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Paul Brown

Redditch,Worcestershire

Summary

Accomplished professional with a strong foundation in problem-solving, communication, and leadership. Demonstrates exceptional calm under pressure and excels in team building and quality assurance. Proficient in inventory management and knowledgeable in software applications and troubleshooting. Committed to leveraging skills to drive organisational success and enhance operational efficiency.

Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results.

Loyal employee with solid understanding of training and mentoring employees. Dedicated team player, proactive and hands-on in task completion.

Energetic employee well-versed in strong communication and organisation skills. Seeks solutions to problems and applies extensive analytical knowledge to findings. Adept at multi-tasking, leading group discussions and managing projects.

Hard-working with strong organisational skills. Achieves company goals through exceptional planning and prioritisation.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1996
1996
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Continuous Improvement Leader (CI Leader Days)

Rockline Industries UK
Redditch, Worcestershire
03.2018 - 11.2024
  • Complete projects tasked by Continuous Improvement Manager to identify and eliminate all types of waste in the products or processes, find bottlenecks that causes waste or downtime and eliminate, if not able to eliminate completely try to improve it.
  • Work with all departments through the business to support any issues or concerns with procedures, processes / product / machinery bottles necks.
  • SMED Various activities to improve processes / People / Procedures. Reduce activity time, Support teams in making the processes easier without risking health and safety or putting the products at risk.
  • Work with planning and quality to create a more proactive product changeover / Sanitation sequence to reduce changeover time across products.
  • Create new procedures / review current procedures throughout the business.
  • Create process flows after reviewing current and new activities.
  • Support training by creating training manuals and levels assessments throughout manufacturing, General operators to Machine operators.
  • Review waste levels and cost on materials during production and changeovers. Working with Manufacturing, quality, engineering and technical for possible solutions.
  • Support previous areas through the business I have worked in to cover holidays / sickness.

Continuous Improvement Value Steam Leader (CI VSL)

Rockline Industries UK
Redditch, Worcestershire
03.2016 - 03.2018
  • Complete projects tasked by head of manufacturing to identify and eliminate all types of waste in the products or processes, find bottlenecks that causes waste or downtime and eliminate, if not able to eliminate completely try to improve it.
  • Also continuing with the normal duties of a VSL as previous role.
  • Ensure that me and the production teams work in a safe manner ensuring health and safety legislation and all internal procedures are adhered to whilst maintaining a clean safe and professional working environment
  • Work in accordance with the company's quality policies and procedures
  • Analyse and investigate incidents taking the necessary decisions to remedy any situation that may occur.
  • Maintain high levels of hygiene and good manufacturing practises across the production teams working closely with all other functions in the business where necessary.
  • Work with shift managers to maintain the resource levels to match requirement.
  • Develop a multi role work force by managing competency levels and work with all department to close any skill gaps in good time.
  • Manage attendance levels and discipline liaising with shift manager and HR on legislation and company procedures when necessary.
  • Play an active role in the company's performance management and appraisals process.
  • Liaise with the oncoming VSL covering all elements of the shift.
  • Communicate fully with all the necessary department.
  • Plan, organise and conduct regular meetings with the other VSL's and shift managers for the purpose of informing, guiding and motivating the production teams and documenting and recording the content and attendees when required.
  • Promote and participate in continuous improvement programmes to ensure they become embedded.
  • Help and identify, monitor and implement new initiatives within my teams.
  • Constantly monitor production performance against adaptable standards with reference the oee (overall equipment effectiveness) up-time, performance and materials used. Action any corrective measures identified including the training of new procedures. Proactive seek solutions, root causes, deal with issues and report on corrective measures to shift managers. Involved with trials of new materials-fluid, substrate, film, labels, lids and corrugate and mixed combinations of pallet plans, to improve product runnability and increase up time.

Line Leader, Team leader VSL (Value Stream Leader)

Rockline Industries UK
Redditch, Worcestershire
07.2003 - 03.2016
  • Ensure that me and the production teams work in a safe manner ensuring health and safety legislation and all internal procedures are adhered to whilst maintaining a clean safe and professional working environment
  • Work In accordance with the company's quality policies and procedures
  • Analyse and investigate incidents taking the necessary decisions to remedy any situation that may occur.
  • Maintain high levels of hygiene and good manufacturing practises across the production teams working closely with all other functions in the business where necessary.
  • Work with shift managers to maintain the resource levels to match requirement.
  • Develop a multi role work force by managing competency levels and work with all department to close any skill gaps in good time.
  • Manage attendance levels and discipline liaising with shift manager and HR on legislation and company procedures when necessary.
  • Play an active role in the company’s performance management and appraisals process.
  • Liaise with the oncoming VSL covering all elements of the shift Communicate fully with all the necessary department.
  • Plan, organise and conduct regular meetings with the other VSL's and shift managers for the purpose of informing, guiding and motivating the production teams and documenting and recording the content and attendees when required.
  • Promote and participate in continuous improvement programmes to ensure they become embedded.
  • Help and identify, monitor and implement new initiatives within my teams.
  • Constantly monitor production performance against adaptable standards with reference the oee (overall equipment effectiveness) up-time, performance and materials used. Action any corrective measures identified including the training of new procedures. Proactive seek solutions, root causes, deal with issues and report on corrective measures to shift managers. Involved with trials of new materials-fluid, substrate, film, labels, lids and corrugate and mixed combinations of pallet plans, to improve product runnability and increase up time.

Flow Wrapper Operator

Rockline Industries UK
Redditch, Worcestershire
07.2002 - 03.2003
  • Operating a flow wrapper machine, wrapping the converted stacks, ensuring they are to specification for customer demand by completing regular quality checks working safely and cleanly around the work area environment

Full Converter Operator

Rockline Industries UK
Redditch, Worcestershire
07.2000 - 06.2002
  • Operating a converting machine converting substrate in to stacks, ensuring they are in specification for customer demand and completing regular quality checks, working safely and cleanly around the work area environment.

Labourer

PJB Maintenance
Redditch, Worcs
01.2000 - 06.2000
  • Helping family business doing general maintenance on several factory sites

Line Controller

Heinz Single Service Ltd
Redditch, Worcs
01.1998 - 12.1999
  • Responsible for setting the line up and making sure it is running safely and correctly with good quality product and meeting targets.
  • Working with up to 6 people (dependant on production line, keeping team happy.
  • Training others on effective running of the line and demonstrating how to pack products to prevent leakage and breakage.
  • Making sure the product is made to specification.
  • Keeping a clean tidy and safe work area.
  • Carrying out basic machine maintenance to keep production running smoothly.
  • Experience of operating both thermoform and sachet lines

Inspector/Packer

Critchley Termination Technology
Redditch, Worcs
01.1997 - 01.1998
  • Worked from a customer order sheet, picking electrical products and packing them.
  • Inspecting other people's packing to make sure they had picked the order properly before distributing worldwide.

Packer

CPC UK LTD
Redditch, Worcs
06.1996 - 01.1997
  • Packed food products on the starch line, packing 20 kilo bags of flour.

Education

GCSE -

St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School
Redditch, Worcs

Skills

  • Calm under pressure
  • Problem-solving
  • Communication skills
  • Team building
  • Leadership
  • Inventory management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Knowledge of [Software]
  • [Type] troubleshooting

References

  • Mark, Field, Production Manager, 01527 506447, Rockline Industries, Hemming Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0DH
  • Russell, Stevenson, Production Manager, russell.stevenson@rockline.co.uk, 01527 506448, Rockline Industries, Hemming Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0DH
  • Mark, Hobday, Continuous improvement manager, Mark.hobday@rockline.co.uk, 01527 506429, Rockline Industries, Hemming Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0DH
  • Julie, Poole, Head of HR & Associate Safety, Julie.Poole@rockline.co.uk, 01527 506445, Rockline Industries, Hemming Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0DH

Hobbies and Interests

football (spectator) playing golf (driving range), swimming, camping.

Certification

6 sigma, yellow and Green Belt

Timeline

Continuous Improvement Leader (CI Leader Days)

Rockline Industries UK
03.2018 - 11.2024

Continuous Improvement Value Steam Leader (CI VSL)

Rockline Industries UK
03.2016 - 03.2018

Line Leader, Team leader VSL (Value Stream Leader)

Rockline Industries UK
07.2003 - 03.2016

Flow Wrapper Operator

Rockline Industries UK
07.2002 - 03.2003

Full Converter Operator

Rockline Industries UK
07.2000 - 06.2002

Labourer

PJB Maintenance
01.2000 - 06.2000

Line Controller

Heinz Single Service Ltd
01.1998 - 12.1999

Inspector/Packer

Critchley Termination Technology
01.1997 - 01.1998

Packer

CPC UK LTD
06.1996 - 01.1997

GCSE -

St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School

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