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John Parr
Employee, Global COO/VP Seeking new opportunity, Senior Executive
Oxford, United Kingdom
Timeline
Professional experience for John Parr
Current , since Jun 2012
Global COO/VP Seeking new opportunity
Senior Executive
Now seeking a senior leadership role as MD/CEO/COO or similar within a progressive and ambitious organization.
4 years and 4 months, Mar 2008 - Jun 2012
Vice President International Business Development
Hendrickson International
Full executive operational responsibility for the European business, with facilities in the UK and Turkey. Supporting India JV to drive the strategically important new product portfolio derived business and market development initiatives.
2 years and 6 months, Jan 2005 - Jun 2007
COO - Truck Asia Pacific
Knorr-Bremse
Promoted to manage 8 companies in 6 countries {Australia, China, Hong Kong, India Japan & Korea) with an executive team of country Managing Directors and regional HQ Central Staff Functions leading an organization with 750+ employees
3 years and 7 months, Jun 2001 - Dec 2004
Managing Director - UK
Knorr-Bremse
Managed the UK and Ireland region to market leadership and consistently delivering world-class quality and logistics performance.
2 years and 6 months, Jan 1999 - Jun 2001
Global Product Director
Haldex
Promoted to lead the strategic global business development of advanced vehicle systems electronic product portfolio and long term manufacturing plans for European and USA facilities.
3 years and 4 months, Sep 1995 - Dec 1998
Engineering Director
Haldex
Leading the global electronics product developments with teams in Europe and North America.
2 years and 8 months, Jan 1993 - Aug 1995
Heavy Truck Design Director
IVECO Magirus AG
Further promotion to manage whole vehicle Engineering Teams, in Ulm & Madrid, creating innovative new heavy truck designs from strategic concept to full-scale series production.
2 years, Jan 1991 - Dec 1992
Chief Engineer
IVECO Ford
Promoted to manage UK and Turin,Italy teams supporting the UK production / market launch of the new IVECO model range.
4 years and 3 months, Oct 1987 - Dec 1991
Manager
IVECO Ford
Managed a team to deliver new designs, vehicle launch and manufacturing support of the market leading FORD Cargo new models
8 years, Oct 1979 - Sep 1987
Engineering Manager
Eaton Corporation
Managed team delivering Gearbox and Axle market driven derivatives. Project managed staff in Italy, USA, Brazil and the UK in a JV programme, with a major European truck OEM, devising and developing an entirely new gearbox family.
Educational background for John Parr
2 years and 10 months, Sep 1979 - Jun 1982
Management
Blackburn College (University of Lancaster)
Management Studies
3 years and 9 months, Oct 1975 - Jun 1979
Mechancial Engineering
University Salford
Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing.
Languages
English
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German
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