Darren Lunn
Global Change Management BIA
- Location
- Northampton, United Kingdom
- Industry
- Financial Services
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Darren Lunn's Overview
- Current
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- Business Improvement Analyst at Barclaycard
- Proprietor at Datasplash
- Past
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- Director / General Manager at Koolwarm Services Limited
- Commercial Programs Manager at Toyoda Gosei
- Commercial Manager at Toyoda Gosei Fluid Systems UK Ltd
- Overseas Project Manager at Lear Corporation
- Quality Engineer at Webasto Glass Systems
- Education
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- The Leadership Trust LM
- Lean Enterprise Resource Council
- Recommendations
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2 people have recommended Darren
- Connections
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59 connections
- Websites
Darren Lunn's Summary
I've held a number of senior posts within the Automotive supply chain working directly with the world's leading Automotive manufacturers.
I recently detoured into the construction industry for short spell running contract management and negotiations for mid-sized refurbishment and new build contracts, taking a top level project management role involving the management of site-based project leaders.
I've now moved into the Financial Services sector where I intend to exploit my wealth of experience in business transformations, using process improvement as a basis to deliver an exceptional experience for customers.
Specialties
• Exceptional negotiation skills
• Great analytical skills
• Excellent written skills
• Good general communication
• Extremely thorough
• Very high standards
• Excellent commercial acumen & vision
• Leadership skills
• Project management skills
• People person
• Penchant for Tech
• Good systems mind
• Strong business mind
• Perpetual learner
Darren Lunn's Experience
Business Improvement Analyst
Barclaycard
Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; BARC; Financial Services industry
November 2011 – Present (4 months) Northampton, United Kingdom
Part of the Global Change Management function, sitting in the Business Improvement Team. A remit to deploy a process driven approach across the business, including Lean methodologies, constraint management techniques and process improvement projects under a wider umbrella of TQM deployment.
Director / General Manager
Koolwarm Services Limited
December 2007 – November 2011 (4 years) United Kingdom
Contract Management and Project Management in the Mechanical Electrical Services sector.
Focussed in the Care/Retirement/Social Housing Sectors, but widely involved in the refurbishment and regeneration sector.
Commercial Programs Manager
Toyoda Gosei
Public Company; 201-500 employees; Automotive industry
January 2000 – March 2006 (6 years 3 months) Leicester, United Kingdom
A business in the Toyota Kiretsu.
I managed all contract negotiations and directly managed the business impact from the commercial life-cycle with Automotive OEM's, annual cost reductions, VA/VE project management and development of long term agreements with OEM's.
The business was in the design and manufacture of fuel systems and other fluid carrying systems in a massive range of vehicles.
This was another large scale business transformation, deploying Toyota Production System (Lean/TPS) and Theory-of-constraints (TOC) disciplines business wide. Playing a lead role in the senior management team that took the business from annual losses into a truly World Class organisation.
Commercial Manager
Toyoda Gosei Fluid Systems UK Ltd
Public Company; 201-500 employees; Automotive industry
2000 – 2006 (6 years)
Overseas Project Manager
Lear Corporation
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; LEA; Automotive industry
1995 – 2000 (5 years) Detroit, Michigan USA
A general management role leading a team of vehicle system designers and engineers in the Ford New Product Development Center, Dearborn, Michigan USA.
Responsible for a satellite operation delivering body-in-white vehicle sub-assemblies such as structural chassis parts and door step assemblies for commercial vehicles, and other non-structural parts like air plenums and external mouldings.
This was a lead role interfacing with various customer engineering functions to deliver new vehicles for the European market.
Quality Engineer
Webasto Glass Systems
1992 – 1995 (3 years) United Kingdom
Lead QE in the business, main point of contact for compliance to ISO9000 and other industry requisite standards. Part of a new management team that totally transformed the business from red-numbers into an award winning automotive supplier with World class key business metrics and industry leading business performance. Eventually working closely with the supply chain to instigate similar performance transformations in their businesses.
Darren Lunn's Skills
- Change Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Automotive
- Manufacturing
- Continuous Improvement
- Strategic Planning
- Negotiation
- Program Management
- Problem Solving
- Business Planning
- Process Engineering
- Business Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- New Business Development
- Contract Negotiation
- People Management
- Process Improvement
- Contract Management
- Performance Management
- Strategy Development
- Risk Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Business Strategy
- Organizational Change
Darren Lunn's Education
The Leadership Trust LM
2004 – 2006
Lean Enterprise Resource Council
Lean Practitioner Accreditation (LERC)
2012
Grade: Accredited
Darren Lunn's Additional Information
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Technology, Business, WordPress and Web Development. Unearthing data that helps businesses make better, brighter and faster decisions. Passionate about negotiating.
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