Jean Claude Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Portland, Maine Area

Operations and Projects

Greater New York City Area

AMCS Corporation is a world-class provider of process plants, equipment and services to the industrial gases, energy, chemicals, environmental, electronics, pharmaceuticals, glass, and metals market sectors.As a full service company, AMCS has successfully executed turn-key projects throughout the world. We specialize in a series of design platforms that.

New Jersey, USA

• Global multi site direct responsibility for all sourcing, manufacturing, logistics and supply chain, as well as safety and quality.
• Initiated and implemented a comprehensive divisional strategy which rationalized the product portfolio resulting in reduced total cost of ownership, improved delivery times and reduced working capital.
• Launched Lean enterprise initiative across all business units resulting in sustained annual net reduction in costs of over 5%.
• Improved Customer Satisfaction scores through improvements in the supply chain, quality, lead times and service levels.
• Restructured global operations functions across all business units, significantly upgrading talent and improving operational performance and business results.
• Reduced net inventory by 20% over a two-year period by implementing and managing Lean Six Sigma methodologies.

Buffalo, NY, USA

Responsible for global engineering and project management activities and for all international production and distribution operations. - Led safety and quality improvements as well as supply chain optimization projects and the research and development commercialization programs. - Directed the global Six Sigma and continuous improvement programs resulting.

Hungary

Led all business operations comprising safety, quality, production, projects, logistics and supply chain optimization. - Reduced regional net operating costs during a period of high inflation in the region. - Grew sales 25% while expanding gross margin through operating efficiencies and introduction of new products and services.

Moscow, Russian Federation

Full P&L responsibility for all chemical business activities in Russia. - Significantly grew sales and profitability and improved operating efficiencies. - Successfully created and implemented a strategic growth plan to counteract the Russian economic crisis of the late 90's.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Led product development and launch to market of new industry leading technologies for gas generating systems. Directed team in the manufacture and installation of systems throughout North and South America

Walnut Creek, California, USA

Complete engineering responsibility for all mechanical and rotating equipment installed in process plants from process design, purchase of capital equipment, installation, and commissioning. Member of team that developed new on site gas supply technologies.

South Africa

Responsible for production and distribution of industrial and medical gases, as well as propane in South Africa and neighboring country of Botswana. Developed and implemented operating process improvements that reduced costs approximately 25% annually

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering