Designed and executed operations and supply chain strategies for a $700M/yr (12 site) aerospace sensors division. Deployed process improvement and cost savings solutions into existing value streams and developed the capability roadmaps required to position military and commercial lines of business for profitable future growth. Primary responsibilities and achievements:• Launched standardized KPIs in multiple business areas, and a continuous improvement culture in Operations which ultimately produced >20% lead-time reductions, inventory savings of 25%, and on-time-delivery of >95%. • Identified best practices, formalized these into divisional policy and standard work procedures.• Introduced a Sales & Operations Planning process legitimizing the Sales Forecasts and Bookings Pipeline, managing demand within short-term capacity, and projecting required future capital investments and labor force adjustments.• Implemented $20M/year of cost savings by consolidating duplicated site activity, and by internal offshoring of work from the US, UK, and Europe footprint to low-cost facilities in China and Vietnam.• Reduced COGS by actively pursuing favorable purchase price variances, and supplier consolidation initiatives.• Managed an $8M site expansion project in Ho Chi Minh City, including real estate transactions, business licensing, and the introduction of new capabilities (electron beam welding), facilitating over 200K hours of direct labor transfers.• Led the divestment of legacy product lines ($35M/year) to licensees and managed associated customer concerns.• Sought and obtained board approval and managed the deployment of an $18M DFARS cybersecurity IT compliance program, to satisfy the requirements of complex US DoD procurement regulations.

Delivered revenue of $52M/year from a site producing mechanical/electronic airframe and engine components for Civil Aerospace OEMs, the US DoD and their Prime Contractors; and by providing end-user Spares/MRO services. Managed make-vs-buy decisions on subsystems, machined parts, and special processes. Outsourced HR, Finance, and IT to shared-services centers. In 2013, the site was included in a strategic consolidation with a sister facility in California, to drive operational efficiency and to achieve critical mass in Engineering and Aftermarket services.Primary responsibilities and achievements:• Managed the overall site P&L (>20% net operating profit), as leader of the local functional management team, and as owner of all operational cost and inventory reduction programs• Maintained the strategic business plan, used this to frame annual departmental objectives, and budgets. • Implemented Daily Layered Accountability (DLA), to communicate clarity of purpose across the business, delegate decision making to the appropriate teams, and escalate plan deviations for resolution. • Supported bid preparation for new sales opportunities, leveraging internally developed IP, and optimizing the use of low cost manufacturing and materials sourcing.• Conducted profitability/impairment analyses on all major programs on an annual basis.• Negotiated multi-year contract with an organized labor force, maintaining wage inflation below 2%, and driving 15% production efficiency improvements by analyzing actual labor data against agreed standard build times. • Led the site IT migration from a legacy ERP system to a Corporate SAP instance.• Executed a site closure and cross-country (NH to CA) consolidation of a 65K sqft site without disrupting customer deliverables.

Completed due-diligence (with a private-equity firm) of this $10M/yr lower-middle-market healthcare services provider. Participated in a debt-leveraged acquisition and led the company through its transition from prior family ownership. Primary responsibilities and achievements:• Delivered 10% first year revenue growth, by adding 3 accounts, and providing new offerings to existing customers. • Managed P&L, cash flows and balance sheet schedules, simultaneously satisfying all lender covenants.

Relocated from the UK, to establish a US presence for this contract manufacturing business, which provided assembly services to the computer, telecom, medical and automotive industries. Managed the rapid growth of the organization to a $240M/yr business, employing >300 people. Primary responsibilities and achievements:• Directed start-up activity: selected/developed a 125,000 sqft production facility, hired key functional managers and developed the entire direct/indirect organization from the ground up.• Delivered first shipments after 3 months and ISO9000 certification in <18 months.• Achieved inventory turns of >40 and lead times of <2 weeks in selected value streams by introducing consignment/just-in-time suppliers, and positioning of subassemblies/raw material at local hubs.• Won new business by working with prospective customers to demonstrate the internal ROI achievable by outsourcing their manufacturing and supply chain management activities.• Set-up “build-to-forecast/ship-to-order” fulfillment agreements, and the reverse logistics processes associated with post-sales repair/refurbishment services.