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gareth uden
unipart Way Manager
After graduating from Kingston University My next placement was based in Group and how they can be integrated into a
with a degree in Business Management, Purchasing with the project remit of sales and marketing environment.
I wanted a career which would be both designing and implementing a group-wide
challenging and rewarding. The Unipart employee energy education and I have now completed the Graduate
Group Graduate Programme provided me awareness scheme and the promotion Programme and am currently based in
with just that. of the ‘Energy Management for Unipart our Magna Park warehouse as the site
Group’ (EMU). In order to present the Unipart Way Manager, having responsibility
I joined the programme in 2005, and my findings to senior management within the for implementation of lean tools and
first placement was operational in focus group, I based my Six Sigma project on techniques across the site to support
within a warehouse we operated for a the placement and successfully achieved a our clients which include 3, Apple and
retail client. Working with a client who was Green Belt in 6 months. Play.com. I’ve found lean to be a hugely
relatively new to the ideology of lean and powerful concept that can be used in any
the Unipart Way (our philosophy of working I then moved into the Sales and business area to great effect.
based around lean principles) enabled Marketing department of Unipart
me to quickly gain an understanding of Consumer Logistics. During this
the principles and Group philosophy, placement I was involved in supporting
which was further developed by attending the sales team by organising industry
a week long ‘Leading with the Unipart events and collateral and improving
Way’ course. My major project was the the data integrity of our CRM system
full design, implementation and training Contact Anywhere. The biggest project I
of an interim resource planning system undertook was leading and implementing
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to be used from supervisors up to the Unipart Way within our team. I had
opportunities at unipart group visit
senior management, using the tools and the full support of a mentor and was able www.graduate.unipart.co.uk
techniques of the Unipart Way. to demonstrate the benefits of the tools
gradJobs Magazine | Winter 08-09
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