CV Profile No.63100

Experience in the following industries :

• Agriculture, fishing, aquaculture
• Chemistry, petrochemistry, raw materials, mining
• Industry, production, manufacturing and other
• Research and development

Professional experience

• Chemist
• Scott Bader Company Ltd.
• 11.2010 - 04.2018
• • Responsible for: product formulation, new product development (NPD), raw material regulatory compliance (REACH etc.), scale-up through pilot plant, scale-up through to full-scale & handover, product specifications, sharing technical knowledge, stage-gate product management system • Personally responsible for shifting Scott Bader out of global force majeure position after leading an investigation into a recurring urethane-acrylate gelation problem • Developed three product technologies new to Scott Bader: • Responsible for: 25/5 plant support, developing technical solutions for internal/external customers • Successfully took an R&D knowledge library system from ideation to delivery • Successfully took a batch-sheet digital filing system from ideation to delivery • Developed a solvent reclamation process saving £25,000pa • Designed out cleaning cycles to increase plant capacity, without compromising product quality

• Product Manager
• Scott Bader Company Ltd.
• 04.2018 - 08.2019
• • Responsible for: ensuring international regulatory compliance, compliance with internal standards, industry approvals/certifications, technical data sheets, interacting with 3rd party services, contract handling/negotiation, complaint handling, creation & control of business master data in ERP, business processes owner, cradle-to-grave product management, strategic product development, assembling & leading teams on targeted work, range rationalisation, coordination of business functions, supporting marketing & sales, setting UK price strategy • Global product management portfolio responsibility covering excess of £11m margin (2018) • Global brand accountability for: o Crystic Gelcoats o GelTint o Crystic Pigment Pastes • Accountable for prioritisation & resource allocation on R&D projects o Initiated a strategic NPD for a bio-content gelcoat using cobalt free curing with a competitive UV stability advantage in anticipation of REACH inventory changes • Data driven decision-making at the product level to drive profitability • Internally PRINCE2 trained & an active internal project manager o Accountable to company executive & PMO o Writing business case(s), project plan(s), budget assessment & bidding o Management of 7+ colleagues over two simultaneous projects for task delivery o Project handover • Initiated a UK manufacturing infrastructure upgrade programme (budget £600k) • Switched SBUK site to 100% renewably sourced energy