Q&A With Our Production Manager Tom Farnworth

Today, we meet one of our longest serving members, Tom Farnworth.

What is your job title at HDL Tom?

I am the Production Manager here at Hollingworth Design.

What duties does this entail?

I manage the production of all our customers orders, whist ensuring they meet customer specifications and adhere to our strict quality standards at all times. This consists of ensuring stock availability with key suppliers, providing customers with quotations and lead times, managing our workforce capability, scheduling our workflow, whist managing and motivating multiple teams within the company.

How long have you been with HDL?

Next year will be my 10th year with the company. I take great pride in being one of the companies first employees, and watching the grow over this time.

What is your biggest challenge at work?

This year has been a challenging year for production. As a key supplier during the COVID pandemic, we saw our order book increase threefold whilst standard lead times were required to be halved in many cases, as a response to the pandemic. This required a huge amount of strategic planning , involving many key suppliers, our entire workforce working long hours, and liaising regularly with our customer, all whilst maintaining a safe social distance! I am very proud of the whole team for working together, and rising to the challenge.

What is your biggest achievement personally and at work?

At work, it is my contribution to the growth of the company and it's workforce. Personally, it has to be performing at the Royal Albert Hall!

What is a skill you would like to improve on?

I would really like to learn code, which would enable me to further develop our existing production management systems.

Finally Tom, do you have any phobias?

Spiders! However, I went to Australia last year and stayed in the Daintree Rainforest, AKA spider heaven. Lots of beer helped with that trip..........

Thank you so much for your time today Tom. Who is next on the list?????  

 

 

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