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Rachel Wong completed a placement year with global beauty manufacturer Coty at their UK manufacturing site. She worked as a Process Engineer, leading continuous improvement projects including implementing 5S methodology in the mouldings department to reduce defects, increase productivity and worker safety. Through this placement, she gained valuable experience in her chosen industry, learning skills like project management, problem solving, communication and leadership by assisting with new product introductions and standardizing processes.

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Coty Presentation

Rachel Wong completed a placement year with global beauty manufacturer Coty at their UK manufacturing site. She worked as a Process Engineer, leading continuous improvement projects including implementing 5S methodology in the mouldings department to reduce defects, increase productivity and worker safety. Through this placement, she gained valuable experience in her chosen industry, learning skills like project management, problem solving, communication and leadership by assisting with new product introductions and standardizing processes.

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Year Placement: Rachel Wong

About Coty
Why I chose Coty
Coty in Ashford
Process Engineering at Coty
Main project
Additional work responsibilities
What I gained from placement
Global beauty products manufacturer founded in Paris in
1904
Emerging leader in beauty and the largest fragrance
company in the world
Coty Inc. went public on the NYSE in 2013
10,000 employees worldwide, HQ in New York
Manufacturing sites in UK, Spain, France, China, USA
Coty Prestige and Coty Beauty
3 main product categories: Fragrance, Colour Cosmetics,
Skin & Body Care
Faster, Further, Freer

Confirm interest in industry
Gain experience in manufacturing
Find out about the role of an engineer in
FMCG industry
Exposure to a business environment prior to
leaving University
Improve interpersonal skills
Looks good to future prospective employers
Emerging leader in the beauty industry
Recognisable brands, wide range of products
Focus on continuous improvement and
innovation
Personal development and growth
Entrepreneurial spirit

UK Manufacturing site for colour cosmetics
Three manufacturing cells:
Mouldings: Lipstick, concealer, foundation compact
Liquids: Mascara, lipgloss, foundation
Powders: Blusher, face powder, bronzer
NPD, TPD, Quality, Microbiology, IC also
located onsite

OEE and downtime improving efficiency
MUV/TAL reducing waste
Data analysis
Leading and supporting continuous improvement
projects, including interdepartmental projects
Assisting in new process and product introduction
Solving recurring problems root cause analysis
Creating standard processes and procedures to be
followed in the factory
Implementing lean manufacturing tools
Ensuring health and safety guidelines are being followed
Lean manufacturing is a strategy and a way of
working which aims to eliminate or reduce
waste, and any activities which are consuming
resources without adding value.
5S is
the foundation of a lean organisation (house of lean)
a process created by Toyota in Japan to create and
maintain a clean, orderly and safe workplace

Goal: Implement 5S in the Mouldings
department to
Improve safety
Reduce number of defects
Increase productivity and reach deadlines more
efficiently
Reduce stress for the line operators
Sort removing all items from the workplace that are not
required on a daily basis
Shine cleaning everything to return to good working order
Set arranging items that are needed, identifying and
labelling them
Standardise creating a consistent way of maintaining Sort,
Shine and Set on a daily basis
Sustain instilling 5S as a fundamental part of everyday
operation e.g. auditing

Monthly Rapid Improvement Event to implement the process
Training and leading team

Shade changeover procedure
RIE events:
Introducing new shipper box design
Identifying machine defects responsible for
waste
Redesigning tester packaging
Quick-change capping machine (Lean SMED)
New cleaning system
Experience in my chosen industry
Working with lots of different people
Exposure to many functions of the company e.g. Finance, Planning,
Product Development, Marketing
Training and presenting experience
Leadership skills and responsibility
Budgeting and money management
Project planning and time management
Data analysis and problem solving techniques
Communicating with suppliers and site visits, e.g. CNC machining,
injection moulding factory
Autocad experience
Industry-wide certificate in Health and Safety

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