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Offset and Industrial Participation Manager

Leonardo - Aerospace, Defence and Security

• Industrial Participation Professional, with a proven ability to identify and deliver complex multi site international contracts to specification, on time and on budget. • Creates and motivates operational teams to maximise their potential through leadership, system application, process improvement, training, innovation and a passion for customer satisfaction. • Commercially focused, passionate, energetic, committed, results driven, team player. • Effective at all levels of the business, excellent communicator and business ambassador. Significant experience with FMCG, Aerospace, Defence and Government customer relationship enhancement, system migration, commercial negotiation and risk reduction. • Experienced practitioner of Continuous Improvement, Lean ( trained by Lean Learning Academy), TQM and Business Process Re-engineering techniques. • Successful international bid management based on the Shipley model. Proven Industrial Participation capability for manufacturing, design, technology and skills transfer. • Team coach and individual mentor with full UK MoD Security Clearance. • MBA ( Imperial College, London ), BSc Hons Marine Biology ( University of Wales, Swansea) Specialties: Business transformation, process mapping ( Visio and ARIS), customer centric business improvements, project and programme management, industrial participation and offset, renewable energy and sustainable agriculture.