Greg Maclean Email & Phone Number

Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

London, England, GB

• Directed GKN’s largest and most successful joint venture (JV) to achieve explosive growth in All-Wheel Drive (AWD) and eDrive business.
• Delivered bi-annual reports to the Board of Directors in regard to the JV’s performance and profitability, communicating shareholder value while also challenging the Board’s current mindset in order to initiate.
• Redefined the business plan for expanding the company’s footprint in order to meet the needs of Engineering in the wake of explosive business growth, strategizing and executing the build-out of a critical new office.
• Mitigated margin degradation through contract negotiations and accelerated savings across Operations, Purchasing, Logistics, and CAPEX.
• Industrialized two of the most advanced eAxle programs for product launch in 2019 on behalf of Jaguar Land Rover / Groupe PSA, leading the industry through cutting-edge technologies.
• Managed the recruitment of a high volume of engineers while striving to reduce attrition, prioritizing employee engagement through enhancements to company culture as well as the working environment.

London, England, GB

• Key member of the leadership team that turned-around a facility that represented nearly half of total sales, which included structuring KPIs, fostering cross-functional synergies, and integrating a standardized.
• Attained measurable gains in throughput as well as quality due to the streamlined workflows.
• Established a virtual Bid Team for the AWD and eDrive product segment globally, compiling a team of experts to accelerate the quoting process and thereby secure a greater volume of new programs.
• Increased the efficiency of developing competitive quote proposals, completing a high volume of quotes to create a multibillion-dollar annual sales revenue funnel.
• Initiated the roll-out of industrial plans across multiple plants, focusing on plant structure, workflows for new business wins, and resource allocation in consideration of the entity’s current and future state.

London, England, GB

• Spearheaded global account activities through strategic leadership of a multicultural, virtual sales force.
• Conducted all senior-level negotiations in adherence to expectations surrounding Ford’s Aligned Business Framework (ABF).
• Coordinated with the presidents of GKN’s Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific divisions for the execution of global programs, obtaining extensive experience interfacing with C-level leaders.

London, England, GB

• Overtook accountability for the Toyota account on a global scale in addition to directing the regional performance of Honda, Nissan, and Hyundai/Kia accounts.
• Secured first-ever E-Locker and Torque Vector Rear Drive Module business with Toyota.
• Reset pricing expectations with Asia-Pacific customers, achieving sustainable and cash-contributing business through strategic international relations.
• Led offload negotiations to Europe with Asia-Pacific customers to facilitate expansive cost recovery and margin improvement.

London, England, GB

• Led Asia-Pacific accounts and successfully secured quotations from Toyota for new products in addition to receiving the first new program award with Hyundai America despite the competition’s “chaebol” status.
• Introduced TPS into GKN Ways of Working across multiple plants in North America, coordinating with Toyota representatives at the plant level for over a year.
• Pioneered a holistic relationship recovery plan with Toyota North America that resulted in regularly-planned senior-level discussions.

London, England, GB

• Maintained and strengthened relationships with Ford, Hyundai/Kia, and, previously, Dana.
• Achieved status as an ABF supplier for Ford as the lead negotiator in regard to the new initiative.
• Contributed to the containment of quality issues including an NHTSA field service action investigation.
• Relocated a high volume of account sales to low-cost countries with zero price-downs to customers’ net of freight.
• Defended profitable market share during the 2004 steel tariff negotiations, generating incremental business quotations and negotiating a substantial inflationary-driven price increase for parts at market.

Master Of Science (Ms), Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Human Kinetics (Ergonomics)