Jason Porter Email & Phone Number

Canton, MI, US

Canton, MI

• Reporting to the President and CEO – Responsible for manufacturing operations, engineering, programmanagement, customer service and continuous improvement across North American and Asia, 10 sites globally,approximately.
• TRIR less than 0.3 YTD
• Achieving 95% on time delivery to customer commitments
• In parallel with recent acquisition, architected and implemented broad restructuring activities that achieved greater than $15M EBITDA savings annually
• Plan and manage annual budgets including labor, CapEx and spending
• Supporting telecom (fiber), medical and industrial market segments

• Reporting to President and CEO – Responsible for product, application and process engineering, new product introduction, program management, continuous improvement and cost estimating across North America and Asia.
• Implemented Program Management as a new function to the organization
• Implemented standard KPIs rolling up from location to corporate level for monthly business review
• Expanded Mexico-based engineering department to support over $50M in annualized business in industrial markets
• Administration of intellectual property, patents and copyrights

United States

• Reporting to Sr. VP Business Development and APAC – Functional owner of global portfolio management process (EDS / Wire harness systems, electro-mechanical components, vehicle electronics, cable)
• Identify product strategies aligned with customers’ near and long term needs
• Develop and implement Intellectual Property Rights strategy to manage IP portfolio reducing IP costs by over 20%
• Implemented 3rd party distribution program for low volume component customers including partner selection, contract negotiation, customer transition and price strategy, allowing PKC to service the top 20% of customers.

Greater Detroit Area

• Reporting to VP Sales and Engineering – Functional and administrative leader of Component Business Unit comprised of 60 associates in 3 locations. The scope includes commercial (new business development and current.
• Lead component sales and engineering activity for connection systems, power distribution components and metal stampings ~$150M annual sales
• Primary customers include Ford, Chrysler and major Tier 1 EDS
• Manage labor, CapEx and expense operating budget of $4.5M
• Negotiate long term agreements and commercial contracts; maintain 98% AR for all accounts

Shanghai Suburb, China

• Reporting to Sr. VP Operations – Functional and administrative leader for Shanghai operation of approximately $4M annualized revenue and 100 associates, with P&L accountability. Core responsibility was to divest and.
• Executed transactional activities as defined in Asset Purchase Agreement for Shanghai divestiture
• Planned and facilitated carve out of divested portfolio
• Managed transitional services for buyer during post-sale transitional period
• Planned and executed orderly liquidation – completing required activities over $500K favorable to budget
• Developed, negotiated and implemented contract manufacturing agreement for product portfolio not included in asset sale

• Reporting to VP Strategic Development – Prior to divestiture, coordinated strategic review and due diligence activity. After divestiture, led business carve out activities from Alcoa
• Developed quarterly strategic planning process for group President and staff
• Support FP&A, strategic review, due diligence and sale transaction process for global business
• Managed internal transitional activities relative to divestiture and carve out from Alcoa including aspects of finance, IT, legal entities, corporate branding, workforce reductions, BOD presentations and budget.

• Reporting to VP Operations - Develop and implement 3 – 5 year strategic plans for operations footprint considering manufacturing technology, operations acquisitions and divestitures, capacity and geographic plant.
• Led execution of continuous improvement initiatives resulting in $20M net margin savings
• Supported FP&A through budget forecasts, COGs, material analysis and metrics tracking
• Manage CapEx budget planning and facilitated all CapEx business cases
• Support Alcoa strategic review process through revenue/material forecasts and improvement initiatives
• On-site Mexican operations support requiring 75% travel

Juarez, Mexico

Bs Computer Science

Industrial Drafting

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