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Celebrating a few more Key Milestones this July!
Anne Pritchard • Jul 01, 2020
Celebrating our July 2010 recruits!
It's hard to believe that Rachel, Matthew and Kayleigh started at Philtronics 10 years ago this month. Time flies when you're having fun!
Their journey with the company has allowed them to gain expertise in their own area and become key assets to the business.
Rachel, Materials Manager
Rachel started with us in the Accounts Department and quickly showed some interest in Procurement. She moved to the Materials Department gaining valuable experience in both Stores and Purchasing. After a few years in the department, she was promoted to Buyer where she gained a vast amount of product knowledge and developed relationships with our supplier base, understanding their constraints and managing MOQs, lead times and call off orders where necessary. She became the "go to person" in the department.
Having gained invaluable experience, it made sense for Rachel to evolve into the role of NPI Buyer, working on new quotes, BOM integration and facilitating the new product introduction process by ensuring all components of the build were bought in right, at the right price and brought in at the right stage of the build.
With 10 years experience behind her, Rachel was recently promoted to Materials Manager.
Matthew, Production Manager
Matthew also started with us in July 2010 and initially worked in our Stores Department where he acquired product knowledge and also got an insight into the challenges the department was coming across daily.
He moved to Production focusing on looms and box build within a few months and showed that he was eager to progress.
Over the years, Matthew evolved from Production Operator to Production Supervisor. He was promoted to Production Manager in 2018 overseeing all aspects of Production from PCB assembly, looms, harnesses, panel wiring and box build. He also manages our Test Department, balancing throughput and customer deliveries and expectations on a daily basis.
Kayleigh, Test Department
Kayleigh was the 3rd person joining the team in July 2010 as Production Operator. She has covered all aspects of Production and gained great product knowledge along the way. Always with a smile on her face, she also showed some interest in training new members of staff and as a result, she was promoted to Senior Production Operator.
Kayleigh moved to our Test Department a few months ago where she keeps an eye on quality, provides feedback to our operators when she picks things up on inspection and is part of our continuous improvement project between Production & Test.
It has been a pleasure to work with these 3 over the past 10 years and to see them grow in their current roles.
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