Experience

Vax Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Quality & Aftersales Service

  • Sep 2018 - Present

• Head of NPI, Estimating and Approvals EMEA

  • Feb 2017 - Sep 2018

• New Product Introduction Manager

  • Sep 2016 - Feb 2017

• Estimating and Approvals Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2016

• Senior approvals and projects engineer

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

• Quality and Approvals Engineer

  • Apr 2012 - Oct 2013

  In addition to my responsibilities in my previous role, I now manage value engineering for Vax which has meant: working closely with our design and engineering teams as well as with our suppliers, negotiating prices, generating cost saving ideas, managing time scales, forecasting and reporting progress to the key stakeholders in the rest of the business. I look after product approvals for not just our UK business but also our business in the Middle East and Africa. I look after health and safety with regards to our products, including completing product inspections and reporting on call center data. I now own the Argos account from a quality perspective. I also look after our robotic vacuum cleaner products from a quality and testing perspective, this has involved writing test plans and working and building a relationship with a new supplier. Show less

• Electrical Engineer

  • Aug 2010 - Apr 2012

  Responsibilities included: Arranging all CE product approvals for new products and the renewal of certificates when required for existing products. Creating and maintaining technical files for products. Assisting with the management of the Argos and Asda accounts from a quality perspective. Setting up spare parts for new products. Uploading new products and spares on to the company systems. Creating rating labels and service sheets using AutoCAD. Arranging third party factory audits at our OEM's and following up with corrective action plans. Show less



Boots UK

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Assistant

  • Jun 2007 - Dec 2010

  Responsibilities included: Working on the till and helping customers. During this time I also worked on the night shifts in the build up to Christmas's, where we would in a team of 6, over the duration of a week, convert half of the stock from the 'Sun shop' to the 'Christmas shop'. The last year I spent at Boots I managed a Sunday evening team, that consisted of me and 4 others - the shift started as the store shut and ended at mid-night. The aim was to make the shop perfect after a busy weekend of sales for opening on the Monday morning. My responsibilities then included securing and locking up the store at the end of the shift. Show less

• Operations assistant

  • Nov 2005 - Jun 2007

  Responsibilities included: Receiving and checking deliveries, sorting stock, putting stock out and fast fills.