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Coalition of C-suite executive consultants and interim managers with complementary industry, function and geographic expertise.Personal Project Focus:• Expert Witness - Auto / Aerospace; Commercial / Supply Chain• “Fractional CPO” ™ strategic leadership for small to mid-cap client companies• Private Equity- Diligence- Board of Directors; Advisory- “Bolt-on” / Add-on investment identification to enhance platform valuations

LHH is the global talent mobility market leader for Career Transition, Leadership Development, Employee Engagement and Change Management; with 300 offices in 60 countries. As the Midwest Region’s Practice Leader for Lee Hecht Harrison’s International Center for Executive Options (ICEO), I was responsible for expanding LHH’s career transition portfolio with new and existing client companies; and delivering tailored career and life strategy services for our client firms’ most senior executives. In addition, I served as one of the practice’s Private Equity Subject Matter Experts (SME) and as an Executive Coach in LHH’s Talent Development organization. As a coach, my “sweet spot” is optimizing cross-functional working relationships and improving bottom line results through strategy, process and performance objective alignment. I’ve led successful engagements with clients in the Industrial Manufacturing (Auto / Aerospace), Healthcare and Financial Services sectors; with a focus on departments that provide shared services across the enterprise (Ex. Purchasing / Supply Chain, Business Development / Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, General Counsel and IT).

Global automotive Tier #1 HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) and CRFM (Condenser, Radiator, Fan Module) supplier with engineering and manufacturing / assembly operations in North America (USA, Mexico), Asia (Thailand, China) and Australia. (Private Equity Owned)Transformed Purchasing by establishing a centralized organization structure and supporting processes; Integrated in-region operational teams; Leveraged global, functional performance. • Developed and implemented a lean Commodity / Category Sourcing Strategy process focused on improving supplier Quality, Delivery and Cost performance; Leveraged capabilities of top performing suppliers to improve New Business Pursuit competitiveness.- Achieved supply base consolidation of up to 80%; Piece price savings of 10 - 30%; and Component complexity reduction of 50 – 80% by category. New business developed with and allocated to top performing, “preferred” suppliers. • Designed, launched and led a cross-functional, cross-organizational Material Cost Reduction / Business Case Improvement process; Improved first year material savings by 106%.- Sustainable year-over-year savings of up to 4% of material cost achieved through focused activity in seven categories. • Improved working relationships with key suppliers resulted in aligned pursuit / new business development activities; dedicated on-site supplier technical support; and new technology offered by suppliers and launched with customers before competitors.• Purchasing value creation in a PE-backed company documented in a Supply Chain Management Review article published in November, 2013 ( “Private Equity’s New Proving Ground: Operations and Supply Chain” ).

Renewable energy industry start-up established in 1996 to commercialize concentrating solar power ( CSP ) technology for global utility-scale customers. (Private Equity Owned)Established and led a global supply chain organization and supply base capable of supporting SES’s aggressive engineering / production development and high volume commercialization business plan. • Capitalized on prior auto and aerospace supplier network insights to identify and source 23 high quality, lowest-total-cost Tier #1 suppliers. Implemented auto industry commercial practices. • Negotiated “full service supplier” agreements with key system suppliers that included on-site engineering and manufacturing support personnel to supplement SES’s in-house staff. • Reduced prototype-to-high volume SunCatcher and Balance of Plant system cost by > 50% with improved conversion efficiency.

Global supplier of automotive components with annual sales of $10 Billion and 25,000 employees.Directed the $2.5 Billion commodity strategy, pursuit / program launch management and current model purchasing activities for the Climate Product Group; Office locations on three continents.• Improved total material cost performance through focused VA / VE activity. • Reduced SG&A costs 20% by migrating resources to offices in low cost / developing countries.• Integrated material cost and revenue forecasting through corporate business planning.

Global manufacturer of gas turbine engines with annual sales of $12 Billion and 35,000 employees.Led a global and cross functional team in the development and implementation of processes designed to deliver bottom line efficiencies through improved working relations with Tier #1 supplier partners; Established Roles and Responsibilities and aligned KPIs. • Created an extended lean enterprise business case for change; Managed deployment strategy. • Evolved project to improve external Customer relationships; and internal Employee satisfaction.

• Achieved total cost savings of 6 – 15% per year by using technology to optimize lane sourcing efficiency; outsourcing process administration; and through negotiation.

• Established a trade pact-focused organization to manage Ford's primary Purchasing interface with joint ventures and affiliated companies. • Exceeded local content commitments with lowest delivered cost.

• Designed, launched and led the post Ford-2000 global organization.• Directed all activities of an outsourced purchasing and financial settlement process re-engineering team.• Ford 2000 Transition Team – Major contributor to the highly acclaimed, strategic team that developed the principles, processes, roles and responsibilities and organizational structure for Ford’s global purchasing function.

• Information Technology; NA Construction; and Plant EquipmentIncremental Ford Purchasing Assignments: • Manager, Supplier Quality, Relations and Analysis Developed, implemented and administered global supplier quality ( Q1 / Total Quality Excellence ), Purchasing policies and procedures, and supply base management initiatives. • Manager, Procurement Planning Department Directed, developed and controlled procurement planning for domestic and foreign vehicle programs for Ford’s North American Automotive Operations. • Purchasing Supervisor, Mexico Programs – International Service Established Purchasing headquarters in Mexico and directed liaison operations between Mexico and U.S. in support of Ford’s Chihuahua Engine and Hermosillo Assembly projects.