JOSEPH ARHAVBARIEN

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives (across the government and overseas) to enhance efficiency and optimise value for money.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and implement core process enhancements.
• Provide leadership to inspire team performance and foster a culture of quality improvement.

• PGCE (with QTS) Business Studies.

Teacher training placements focused on pedagogy, behaviour management, assessments, curriculum development, and professional behaviour:

• September 2024 – February 2025 at Queen Elizabeth’s High School, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2ST, UK. (Key stage 4 & 5)
• February 2025 - March 2025 at Quarrydale Academy, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2DU. (Key stages 3, 4 & 5)
• March 2025 - June 2025 at Armthorpe Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN3 2DA. (Key stage 3 & 4), including SEND Students.

• Lead shift operations to ensure a seamless customer experience, support store improvements, and remove service barriers.
• Manage absence, duty cover, and store opening/closing.
• Oversee back-store functions, colleague performance, and safety-focused decision-making.
• Coordinate daily priorities, stakeholder engagement, and depot liaison to secure timely deliveries and RSU dispatch.

• Lead teams to deliver KPIs, optimise production, and maintain low waste.
• Develop managers, embed continuous improvement, and ensure legal compliance.
• Manage labour, material, and process costs through P&L control.
• Drive plan attainment, OEE, productivity, and OTIF performance.
• Maintain strong supplier relationships, coordinate goods-in/out flow, and mitigate service risks to achieve target service levels across all lines.

• Provide strategic leadership to production, engineering, supply chain, and warehouse teams to ensure on-time delivery, high service levels, and full OTIF performance.
• Oversee procurement, contract management, and departmental budgets while mitigating supply chain risks and controlling COGS.
• Implement safe-working systems, waste-reduction initiatives, and efficient resource utilisation.
• Achievements include reducing line stoppages by 15%, cutting supplier lead times by 12.5%, and leading major capital and lean projects.

• Manage and improve operational processes by collaborating with stakeholders to deliver efficient, value-engineered outcomes.
• Apply lean tools to enhance changes, OEE, and productivity, and support sales and procurement through Kaizen-driven solutions.
• Strengthen workforce capability through skills monitoring and training analysis.
• Achievements include reducing changeover time by 7.5% and leading a 5S project that protected £50,000 of stock.

• Ensure hub sortation complies with safety standards and a people-first approach across inbound, sort, international, and outbound operations.
• Coordinate freight movements from Stansted Airport and Marston Gate, manage supply chain risks, and drive continuous process and people improvement.
• Supervise carousel-area staff, enforce safe processing practices, and address skills gaps through training.
• Achievement: Improved floor ergonomics, reducing travel distance by 30% and increasing outbound processing efficiency and productivity.

• Order picking and supporting store operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

• Drive engagement across Production, Quality, Purchasing, Finance, Transport, and Maintenance to align teams with business objectives.
• Manage budgets and on-site resources, and monitor CI metrics including efficiency, OEE, near misses, and product flow.
• Achievement: Developed an Excel-based OEE tracking system using DMAIC, reducing waste from 15% to 6% and saving £7,500 monthly.

• Ensure safe working practices and delivery of OTIF targets while driving Continuous Improvement through 5S, SOPs, 5Ys, and SMED.
• Conduct loss investigations using CI tools to improve OEE and waste.
• Achievement: Led a Lean Six Sigma project reducing Bun Line 1 waste by 30%, saving £25,000.

• Manage shifts, ensure safety, meet OEE and service targets, and develop teams.

• Deliver a balanced scorecard across Cost, Service, Safety, and People.
• Manage line-haul operations with the transport team to ensure timely inbound shipments and maintain outbound wave times.
• Support OTIF performance for all accounts.
• Achievement: Key contributor to the 2016 closure of the Milton Keynes site, completing all consultations and KPIs, securing 100% night-shift resettlement, and playing a central role in launching the Dunstable delivery station.

• Played a key role in the start-up and rollout of a £26m bun manufacturing facility supplying McDonald's, meeting recruitment, training, and launch targets within eight months.
• Delivered a 35% productivity improvement by addressing process constraints and CTQs, and developed two operatives into Team Leaders.
• Conducted international site visits to align process controls and SOPs with UK standards, managed cost profiles, led plant trials and product testing, and undertook post-launch production shift management.

• Lead the development of technical dossiers, HACCP reviews, and the management of technical teams to uphold site standards, resolve customer and retailer issues, and support cross-functional KPI delivery.
• Provide multi-site technical support across Erith, Glasgow, Mitcham, Leicester, and HQ.
• Oversee Quality standards, audit readiness, non-conformance closure, budget control, specifications, allergens, QMS, complaints, traceability, recipe and labelling compliance, and risk assessments.
• Drive preparation for BRC, ISO 22000, and ISO 14001 certification.
• Achievements include 100% British Wheat conversion, >5% annual complaint reduction, zero quality incidents, >98% service levels, and sustained Alpha audit grades.

• Manage staff rotas, training, and quality target delivery, while ensuring full health and safety compliance, hazard identification, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Monitor yield, damage, OEE, machine performance, and stock levels.
• Oversee order traceability and lead dispatch teams to meet order-fill targets and coordinate depot handovers efficiently.