Privately held, $500M global manufacturer of customized fastening solutions for B2B and consumer applications offered through a broad portfolio of textile and advanced plastic products. 3000 employees, 10 manufacturing sites across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.Reporting to the CEO, responsible for global integrated supply chain, including Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Project Management, Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics, and Customer Order Fulfillment.

Privately held, $1billion global CPG manufacturer of pre-moistened wipes for personal care, cleaning, and disinfecting applications. 2600 employees, 5 Manufacturing Sites. Large Private Label accounts and Nice Pak Brands: Nice and Clean®, Grime Boss®Reporting to the CEO and company founder, responsible for global integrated operations, including Manufacturing, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics, Customer Service, Customer Order Fulfillment.• Implemented performance KPI’s and improvement programs to transform OEE, OTIF customer service, and COGS• Led company wide restructuring program that delivered 20% reduction in overhead costs and improved profitability• Provided leadership and coordination during period of financial distress that resulted in maintaining solvency, supply to operations, and product availability to customers• Led company interactions with investment banks to attract new investment resulting in successful change of control

Privately held, production solutions OEM providing engineering services, design, machinery fabrication, assembly and installation, as well as finished product manufacturing to the bedding industry. Reporting to the CEO and company founder, responsible for all day-to-day operations of the company across Sales, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Customer Service• Reduced new machine lead time from 22 weeks to 10 weeks, resulting in 50% increase in revenue• Negotiated supply agreements with key vendors to match increases in sales volume• Led commissioning and startup of new manufacturing plant• Implemented company wide business strategy and performance KPI processes• Led hiring and on-boarding to secure necessary talent

Led team of 225 employees and responsible for setting strategic direction of corporate manufacturing operations across a global footprint of 90 manufacturing sites, including footprint optimization, coordination of global manufacturing capital expenditure, asset strategy, continuous improvement, and labor relations. Oversaw global external contract manufacturing with $1B annual spend.

While VP of Manufacturing and Product Supply for NA Fem/Adult Care business, led cross functional team to redesign K-C's NA consumer supply chain organization, taking separate supply chain teams from 3 consumer businesses - Baby/Child Care, Fem/Adult Care, Consumer Tissue - to form one fully integrated supply chain team serving all categories and brands. Led start-up and implementation of new organization.

Responsible for all Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Compliance, Supply Chain Planning, Customer Service, and Project Management for Kotex, Depend, and Poise Brands - 4,500 employees, annual budget of $200M supporting $1.5B Net Sales. Transformed manufacturing footprint and cost structure of 5 sites across USA, Mexico, China and Czech Republic that enabled doubling of operating profit. Led rapid improvement in safety performance, achieving zero injuries for more than 1 year, Led rapid improvement in quality systems and regulatory compliance to achieve ISO 13485 certification and good standing with USA-FDA and Health Canada agencies

Led team of 250 engineers and scientists responsible for all aspects of RD&E for Scott, Viva, and Cottonelle brands, including development of consumer insights, product development, tissue technology development and intellectual property estate, product commercialization and launch, project engineering, product and process life-cycle maximization, and packaging

Led team of 55 engineers responsible for cost and margin improvement for Bath Tissue and Kitchen Towels, including productivity and bill of materials optimization and large capital projects to rebuild/refurbish tissue machine and tissue converting assets

Cross functional project leader leading large, complex commercialization projects across manufacturing, supply chain, RD&E, marketing, and sales. Led tissue machine and converting expansion project with capital expenditure of $500M. Led development, commercialization, and launch of Scott Extra Soft Bath Tissue