Experience

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  Lecico Egypt

  • Egypt

  • Process & New Product Development Manager

    • Oct 2011 - Present
    • Egypt

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  M.B.C Design Ltd

  • Sandbach,Cheshire

  • Managing Director

    • Oct 2000 - Sep 2011
    • Sandbach,Cheshire

    We specialized in manufacturing of Models, Block moulds and resin cases for the sanitaryware industry. Managing, Designing and Engineering of new products for Pressure Casting, Beam or Battery Casting systems from concept design to industrialisation, liaising closely with our clients NPD Department for smooth implementation and All new products were specified and built to either British, NF and Kiwa specification standards inline with the customers requirements. Customer base included Porvair Ceramics, Ideal Standard, Twyford Bathrooms, Heritage Bathrooms, Imperial Bathrooms, Lefroy Brookes, Shires, Shaws of Darwen, Barrhead Ceramics, and Lecico Egypt. The last 18 months had additionally been spent providing on-site NPD consultancy to Lecico Egypt, Responsibilities included, industrialisation of new products already in development, Re-engineering of existing products for yield improvement purposes, remodelling a number of current production closets to facilitate water saving 4ltr flushing, outlining possible production process improvements, mentoring and highlighting training opportunities and improvements for NPD personnel.

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  Qualceram

  • Southern Ireland

  • Self Employed - NPD/Yield Improvement Consultant.

    • Oct 1999 - Sep 2000
    • Southern Ireland

    As a consultant my role included identifying process improvements opportunities of existing products across the factory, improving factory yield and costs and through new process implementation and training, reducing timescales.I also managed the introduction of a number of new designs, models and blocks which involved implementing modelling and blocking training and scheduling with the objective to reduce industrialization lead times and RFT.

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  Cheshire Ceramic Modelling

  • Sandbach, Cheshire.

  • Modeller/Business Partner

    • Jan 1988 - Sep 1999
    • Sandbach, Cheshire.

    I started my modelling apprenticeship here in 1988, CCM was I small business employing only 3 persons, after only 5 years I was promoted to business partner and by that time was responsible for all aspects of the business including liaising with customers both new and existing and project managing each individual product and time scales, I also arranged logistics and onsite project follow up when needed, I managed all customer accounts and business finances, negotiations and planning with customer directors.Contracts companies included; American Standard, QualceramBathrooms, Barrhead Sanitayware, Imperial Bathrooms, Kohler, Fowler bathrooms (AUS), Vernon Tudbury, Spring bathrooms, Porvair ceramics, Gustavberg

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  FISONS LIMITED

  • Holmes Chapel, Cheshire

  • Trainee Civil Engineer

    • Jan 1987 - Jan 1988
    • Holmes Chapel, Cheshire

    Youth training scheme, My role as a trainee involved surveying onsite projects across the Fisons group and producing Engineering drawings and specifications, projects included producing drawing proposals for new office and furniture layout, health and safety stairwells, air conditioning layouts and on site foundation designs for new factories, all of which had to be to British standard requirement.