James Gray, Mba Email & Phone Number

Northville, Michigan, Us

Madison Heights, Michigan, Us

Facilitates introduction to US automotive purchasing and engineering groups for overseas companies wishing to move manufacturing to the US.

San Rafael, Ca, Us

Advisor for Battle Approved MotorsAdvisor for Quench InnovationsAdvisor for Rover Robotics

Novi, Michigan, Us

Recruited to combine 2 separate joint ventures (Kotobukiya Treves NA & Kotobukiya Treves de Mexico) into a single structure with emphasis on repairing customer relations, expanding customer base and devising a comprehensive strategic plan for penetrating the North American market. ► Stabilized 3 major program launches with engineering design issues and led operation out of Nissan Top Management Review status within first 90 days.

Donaueschingen, De

Managed existing imports from Europe into the US to formalize a stand-alone facility while mitigating distressed suppliers, introducing alternatives and developing first strategic plan for North America. ► Reduced transfer cost and raised ROS 8% after identifying the expansion of NA facilities as the most cost effective approach.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Promoted to improve engineering, manufacturing and sales for 93 power seat mechanism programs worldwide. Team was comprised of 30 indirect reports and controlled a $350M P&L for this $42.7B entity. ► Yielded $7M in annual costs savings after integrating competing power seat mechanism products of 2 acquired competitors into 1 cohesive product offering.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Promoted to improve P&L of NA Core Seating Mechanisms group, oversee production product improvements and customer changes globally. Managed $400M P&L with 6 program managers and 15 indirect reports.► Spearheaded design and roll-out of corporate Robust Engineering practices (PDfSS) for global new product design, reducing engineering costs by 10%.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Led all operations for the Asia-Pacific region with full P&L oversight for $138M operating budget. Oversaw manufacturing, engineering, quality and customer interface with leadership team of 57 exempt and 270 non-exempt employees across multiple manufacturing facilities.► Augmented sales $114M by adding 4 new product lines.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Managed operational cost of 12 engineering centers in six countries with 450 engineers responsible for all of Asia- Pacific engineering. ►Realized $25M annualized savings for Asia-Pacific and Japan Region with a team of 12 VAVE managers and Best Business Practices (BBP) in a 6-month period, implementing engineering and manufacturing improvements.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Selected by the Regional Vice President to advise the executive team on daily operations of engineering and all supporting functions. I directly supervised 6 direct reports and 110 indirect reports. (One-year assignment)► Produced $25M in product sales with the introduction of first Core Seat Mechanism Product application to Japanese market.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Selected for expat assignment to managed engineering of 5 joint Ventures with SAIC, ChangAn, BAIC, GAIN, and Jinbei Auto. Oversaw 6 direct and 200 indirect reports.► Generated $10M in revenue after selling first JCI Core Seat Overhead products to Chinese OEM.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Oversaw a team of 10 contract employees who designed and tested mechanisms while driving 4 business cases including costing and investments in efforts of meeting financial hurdle rates. Led projects teams in developing engineering customer proposals and collaborated with manufacturing, costing and finance departments to create sales pricing for OEM.► Awarded company’s first North America project with KIA OEM worth $63M as well as the Power Seat Project with Honda worth $40M.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Led a team of engineers who launched the Ford PN96/131.► Delivered Ford PN96/131 integrated seat belt front seat structure on time and under budget.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Earlier Career:Johnson Controls Automotive (UK) Ltd., UKLead Engineer, 1995-1998; Senior Project Engineer, 1993-1995Johnson Controls, Inc., Plymouth, MI Project Engineer, 1991-1993

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering, Fluid And Aerodynamics