Responsible for the development and delivery of initiative, capacity and cost savings projects in NA Beauty as well as maintaining and improving the safety, quality and compliance foundations at the US plants. Includes responsibilities across the following product categories: Shampoo/Conditioners, Body Wash, Skin Care, Antiperspirants & Deodorants.

Section leader overseeing multi-million dollar annual capital budget to deliver major product initiatives in the Hair category portfolio, drive key technology developments that delivers disruptive competitive advantage, and build organization and technical capability for sustained business and operational results.

Promoted to lead the global engineering section of a key product category that drove major technology developments and delivered new product innovations to the marketplace with best in class cost, cash and service.• Successfully led category engineering team through highest period of project initiatives and capital investments; managed over $50 million+ in capital over 2 year period meeting all success criteria related to schedule & cost. • Developed and led technology master planning process and plan to meet 3-5 year business growth strategy.• Developed and led systemic process improvements that delivered breakthrough construction costs and execution approaches of major technology developments; net savings of $1 million+. • Delivered new to the world product innovation 3 months ahead of commitment.• Championed low cost equipment solutions through strategic offshore engineering and fabrication approaches.

Led measurable performance improvements in the plant operation and equipment systems that delivered breakthrough cost savings and increased initiative success rate.• Manufacturing Site Owner for training and development of key engineering work process for executing capital projects, which led to an improved initiative success rate from 70% to >95%.• 100% project completion on time while meeting strict timelines and budget requirements.• Developed and led the roll out of a standard process for building capability and technical penetration of equipment systems that led to a 20% efficiency increase in the overall operations and minimize production line downtime.• Led sourcing studies that have generated over $2.5 million in annual cost savings and an overall site volume increase of 15% which enables further productivity gains.• Implemented a Low Capital System Approach to initiatives which has yielded over $7 million in capital avoidance for projects over a 2 year period. This approach helped to slash material and equipment expenses by 15%.

Promoted to lead the development, installation and validation of several domestic and international production lines for new and existing businesses. Provided low cost, capacity options that enabled the business to get started in an economically viable way in markets where volumes were too small to support Developed market technology, and import duties or other issues prevented effective regional sourcing. • Managed $7 million budget and led the scope development, equipment selection, installation and validation of a manufacturing system to produce new OTC drug.• Lead engineer of a very diverse team of engineers, scientist, and public relations experts to develop a standard production platform to deliver purified drinking water to low income consumers around the world. Included extensive global travel across South America, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.

• Engineering tech with increasing responsibility in equipment reliability and startup. Drove equipment efficiency from 89% to 98%.• Delivered a total of $13 million in annual savings as part of a strategic sourcing team that consolidated or divested operations regionally. Personally responsible for relocation and/or installation of key equipment systems; included extensive travel to Latin America.