SENIOR OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
General Manager Executive Vice President COO
High energy leader communicates clear vision and direction while leading attainment of stretch goals with passion and enthusiasm. Initiates turnaround and culture change resulting in multimillion dollar cost savings. Creates and leads high performing cross functional teams to drive transformation in small and large operations generating double digit improvements in safety, quality, delivery and cost. Cross cultural international operations leadership experience.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TYCO ELECTRICAL AND METAL PRODUCTS, Harvey, IL 2009 Present
Global Director of Operations: Tube and Metal Fabrication (2009 - Present)
Provide leadership and strategy for $1.4B+ business global footprint at all steel tube, channel and metal fabrication operations reporting directly to the company President. Included are fourteen plants across the US, and in Brazil, UK, Australia, and China. Operations/manufacturing member of Senior Leadership Team over Tyco Electrical and Metal Products (TEMP) businesses (which include brand names Allied Tube and Conduit, Unistrut, Powerstut, TJ Cope).
Delivered $20M cost out overachieving target by +$1.5M
o Initiatives included Supply Chain cost reductions in freight carriers, warehousing, movement to low cost country suppliers
Leading expansion of operations footprint into China
Leading expansion of Brazilian operations
CHRYSLER (FORMERLY DAIMLERCHRYSLER), Auburn Hills, MI 1989 - 2008
Director: Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Front Wheel Drive Platform (2007)
Responsible for advanced manufacturing engineering and launch for $1B+ business at all Chrysler front wheel drive plants ( Windsor, ON, St. Louis, MO, Sterling Heights, MI and Belvidere, IL).
Provided on-site launch leadership for minivan at St. Louis, MO plant.
Led cross functional lean troubleshooting team to double body shop output through swift reengineering of systems, creating predictive and preventive maintenance discipline, establishing the lean operating strategy and replacement or reassignment of management personnel.
Tripled final line quality through establishment and support for in-system controls. Doubled final line volume by focusing urgency on labor, part supply and maintenance issues.
MultiSite Plant Manager: Pilot Plant; Sterling Heights Vehicle Test Center; Viper Plant (2003-2007)
Managed and directed 1) Pilot Assembly Plant in Auburn Hills, MI producing multiple prototype builds of all future Chrysler products, 2) Sterling Heights Vehicle Test Center in Sterling Heights, MI doing emissions development and test, competitive tear down, quality research and 3) Viper vehicle assembly and engine plant in Detroit, MI building the Viper car and the V10 engine for Viper, trucks and marine applications.
Operating Efficiency
Awarded $10M at Pilot for implementation of line simulation to actual assembly plant process and speed to identify issues before volume production resulting in reducing assembly plant launch costs >$25M each.
Reduced Pilot operating costs by 50% delivering $16M annually to bottom line.
Redefined efficiency and utilization of workforce resulting in reducing absolute cost of operating Viper plant by 45% returning $12M annually. Viper volume doubled with no additional cost or people and improved quality.
Change Management
Created disciplined partnership with operations, advanced manufacturing engineering, product engineering, sourcing, purchasing and suppliers for pilot build resulting in increasing vehicle output 300% annually.
Negotiated redefined job descriptions with UAW resulting in Viper being role model first Chrysler plant to successfully implement self-directed work teams.
Achieved national benchmark safety performance of 0 Incident Rate and 0 Lost Work Days at all three facilities, winning National Green Cross Safety Awards and internal Chrysler safety awards.
Plant Manager: St. Louis Minivan Assembly, St. Louis, MO (2001-2003)
Accountable for plant producing 1100 vehicles per day with 4,000 employees and responsible for all deliverables including employee safety, vehicle quality, warranty, production schedules, productivity and total cost.
Refocused plant leadership on spending discipline resulting in reduction of labor and unscheduled overtime, implementation of preventive and predictive maintenance and control of direct and indirect material expense achieving $50M year over year cost improvement. Reduced plant cost over $375/vehicle delivering more than $100M annually to corporate bottom line.
Drove culture change with UAW by supporting operator to build in station resulting in 52% improvement in customer satisfaction quality audit and 28% vehicle warranty cost savings.
Drove constraint elimination delivering productivity improvement of 17% resulting in plant being named most improved in DCX and in top 10 most improved North American auto plants by 2002 Harbour Report.
Assigned ownership for safety to plant floor operations staff and the UAW counterparts.
o Safety Incident Rate improved 56% and became Chrysler Group benchmark.
o Safety Lost Work Day Incident Rate improved 87%.
o Sickness and Accident cost per employee reduced 93%.
Replaced five of seven executive level direct reports to enable immediate culture change focused on transformational operating strategy, urgency, accountability and focus to drive implementation of lean manufacturing principles on shop floor.
Initiated Green Belt, Black Belt and Six Sigma training and sponsored projects which returned $3M annually.
Director: Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Minivan Platform, Auburn Hills, MI (1995-2001)
Plant Manager: Pillette Road Truck Assembly Plant, Windsor, ON, Canada (1993-1995)
Plant Manager: Canadian Fabricated Products, Stratford, ON, Canada (1992-1993)
Assembly Center Manager: Jefferson North Assembly Plant, Detroit, MI (1990-1992)
Second Shift Operations Manager: Warren Truck Assembly Plant, Warren, MI (1990)
Platform Executive: Imperial and Dynasty, Detroit, MI and Bevidere, IL (19891990)
GENERAL MOTORS, Warren, MI and Oshawa, ON 1982 1989
Engineering Business Manager, GM-10 Vehicle Engineering Platform (1987 1989)
Assistant Engineering Business Manager, GM-10 Vehicle Engineering Platform (19861987)
Marketing Division Services Engineer, Chevrolet Pontiac Canada Group (19851986)
Powertrain Design Engineer, GM of Canada (19831985)
Experimental Test Engineer, GM of Canada (19821983)
EDUCATION
MBA - Executive Program
Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
Master of Science - Manufacturing Management
Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute) - Flint, MI
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute) - Flint, MI
AFFILIATIONS
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, Society of Women Engineers
OTHER
Professional Engineer, Province of Ontario, Canada
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