Background & Business Skills

 

A professionally qualified engineer and project manager with a proven track record of delivering

technical & engineering solutions for clients.  Has worked in a wide variety of food & drink

manufacturing sectors for blue chip companies, developing a range of new products & processes. 

Technical Knowledge & Innovation

• Developed & implemented a novel manufacturing process for a frozen food client.
• Extensive knowledge of sugar and chocolate manufacturing processes.
• Developed a new forming technology for ice cream & water ice products.

 

Product & Process Design

• Redesigned a range of chocolate products, reducing packaging costs by 20%.

• Redesigned an ice cream product to eliminate a recurring quality defect.

• Factory layout designs in ready meals and pastry food sectors.

 

Project Management

• Managed a major factory relocation project with a budget of £17m.

• Lead the engineering team for a UK confectionery company, with a capital budget of £10m pa.

• Member of the professional standards committee of the Association for Project Management.

 

Manufacturing Strategy

• Benchmarked factory overhead & product costs for a food company & identified major savings.
• Developed an automation road map for a confectionery site, generating labour savings of 66%.

• Developed a long term sourcing strategy for bottled vegetable oils.

 

 

Qualifications

 

• PhD in Industrial Science, Cranfield University
• Chartered Engineer, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• MBA Loughborough University
• Member of the Association for project Management