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Ballston Lake, Ny, Us

Ballston Lake, Ny, Us

Delanson, New York, United States

New Port Richey, Fl

Counselling people considering starting a new business – group presentations on what is really involved in starting a new business.

Odessa, Florida

Managed all aspect of the business including supply chain management, local manufacturing, global product sourcing, creating and enforcing policies and procedures, addressing Human Resource issues as required, . Improved on-time delivery rates from 65% to 96% while reducing inventory by 10% and shortening lead-times by 5%.

Watervliet, Ny

Revitalized a 40 year old product line with a flat CAGR and drove to 11% annual growth through product line upgrades and extensive sales force training. Oversaw capital investments necessary to increase manufacturing capability to meet customer requirements. Implemented new product line structure to simply offering while achieving better alignment with market expectations. Drove marketing efforts in all regions (North America, Europe, Asia, and South America) including Sales Champion Team development, Press Release plan, dedicated micro-website, video training tools, target account sales tracking and global sales objectives.

Watervliet, Ny

Responsible for providing strategic direction for all regions regarding company acquisitions and divestitures, capital spending, new product development, product transfer between regions, global customer target account development, and competitor profiling and analysis. Developed and presented Strategic 5 Year Plans for a global Business Unit for 6 years providing a consistent and coherent vision of direction for the business. Developed monthly global reporting of key manufacturing metrics for 34 manufacturing sites. Facilitated bi-annual strategic planning meeting with all regional General Managers and divisional Vice President. Managed global product management efforts with Regional Product Management team.

SuperPower was a startup organization within Philips Electronics which was spun off to Furukawa Electric of Japan. SuperPower manufactures and sells superconducting wire used power transmission cables, high powered magnets, and military applications. Drove transition from R&D laboratory to full production facility. Improvements included establishing MRP systems, process engineering SOPs, organizational restructuring to ensure safety, service, quality and cost performance. Exceeded performance criteria for DARPA grant requirements.

Watervliet, Ny

Manager of Supply Chain for 5 North American manufacturing locations. Drove S&OP process development and provided regular updates to North American management team regarding results and actions necessary for improvement. Project Manager for SAP implementation (excluding Finance and Sales / Distribution modules) in 5 North American manufacturing locations. Successfully transitioned from MACPAC to SAP. Improved on-time, in-full delivery performance to end customers to a industry leading 99.5%.

Watervliet, Ny

Managed a team of Product Managers responsible for the full North American coated abrasives product offering. Responsibilities included; providing direction to R&D for new product development priorities, addressing key issues at strategic customer accounts regarding service and/or quality and new business development, setting pricing on new products and price increase objectives during annual plan process. Results included including reducing WIP inventory lots by 36% in North America while increasing new product sales by 25%. Facilitated strategic activities between R&D, manufacturing and sales teams. North American representative on Global Coated Product Management team responsible for setting strategic objectives for the global business. Established Product Management role in sales forecasting process resulting if 53% improvement in forecasting accuracy.

Wheatfield, Ny

Managed all aspects of the microfinishing film business including manufacturing, product management and full P&L responsibility. Significantly improved manufacturing reliability (equipment utilization as well as product quality) through use of lean manufacturing tools. Worked closely with sales force and microfinishing equipment OEMs on new business development. Improved OP by 18% through operational improvements and focusing target account development efforts.

Worcester, Ma

Responsible for technology transfer between all bonded abrasive manufacturing with the goal of ensuring that the company-wide best practices are used consistently in all regions. Involved extensive travel and coordination of projects in the USA, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, India, China, Japan and Brazil. Process improvement efforts resulted in a global reduction of scrap by 21% and quality rejections by 15%. Successfully implemented automated Export Controls compliance program for the US locations. Provided direction for newly formed sales team in Japan regarding target markets and new product strategies.

North America And Germany

Demonstrated success in a variety of positions including technology transfer, manufacturing operations, product management and sales. Drove sales growth in Germany market place during a 4 year expatriate assignment. Various positions including; Operations Manager - Precision Abrasives, Product Manager - Steel Conditioning Wheels, General Supervisor - Organic Abrasives, Manager of Process Improvement - Bonded Abrasives, Manager of Sales and Engineering - SG Products, Market Support Manager - Bonded Abrasives, Product Engineer, Sales Supervisor and Sales Representative.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

High School