Global graduate case studies
Magnus Skoog
Swetlana Thompson
Grace Wilkie
Leo Purcell
Tien-Yeo Hsu
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Grace Wilkie
| Name: | Grace Wilkie |
| Star sign: | Leo |
| Height: | 5'10" |
| Personal characteristics: |
Adventurous, ambitious, sociable |
| Likes: | Sunday roast with friends, dancing, outdoor sports |
| Dislikes: | Mushy peas |
| Degree: | MEng in Mechanical Engineering, with Diploma in Industrial Studies |
| University: | Loughborough University |
| Languages: | Beginner French, German, Hindi, and a little bit of Welsh |
| Mission 1 | |
| Where: | Norgren, Farnham, UK |
| Duration: | 7 months |
| What: | Managing a project to upgrade the warehouse for improved efficiency. Carried out on-time delivery performance improvement project. Oversaw the manufacture of a new cylinder for a key-account customer. |
| Extra: | Studied German and learnt to operate a warehouse reach-truck. Organised and ran a Business in the Community project in Farnham |
| Mission 2 | |
| Where: | Cornelius, Glendale Heights, USA |
| Duration: | 7 months |
| What: | Managed the commercialisation of a Root Beer dispensing system for YUM! taking it from field trial to extended field trial stage. |
| Extra: | Completed the Diploma in Management |
| Mission 3 | |
| Where: | Norgren, New Delhi, India |
| Duration: | 8 months |
| What: | Implemented a quality management system as a foundation for company expansion and future ISO9001 certification. Developed a cost and pricing database; wrote an associated data-sorting program. |
| Extra: | Studied Hindi. Saw the Taj Mahal and developed some bargaining skills! |
| Mission 4 | |
| Where: | CCI, Rancho Santa Margarita, USA |
| Duration: | 12 months |
| What: | Developing technical and sales literature and tools for the Fossil Power sales force. |
| Extra: | Snowboarding in Colorado and surfing in the Pacific Ocean. |
