PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEWStrategy deployment, value creation, Operational Excellence, Turn arounds, global strategies, product rationalization, bottom line & top line growth, executive leadership, collaboration, teamwork, & team member development. Private equity & publically traded companies. EBITDA improvement more than 40% thru Opex & CI during decreasing volumes. Cost savings strategies in all environments. I lead thru collaboration & involvement to make manufacturing teams better & more efficient while building momentum for teams to be proud of their accomplishments.A proven leader in developing business strategies in companies that value their team members and customers with the highest regard. Vision, Mission, Values and Objectives and the ability to lead teams and cascading policy deployment through the development of best business practices in all areas of Sales & Marketing, Operational excellence through continuous improvement, Finance & Purchasing, Supply Chain Management & IT, and Human Resources; Employee Engagement & development.KEY STRENGTHS• Strategic Business Management - lead P&L for $1B business, 7 locations, $34M cost reduction, launched 30+ new programs insourced core competencies. Up to 16 direct reports and 3500 employees• Operations experience from direct responsibility for over 45 manufacturing sites during my career in US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil & Europe, Asia & across the globe.• Leadership and Coaching Excellence: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Executive Leadership program, Lean Manufacturing training, collegiate athletics, Community Involvement Boards• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Champion - leadership of plant continuous improvement programs including Ford’s TQS, Toyota’s TPS, Johnson Controls TQPS. Shinto Prize Lean manufacturing awards.Specialties: general management, assembly, automotive, coaching, continuous improvement, contract management, conversion, cost analysis, cost control, delivery, financial, hiring, human resources, inventory management, leadership, management, marketing, materials management, process engineering, quality, quality control, safety, sales, six sigma, strategic planning, employee development welding, NPI, APQP, FMEA