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Mentor, Ohio, Us

Libra Industries is a Systems Integrator of complex products, with broad vertically integrated capabilities – serving OEMs with technically demanding manufacturing requirements.

Orlando, Florida, Us

Led manufacturing and distribution operations for the wheels business unit for a PE-backed automotive remanufacturing and aftermarket product leader. • Increased wheels remanufacturing capacity by 100% by implementing $1M in innovative solutions including automation, technology upgrades, and supply chain capacity initiatives.• Consolidated manufacturing footprint and expanded distribution network ($400k annual savings), upgraded leadership talent, and introduced lean fundamentals.

Coppell, Tx, Us

Led global operations for liquid level measurement solutions market leader (global manufacturing sites in US, Mexico, UK, Belgium) including the global supply chain, logistics, procurement, and quality organizations.• Optimized global footprint by implementing COE strategy for high volume production relocation to Mexico and lower volume, high mix production volume based in US, realizing over $500k in cost savings.• Led integration of three business acquisitions resulting in product line transfers across the global footprint.

Richardson, Tx, Us

Led global operational excellence for the $800M Worldwide Refrigeration segment which includes 10 international manufacturing facilities and over 2,000 employees.• Created footprint optimization strategy to accommodate growth in custom refrigeration products, avoiding a planned $2M plant expansion while improving our ease to do business with.• Implemented segment OPEX performance metrics and KPI scorecard process and review cadence to drive operational performance improvements, including over 10% in productivity improvements at focus sites.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Global continuous improvement responsibility for a public $1.5B filtration solutions company reporting directly to the CEO and member of executive team. Accountable for institutionalizing the company-wide ‘Clarcor Management System’ as well as lean deployment across the 20 global sites.• Formalized a business strategy to incorporate management system methodologies into all business unit to drive standardization and best practice sharing across businesses.• Deployed lean daily management across all business units driving daily accountability, improved performance, process improvements, and improving employee engagement by over 75%.• Created, branded, and deployed a company-wide safety initiative focused on proactive safety involvement which included incorporating a company-wide behavioral based safety program, increasing the ‘% Safe’ metric by 300% in the first three months.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

Multi-site P&L responsibility for operations in Sarasota (Florida), Reynosa (Mexico), and Tijuana (Mexico), $100M total annual sales, which manufacture aerospace electrical sensing devices. Managed all facets of operations including procurement, inventory management, customer service, aftermarket sales, design (R&D) engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, human resources, maintenance, HSE, and finance (60 salaried, 230 hourly employees).• Introduced a robust goal deployment process (hoshin kanri based) providing plant-wide alignment of the critical plant goals resulting in improved employee engagement and achievement of financial targets.• Implemented a continuous improvement framework with high performance work teams enabling record on time delivery performance (from 76% to 92%) and improved cost out performance (exceeded $2M target).• Improved overall supply chain and ERP health by executing several resourcing efforts, introducing pull systems, and implementing Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) resulting in a $500k inventory reduction, as well as revamping S&OP and scheduling processes improving on time delivery further to consistently over 96%.

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, De

Responsible for startup of a JIT manufacturing facility accountable for all launch aspects including equipment installation, facility readiness, as well as staffing the entire salary and hourly workforce (20 salaried, 160 hourly employees).• Led flawless startup of a Greenfield assembly plant from facility construction to full rate production in less than 12 months, on time and under budget.• Optimized global supply chain by upgrading freight logistics and carriers resulting in over $500k annual savings and inventory reductions over $250k.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Responsible for the production of heavy duty F-series pickup trucks at Ford’s flagship plant (over 700 vehicles produced per shift). Directed 50 salaried employees and over 1,000 UAW employees on the night shift at the fast-paced five million square foot truck assembly plant. • Elected to Ford Motor Company’s ‘Manufacturing Leadership Program’ and took on cross-functional and progressive leadership roles in product design, manufacturing strategy, and production.• Launched an $80M machining line on time and within budget during first four years as a manufacturing engineer. Responsible for design, installation, and launch of cylinder head metal cutting equipment and processes which became corporate best practices for future programs.

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Bs, Mechanical Engineering