Caroline Houston

Caroline Houston's work experience includes serving as the Chief Operating Officer at SYNLAB UK & Ireland since October 2022. Before that, they worked as the UK Operations Senior Director - Multi Plant Management at Baxter International Inc. from September 2019 to November 2022. From September 2018 to August 2019, Caroline was the Plant, CI, Business Development Manager at McCormick & Company. Prior to that, they held the position of Operational Excellence Manager at Johnson & Johnson from October 2015 to September 2018. Caroline also has experience working at BAE Systems, where they held various managerial roles in manufacturing operations, strategy and transformation, UAE industrialization, commercial management, strategic procurement, supply chain excellence, and finance leadership from 2005 to 2015. Before joining BAE Systems, they worked as a Private Accounts Manager at Care UK from 2001 to 2004. Caroline began their career in the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a Medic from 1993 to 1998.

Caroline Houston's education history is as follows:

From 2015 to 2016, Caroline attended the University of Buckingham, where they earned a Master of Science degree in Lean, specializing in Operational Excellence.

In 2018, Caroline completed a course at Prosci, where they studied Change Management Practitioner. The course lasted for one year.

In 2014, Caroline attended the Manufacturing Institute to study Operational Excellence in a specific field of study. It was a short-term program.

From 2010 to 2013, Caroline was enrolled at CIPS to study Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management. It is unclear whether they obtained a degree.

Caroline also holds a certification as a Six Sigma Green Belt, obtained from BAE Systems. However, the specific time and year of obtaining the certification are not provided.

Additionally, it is mentioned that Caroline has had an association with Operational Excellence SA Partners, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned.