Etienne Croquette

Product Manager @ UK Robotics

About

A creative executive with over 20 years of experience in innovation, new product development and business leadership, and a passion for matching customer requirements with innovative solutions. Using analytical problem-solving skills and extensive automation expertise, I am ideally suited to enable business profitability improvements by pertinent application of technology.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Greater Manchester

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Problem Solving, Negotiation, Product development, Program Management, Technical Leadership, Product Development, Project Management, Product Innovation, Product Strategy, Product Management, Intellectual Property, Innovation Development, Technical Solution Development, New Business Development, Business Development, Business Strategy, Intellectual Property Strategy, Business Management, Continuous Improvement, Corporate Finance

Experience

Product Manager

UK Robotics

2024-2 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

D2 is an Innovative liquid handling instrument with revolutionary ease of use and cost effectiveness, making it suitable for any lab. As a Product Manager at UK Robotics, I work closely with the company founders to scale the production and grow the installation base. • Market Analysis • Manufacturing engineering • Strategic Planning • Business Development

Director

Optimation.UK

2023-5 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

- Automation consultancy (Requirements/Sourcing/Implementation/Optimisation) - Product development (Requirements/Concepting/Design/Peer review/IP/Program management) - Product Management (Market survey/MRD/Product Strategy/Technology road-mapping)

Senior Product Director

Azenta Life Sciences

2020-4 - 2023-5 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

- Head of Product Management - responsibility for product innovation roadmap - Project Management Leadership - Responsibility for business unit P&L

Senior Director - Business Unit

Brooks Life Sciences

2017-12 - 2020-4 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

- Management of Engineering, Project and Manufacturing functions - Responsibility for business unit P&L

Director of Engineering

Brooks Life Sciences Ltd

2011-4 - 2017-12 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Manchester, United Kingdom

- Management of a multi-disciplinary engineering team (Software, Mechanical, Electrical, Refrigeration) - Responsibility for new product Design & Development

Project Manager

RTS Life Science ltd

2009-12 - 2011-4 · 1 yr 5 mos

Responsible for the delivery of automated storage equipment to the pharmaceutical industry Management of an engineering team Contribution to future product development

Sales Manager

RTS Flexible Systems ltd

2005-1 - 2009-11 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Generation of orders within the food and medical packaging markets. Contract negotiations, Identification and development of new niche markets, Management of PR / Marketing, Management of applications/development engineers, Several instances of winning large (>£1M) contracts against established competition, Played essential role in the growth of the company from 6 to 35 people

Technical Sales / Applications Engineer

RTS Flexible Systems ltd

2002-3 - 2005-1 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Design of special purpose equipment to suit client requirements. Risk management of proposed solutions, Costing of proposed solutions. , Quotation write-up, Project management for delivery of demonstrations to clients.

Production/Project Engineer

Mitras Automotive UK ltd

2000-7 - 2002-3 · 1 yr 9 mos

Lead co-ordinator for the start up of new production processes. Responsible for developing the machinery and equipment to achieve production targets. Project management of engineering changes to products. Continuous improvement of current production processes.

Methods Engineer

Bourbon Fabi UK Ltd

1998-1 - 2000-7 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Responsible for developing injection moulding robots, ancillary equipment, jigs and fixtures. Responsible for transfer of processes from France to the UK. Leader of continuous improvement activities.