WBS EMBA Talent Profiles 2021

Kennedy Ameh linkedin.com/in/amehken

■ Career history: Strategy Manager, Collins Aerospace (Subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corporation), UK Program Manager - Global Operations Strategy, UTC Aerospace Systems, UK Production Manager - Machining, Assembly & Test Operations, UTC Aerospace Systems, UK Operations Program Manager, Cummins Inc, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Global Operations Leadership Development Programme, Aston Business School, UK MSc, Engineering Management, Brunel University London, UK BEng (Hons), Aerospace Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, UK

■ Nationality: British Nigerian

■ Languages:

English (native) Igala (native) Hausa (fluent)

■ Career achievements: Developed an Actuation Systems Gears Machining Commodity Strategy, identifying areas of technological differentiation and delivering a cost reduction of 20% of the total spend. This improved the business unit’s P&L performance and created a template to scale and apply across multiple business units at Collins Aerospace. Established a direct ship logistics solution from Asia to Europe and North America for a business of US$35 million in annual turnover. This improved the lead time to supply while generating a cost saving benefit of US$1.2 million annually in freight, inventory and packaging costs. Led a production team of 65 employees, going through operational and performance challenges, to recover over US$5 million of customer arrears using lean tools over a six month period. Maintained the high performing culture and metrics through effective succession planning.

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