Management consulting that is focused on developing a deep understanding of your business, becoming a trusted advisor, and capturing opportunities for improvement.When executing any project, I work with my clients from start to finish. Helping to craft the vision, developing the strategic path forward, and helping to managing the execution through building systems for accountability, transparency, and sustainability.- Factory Design- Investment Business Case development- Layout Optimization- S&OP Management- Quick Turnaround- PMO Office Development- Project Portfolio Management- Strategic Planning- Product Cost Optimization- Procurement Spending Reduction- Operational Excellence- Continuous Improvement- Reorganization- KPI Design & Management Systems- Maintenance & Investment Turnaround PlanningCeramics manufacturing, metal forming and stamped Parts, Woven & Non-Woven Fabrics, Pharmaceuticals manufacturing, Automotive OEMs & Suppliers.

Senior Consultant Supporting Consultant and Project Lead in Automotive, Pharma, and general manufacturing projects.(cost reduction, yield improvement, performance improvement, turn around projects, M&As, PMO building).Leading teams of people in identifying issues & solutions to tackle, along with driving the implementation of those solutions. With particular focus on hitting financial and performance metrics, and building a sustainable environment of transparency and accountability.

Enterprise Project Planning and Management - New model launch planning, leading all sections (Design, Engineering, Quality, Production, IT, and IS) through primary roadmap creating and overall project scheduling through to the start of production.- Maintaining communication with and documentation of all engineering and production sections' project activity and resource requirements, ensuring successful project execution.- Plan / Coordinate high level reporting of project readiness / production results to company officers.Operations Planning- Long/short term production planning - balancing forecast demand with operational capacity- Line speed change planning and project coordination - identifying the resources needed and limitations to understand the cost benefit of capital investments- Plan / Coordinate enterprise level projects disruptions with production requirements, facilitating project needs while maintaining volume targets.Labor Cost Management- SME on $350M in production labor costs, impacts, and trends- working with managers to understand the challenges they face and information solutions needed to better understand the factors impacting their labor costs in order to reduce waste- Leading the development of labor cost insights automation to deliver detailed and intuitive analytic tools to managers in support of Subaru's aggressive cost reduction initiative.- Advise management on planning labor costs for future large scale facility changes and reorganizations.

- Researched gaps in reporting system, gaining insights of management needs, driving new analytic tool development- Created tools to give managers the ability of tracking real-time results in detail, allowing for labor cost to fall by 3% per year- Trained Product Managers in best practices/analysis methods for labor cost control, increasing stagnant KPI ratings

- Implemented new method for and planned new product launch, reducing unproductive labor costs by $1.2 Million- Lead cross functional team through upgrading of labor cost tracking system- Responsible for delivering productivity results to all levels of management helping them to make informed decisions

- Assistant Project Manager responsible for managing team of contributors to conduct market research studies for national and multinational organizations.- Collaborated with client partners to develop market research used in B2B CRM studies- Compiled findings of studies into compelling presentations which were used to help clients re-evaluate marketing strategies.

Started and ran a small studio making custom furniture and wooden objects. Clientele included The Gov. of Indiana, Mitch Daniels. I was the 2010 Jurors's Choice Award recipient at the Basile gallery exhibition. Featured in the book 500 Cabinets by Ray Hemachandra.