Stuart Powell

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ABOUT STUART POWELL

SUMMARYAn MBA-qualified Chartered Engineer with excellent business acumen, and an outstanding track record leading transformational engineering, quality and business improvement programmes. Significant international team leadership and client management experience delivering new products and technologies throughout the systems engineering lifecycle from concept through to implementation, across the OEM, supply chain and consultancy sectors. Expertise in world class quality, engineering and operational process management. An eminent team leader, coach and mentor, with a tenacious drive and a passion for success.KEY SKILLS-Team Motivation, leadership & Development: Extensive experience of building, developing & leading cross-functional teams, driving engineering excellence and fostering TQM behaviours of empowerment, customer focus and achievement of objectives. Expertise in effective resource utilization, performance management and personal development to build organisational capability.Project & Programme Management: Successful delivery of £multi-million automotive OEM and Tier-1 engineering and process improvement programmes, leading large cross-functional teams to deliver quality, timing & budget targets. Substantial leadership experience of stage-gate/ milestone and Agile/ Scrum methodologies for complex engineering systems.New Product & Process Development: Expertise throughout the complete development cycle from initial concept through to launch, I am a leading advocate of the V-Model systems engineering lifecycle and associated best practise engineering tools, techniques & processes.Quality Management, Assurance & Audit: Leadership of TQM, ISO9001 and TS/IATF16949 audit/ accreditation, with expertise in best practice quality management techniques throughout engineering and the new product development cycle.Continuous Improvement & Strategic Change Management: Implementation of strategic initiatives to improve business competitiveness and efficiency, including Design for Six Sigma, product and architecture strategic planning, advanced product concept development, and business transformation programmes.Professional Development, Coaching and Mentoring: I enjoy sharing experiences and knowledge to guide and help others in their career development. I am also an IMechE MPDS Mentor with experience as an MPDS Scheme Owner.Communication & engagement: I embrace opportunities to communicate with all stakeholders to share experiences and knowledge in order to learn from each other, to achieve alignment & inform decision-making.