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Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

US

Grand Rapids, MI, US

Grand Rapids, MI, US

Zeeland, MI, US

Leading a great team of experts in deep draw stamping technologies.

Shanghai, CN

• Leading turn around project of North American Service Operations.
• Leading footprint optimization & driving operational efficiency improvements.
• Supporting WS Launch at Highland Park plant.

Shanghai, CN

• Full P&L responsibility for $85M plant producing interior trim for a variety of OEM & Tier 1 customers.
• Operational Lead for UAW contract negotiations on national agreement representing five North American assembly plants.
• Led conversion to Kendrick Plastics resulting from sale of the plant by Yanfeng in January 2020.

Shanghai, CN

• Responsible for $880M in sales across eight automotive interior assembly plants. Just-in-time (JIT) operations in six of the eight plants.
• Completed vertical integration project of injection molding & vacuum wrapping processes at Belvidere plant on time and under budget.
• Led negotiations with Fiat-Chrysler Automotive (FCA) Purchasing resulting in $500K cost avoidance related to JIT operations.
• Led successful launch of greenfield site in Belvidere, IL - 340K ft2 facility with $230M in sales and 700 employees supplying interior modules JIT to Fiat-Chrysler Automotive.
• Led turnaround of quality & delivery performance for FCA business. Improved scorecard performance and took three of the worst performing plants from red to green in six months.
• Improved profitability of service part operations by $2.1M (16%) over 18 months.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Responsible for $505M in sales across three automotive electronics plants in; United States, Mexico & Brazil.
• Led JCI divestiture of Homelink electronics operations to Gentex valued at $700M. Responsible for overall coordination & exit of product lines from plants in Mexico & Germany. The project was a success with all.
• Only American on twelve-member multi-national operations leadership team. Team had representation from France, Germany, UK, Spain, China and USA.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Implemented $15M vertical integration project to add injection molding & robotic painting capability to JCI-Reynosa plant on time & under budget.
• Project fully implemented to timeline supplying new product launches to BMW & GM as well as current production transfer for several Ford programs.
• Developed new business model to manage JCI sub-suppliers as contract manufacturers. Grew business to $253M in annual sales while shipping 18M parts/year to 25 customer locations in North America, Europe & Japan.
• Developed independent capacity modeling system to manage installed equipment utilization at contract manufacturers as well as forecast when additional equipment investment was necessary as part of new program sales.
• Member of five-person core team responsible for all aspects of a greenfield launch in Northwood, OH to supply instrument panel cockpit assemblies to Chrysler for the Jeep Liberty vehicle.
• Just-in-time (JIT) delivery to Chrysler within a 204 minute broadcast window.

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, General Studies