Description
Interim Manager responsible for all aspects cross border (Germany/UK) relocation of assembly processes for end of line capital equipment build. Total business size €30M.
Achievements:
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Delivered complicated relocation on time and to budget
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Orderly close down of sending facility
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Refurbishment of receiving site without production disruption
As Interim Manager for a business assembling highly engineered capital equipment, I relocated automotive end-of-line dynamometers production from a closing plant in Germany to the receiving site in the UK.
I specified, contracted and managed factory redevelopment at the receiving site including lifting, logistics, power, paint, environment, etc.
As part of the same exercise I relocated the assembly of high bay cranes to the same UK location.
I project managed the transfer of assembly processes for both product groups where the receiving site had Ford Q1 accreditation.