This document summarizes Nicola Pizzichillo's work experience as a project manager, project engineer, and manufacturing graduate. As a project manager at Kautex Unipart, he was responsible for successful product launches and meeting targets for quality, cost, and time. He has experience managing projects from design to mass production. As a project engineer and manufacturing graduate, he gained experience in automotive product design, lean manufacturing techniques, and applying quality processes. He has a Master's degree in Manufacturing Consultancy and speaks four languages.

1. Work Experience
Project Manager
Kautex Unipart, Coventry, UK 09/2016 – present
Responsible for the delivery of successful product launches for the
Jaguar Land Rover d7a platform fuel tanks (XE, XF, F-Pace, Range Rover
Velar) to meet business and customer targets in terms of quality, cost
and time.
- Project management and budget control of £4m Jaguar F-Pace SVR/
R.R. Velar program lifecycle (from design phase to prototype phase and
then to mass production)
Project Engineer
Kautex Unipart, Coventry, UK 02/2016 – 09/2016
Technical Project Leader for the Land Rover Discovery fuel tank design.
Management of CAD and 2D drawings, Critical Engineering Changes and
Product Development with customer and suppliers.
- On-time delivery of prototype tanks for three customer build events
- Introduction of a critical engineering change (new in-tank component
to reduce slosh noise) on time and with no quality issues within a three-
month timescale
Manufacturing Graduate Programme
Unipart, Oxford, UK 09/2013 – 02/2016
2-year programme designed to deliver an accelerated career path by
providing 5 challenging placements and many training opportunities:
Lean, Six Sigma, Finance, Project Management, Leadership, Coaching,
Presenting.
5) Project Manager - Strategy Development
Unipart Manufacturing Group, Coventry, UK
Member of steering group responsible to develop long-term business
strategy for Unipart Manufacturing Group (revenues £150m, ca.1000
employees)
- Responsible for project managing the process and coordinate the effort of
senior leaders from 5 different Business Units within the Unipart Group.
4) Project Manager - Supply Chain & Transport division
Unipart Logistics (Bentley Motors), Crewe, UK
Responsible for lean transformation of transportation process of 100s of
sequenced commodities from 2 off-site warehouses to 4 on-site warehouses
adjacent to the production line
- Delivery frequency up by 100% from 4/day to 8/day
- Trailer utilisation up from <50% to >90% with a cost avoidance of £63k
3) Graduate Project Engineer
Kautex Unipart, Coventry, UK
Development of engineering and technical skills in automotive product
design and development (following APQP process)
- Successful product sampling managed in German Headquarter for 2 weeks
- Prototype tanks delivered on-time and to the right quality to the customer
- Gained technical experience with use of CAD software (CATIA 5.0)
2) Lean Practitioner
Unipart Eberspacher Exhaust Systems, Coventry, UK
Member of a team of 5 practitioners mentored by a Sensei with 20+ years of
experience in Toyota Production System.
- Responsible for designing and implementing an end-to-end pull system
(driven by customer demand) to improve visual management and bring
stability and evenness to the manufacturing process of Mini BMW Exhaust
Systems.
1) Assistant Team Leader
Unipart Eberspacher Exhaust Systems, Coventry, UK
Responsible for assisting the production team leader in delivering
efficiency improvements and waste reduction by applying Lean tools &
techniques (Value Stream Map, Standard Work, KPI visualisation) to the
Ford GDI Fuel Rail production line.
- Inventory reduction by 20%
- Reduction of bottleneck Cycle Time by 15%
Education
MSc Manufacturing – Manufacturing Consultancy
Cranfield University, UK 10/2012 – 09/2013
79/100, Distinction
Awards: Double Degree Exchange Programme – Chosen out of 150
students to represent the Polytechnic University of Bari at Cranfield
University
Master’s degree – Industrial and Management
Engineering
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy 10/2011 – 10/2013
110/110 cum laude (First Class degree)
Awards: Master's Degree Thesis Scholarship, a grant for top
performing students
Bachelor’s degree – Industrial and Management
Engineering
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy 09/2008 – 07/2011
110/110 cum laude (First Class degree)
Awards: Bachelor’s Degree Award, a grant reserved to biggest
achievers among the whole university population of 10000 students
IT & Project Management Skills
 Program Management Excellence | 2017, IIL
 SIX SIGMA Green Belt | 2015, Unipart
 PRINCE2 Practitioner in Project Management | 2015, BCS
 PRINCE2 Foundation in Project Management | 2015, BCS
 ECDL Certificate | 2013, Cranfield University
 Others: Project, Visio, CATIA v5.0, Minitab v14.0
Languages
Italian
English
Spanish
French
Activities and Interests
Basketball | Travelling | Outdoor Activities | Reading | Cooking | TED
Talks | Theatre
Nicola Pizzichillo
Project Manager
I am an ambitious and motivated Project Manager with international experience in Automotive tier 1 manufacturing.
I am passionate about Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma techniques and how to apply them to solve problems and improve processes.
pizzichillonicola@gmail.com +44 7423497310 Coventry, UK
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