN/Fokker for the Management Traineeship

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  GKN Aerospace

  Jul 2019 - Sept 2022

  Traineeship focused on developing leadership skills.3 years long programme as part of the GKN Global Graduate Group with 6 assignments in different roles/team/programme/sites. Leading all activities related to the Bell V280 Wing Ribs and the Bell 525 body panelsKey responsibilities: > V280 -> Coordinate a strategic technology project delivering on-time and within budget > V280 -> Lead the preparation of 3 RFP responses to customer and secure award of 1 project > 525 -> Direct the 525 programme from supply chain through (non-recurring) production to delivery Functional manager responsible for the Assembly and Supplier Account Engineering teams (8 colleagues)Key responsibilities: > Implement LEAN thinking within the teams > Create a strategy to drive the teams to the next step > Hire and on-board new team member Assistant to the Leadership Team managing tactical and strategic commercially related projectsKey responsibilities: > Coordinate all business-wide communication sessions > Coordinate the re-design the CRM tool interface to increase effectiveness > Align the Commercial Governance to new matrix structure Main lead of a site-wide initiative to reduce the number of Non-Conformances (NCs)Key responsibilities: > Increase and stabilise the outflow of NCs > Identify bottlenecks, analyse and re-design the process > Create a prioritisation strategy Support for the transition and industrialisation of a high-tech REACH compliant galvanic processKey responsibilities: > Guide the project team towards the objectives > Create roadmap for the delivery of all FAI > Design process to track progress and open actions Main lead of a project to reduce the recurring costs for the A350 composite spar Fixed Trailing EdgeKey responsibilities: > Centralise cost reduction initiatives > Coordinate the multidivisional project teams > Develop the Business Case and customer proposal

  • Management Trainee

    Jul 2019 - Sept 2022

  • Manufacturing Engineer Programme Manager

    Nov 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Manufacturing Engineering Manager

    Feb 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Executive Management Assistant

    Sept 2020 - Feb 2021

  • Quality Improvement project lead

    Apr 2020 - Aug 2020

  • Industrialisation Support Officer

    Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
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  Fokker Services Group

  Oct 2022 - now

  • Production Planning and Control Lead

    May 2023 - now

  • Project Manager MRO

    Oct 2022 - May 2023