Richard Bentley

NPD/I Design Engineering Team Leader and PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

Highly adept, adaptable, methodical and commercially astute, result-oriented project 
manager, with proven experience at successfully leading and matrix managing international 
cross-functional engineering and NPD project teams across diverse industry sectors

KEY SKILLS
New Product Development/Introduction
Project management
Stakeholder Management
Requirements Engineering
Design Engineering
Risk, Issue and Change Management
Communication and Presentation skills
Failure mode and effect analysis
Product compliance and certification
Line management

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
NPD Project Manager – Exterior Architectural Lighting
Schréder SA. May 2020 - Present
Global leader in the supply of functional street lighting, smart city 
infrastructure and exterior decorative lighting equipment with 
global revenues in excess of €500m.
Leading and project managing new product development projects 
for Schréder’s global architectural illumination product portfolio.
Development of product specification to meet customer need, 
control of project schedule, resource, budget and product cost. 
Presenting project status and progress to C-Level Project Approval 
Committee as part of a phase and gate driven NPD process.
Project Lead - IoT & smart city technology integration
Urbis Schréder Ltd. November 2018 - May 2020
Leading market diversification revenue growth initiatives in the 
“Smart City” infrastructure and technology integration markets.
These include electric vehicle charging, 4/5G telecoms and air 
quality monitoring. Successfully driving Schréder’s strategic goal of 
becoming a market leading connected systems company.
Mechanical Project Leader – Exterior Lighting
Urbis Schréder Ltd. August 2012 - November 2018
Leading design engineering, product development and lifecycle 
activities of exterior lighting structures and systems. For example 
product value engineering and town-centre regeneration projects.
Senior Development Engineer - Consumer Product Design
Hasbro Europe June 2007 - August 2012 
Global toys, games and entertainment brand committed to creating 
the World’s best play experiences with a portfolio of internationally 
renowned products and revenues of over $4.5bn.
Complete product development for mass-production, 3D CAD 
design, engineering, cost-monitoring, value engineering initiatives. 
Consistently delivered innovative products on-time and on-budget.
Design Engineer - Automotive
SMR Automotive February 2005 - June 2007
Tier one supplier to major OEMs in the automotive industry; global 
leaders in rear-view mirror systems and pioneers of camera-based 
vehicular sensor technologies.
Detailed 3D & 2D CAD design, engineering, and development of 
exterior door-mirror systems to meet the stringent demands of the 
automotive industry – e.g. IK, vibration and IP rating.

EDUCATION
BSc (Hons) Product Design
Brunel University, Runnymede Campus
(2000 – 2004)
Undergraduate Industrial Placement Scheme
BAE Systems, Farnborough
September 2002 – August 2003
A-Levels: Physics, Graphical Communication, 
Sports Science
Peter Symonds' College, Winchester 
(1998 – 2000)
GCSEs (10, grades A* - B)
St John's College, Southsea 
(1993 – 1998)
SELECTED CPD ACTIVITIES
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
AMP Project Management Certificate
Situational Leadership II
Leadership Pipeline Institute – Leading Others
Hasbro’s High Performance Leadership 
Development Programme
ILP EV Charging infrastructure conference
Investigation of Air Pollution Standing 
Conference (IAPSC)
BSI IoT Cyber Security Kitemark working group
Lighting Industry Association Technical Forum
Schréder’s Employee Consultation Group.
ECB Foundation Level Cricket Coach
Father of three boys, lover of Cricket