Manager
A. T. Kearney
Lead joint client and consultant teams to address a range of manufacturing strategy and operations issuesManufacturing Strategy:Led a global manufacturing footprint rationalization study for a $6 billion automotive parts supplierLed a team to analyze and optimize the economics (cash and P&L impact) of a manufacturing network restructuring plan for a global industrial equipment manufacturing firmManufacturing Productivity: helped a diversified automotive parts manufacturer develop and implement a data-driven continuous improvement program across their global manufacturing networkAchieved significant, immediate cost reductions in a wide range of production facilities, ranging from traditional machining, foundry, assembly, and metal fabrication to more specialized, unique processesInitiative involved forming improvement teams in each plant to collect and analyze production data, determine root causes, develop solutions, implement them on the shop floor, and track resultsOutsourcing: developed outsourcing strategy for $120 MM in sheet metal fabrication from four North American durable goods manufacturing facilitiesConducted detailed analysis of internal costs and requirements, identified suppliers, negotiated final supply agreements, developed transition planAchieved savings of over 30% over internal value-added costsPost-Merger Integration: led a pre- and post-merger integration synergy team at a global oil & gas major in developing procurement strategies for capital equipment related to their worldwide service station network