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Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Led successful rebuilding and performance turnaround of the Manufacturing organization following the 2015 industry downturn and decimating reduction in force. ⏩Created the vision and rallied the organization around the vision.⏩Restructured the organization and hired and empowered new leaders to fill key skill gaps. ⏩Implemented and led new management routines to ensure effectiveness and sense of urgency.⏩Negotiated supplier concessions.⏩Developed recommendation for optimized manufacturing footprint.⏩Achieved 150% + revenue growth rate. ⏩Drove safety emphasis initiative improving TRIR from .98 to .54 with zero lost work days. ⏩Improved Customer On-Time Delivery from 32% to 94% and labor productivity by 23bps. ⏩Achieved 7th consecutive year of $20 million strategic sourcing savings. ⏩Reduced inventory by 48%, from $208 to $108 million. ⏩Improved inventory turns from 4.5 to 14.6 and day’s payable outstanding from 38 to 49. ⏩Drove lean process resulting in an average of $18 million annual savings. Quality Assurance, Inventory Control, Project Management, Employee Engagement, OSHA, Continuous Improvement, Material Flow Management, Logistics, Distribution, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six-Sigma, P&L Management, Cost Out, OPEX & CAPEX Management, Safety, Budget & Business Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Execution Management, Preventive Maintenance, Union Involvement, Vendor Relations, Contract Negotiations, Conflict Resolution, Facilities Management, Cost Control, ISO, Strategic Sourcing

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Created Supply Chain organization and Lean Six-Sigma team, including development of policies, processes and systems; engaged in talent acquisition campaign to infuse needed expertise. Developed a business intelligence data base and spend cube. Implemented a strategic sourcing process and a procure-to-pay process. Developed buyer standardized work procedures. Designed and implemented a transportation management system; a freight bill audit and pay system; and warehouse and inventory management standardization.⏩Averaged $25 million in annual year-over-year strategic sourcing savings. ⏩Improved supplier on-time delivery to 96%. ⏩Reduced non-compliant spend to less than 2%. ⏩Reduced transportation costs by 30%.⏩Improved material availability fill rate from 79% to 96%⏩Achieved 99%+ inventory accuracy⏩Received the Exterran CEO “Reach for the Top” award for best employee engagement. Quality Assurance, Inventory Control, Project Management, Employee Engagement, OSHA, Continuous Improvement, Material Flow Management, Logistics, Distribution, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six-Sigma, P&L Management, Cost Out, OPEX & CAPEX Management, Safety, Budget & Business Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Execution Management, Preventive Maintenance, Union Involvement, Vendor Relations, Contract Negotiations, Conflict Resolution, Facilities Management, Cost Control, ISO, Strategic Sourcing

London, Gb

Reporting to company President, built supply chain organization; recruited industry-leading professionals to drive incorporation of best practices and business performance. Navigated team through difficult launch of a new product known as the MRAP (Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected) vehicle to be used in the Middle-East conflict. ⏩Successfully implemented Oracle EMS without production interruption. ⏩ Performance improvement included 15% material cost reduction; 20% transportation cost reduction; 13% improvement in material availability to 97%; and a 15% reduction in G&A expense. Quality Assurance, Inventory Control, Project Management, Employee Engagement, OSHA, Continuous Improvement, Material Flow Management, Logistics, Distribution, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six-Sigma, P&L Management, Cost Out, OPEX & CAPEX Management, Safety, Budget & Business Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Execution Management, Preventive Maintenance, Union Involvement, Vendor Relations, Contract Negotiations, Conflict Resolution, Facilities Management, Cost Control, ISO, Strategic Sourcing

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Designed and led first-ever Global Supply Chain organization. Completed complex business process, IT and organizational restructuring, addressing dealer satisfaction, operational costs and productivity improvements. Led assembly plant Lean implementation. Managed integration of Supply Chain business processes and systems for key alliances, including SAIC (China), Fiat (Europe and South America), Daewoo (Korea).⏩Increased annual sales revenue by $100 million via a 95% reduction in “unbuildable” customer orders from an average of 100,000 down to only 5,000 by designing a process that identified and eliminated unnecessary internal and supplier order restrictions and constraints. ⏩Drove 65% improvement in customer order lead time (from 90 to 30 days) and 25% improvement in customer order delivery date reliability. ⏩Reduced transportation costs by $1 billion through strategic network design, improved commercial partnerships, and implementation of global sourcing process. ⏩Led negotiation with North American rail carriers resulting in $700 million value (cost reduction and revenue from sales) and significantly improved rail delivery times by 40%. ⏩Achieved 99% on-time material delivery for all global operations four years running. ⏩Cut work-in-process inventory by $1.5 billion. Quality Assurance, Inventory Control, Project Management, Employee Engagement, OSHA, Continuous Improvement, Material Flow Management, Logistics, Distribution, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six-Sigma, P&L Management, Cost Out, OPEX & CAPEX Management, Safety, Budget & Business Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Execution Management, Preventive Maintenance, Union Involvement, Vendor Relations, Contract Negotiations, Conflict Resolution, Facilities Management, Cost Control, ISO, Strategic Sourcing

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Formed and led 100-member team of experts designing a transformed and unified supply chain organization and operation with standardized functional processes, systems and metrics worldwide. Created vision and work plan for change initiative and managed key stakeholder communications. ⏩Created ability to design, engineer, manufacture, sell and distribute from any operating units in world to any other.⏩Created ability to reduce order to delivery lead-time to as little as 3 days for certain products.⏩Received GM Chairman’s award for successfully implementing Project Global 21.Quality Assurance, Inventory Control, Project Management, Employee Engagement, OSHA, Continuous Improvement, Material Flow Management, Logistics, Distribution, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six-Sigma, P&L Management, Cost Out, OPEX & CAPEX Management, Safety, Budget & Business Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Execution Management, Preventive Maintenance, Union Involvement, Vendor Relations, Contract Negotiations, Conflict Resolution, Facilities Management, Cost Control, ISO, Strategic Sourcing

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Includes positions:Director, Production Control & Logistics, Cadillac Luxury Car Division Director, North American Product Planning & Vehicle Scheduling

Bachelors, Business And Finance

Executive Management Program