COO/ CSO / SVP Operations & Supply Chain Management:Profit-driven Global Operations Executive and change agent who has continually set new benchmarks at the company and industry levels in terms of Lean Manufacturing, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, New Product Introductions, Staff Engagement, and Cost Management.Seasoned expert in grooming and leading talented leadership teams of 15+ VPs and Directors over hundreds of worldwide staff and managers, while aligning the strategy and efforts of 200+ suppliers, and other service providers. Outstanding ability to drive cross-functional teams in executing massive restructurings, implementations, scale-ups and other change initiatives yielding multi-million dollar results.Inspired visionary who is committed to making a difference in the lives of customers and employees on a global scale through novel ideas, innovation, purposeful collaboration, and hard work.Career Highlights■ Optimized SLA achievement, cost control, quality levels, and efficiency for a $1B cosmetics company while also developing, setting up manufacturing for, and launching industry-leading products that now account for 25% of total company revenues.■ Drove the largest renewable energy project of all manufacturers in the US, winning multiple awards from the EPA, AWEA, Geneva Chamber of Commerce, and $8B parent company (Shiseido) for achievements in sustainability and emissions reduction.■ Streamlined global engineering, manufacturing, procurement, warehousing, and distribution operations for a $300M beauty products company, achieving unprecedented savings in COGs, COPQ, and PPM while increasing quality and throughput.■ Revolutionized a $700M Toshiba/Matsushita enterprise by tightening operations and heightening quality across US and Mexico plants, winning prestigious awards several times over, including recognition for Six Sigma Excellence.