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Led a team of 6 Engineering Managers in ME, EE and Firmware with an overall team of ~40 people.Brands: DeWalt, Craftsman, Stanley, Mac, Facom, Proto.Products: Line-lasers, Laser measurement, USB integral battery tools, torque tools, lighting.Directed pre-milestone-work and priorities to drive innovative new products for a three-year product

Built a team of Program Managers, instituted a Milestone product development process with metrics.Ran the product development review in a $1 Billion business netting >$75M incremental sales.Created a PMO database to measure progress on dozens of programs automatically.

Directed major programs across regions, brands and supply streams to realize synergy opportunities.Led teams in the US, Asia and Europe to conduct floor-space moves, in-sourcing, outsourcing, restructuring and acquisition integrations.Let Design to Value program in 3 US metal storage plants to reduce complexity and raise profits

Drive productivity processes in world wide power tools and accessory plants to deliver real savings year over year.

Responsible for quality management of 2,300 global suppliers ($2.2 Billion spend) Directed the objectives and metrics for SQE teams at 5 factories in Asia, Europe and Mexico.Defined a strategy to drive out supplier risk using existing resources and a minimum of new processes.Developed and implemented a global supplier quality policy still in effect for SB&D. Defined a 2-year roadmap to eliminate risky suppliers using OPEX scorecards and achieved completion.Identified and implemented changes to the IT systems to better control global quality and compliance.Re-engineered the supplier management process to achieve 930 supplier exits from risky suppliers.Managed the objectives and review of the Lean-6Sigma Black Belts and Green Belts within Global Sourcing

Reporting to GM of woodworking group after acquisition of Porter Cable and Delta businesses.Directed supplier selection, negotiation, productivity, quality, supply base consolidation, and contracts for the purchased-products within the DeWalt, Porter Cable and Delta Woodworking category.Responsible for $45 million spend with supplier relationships in China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and USA. Negotiated pricing, contracts and purchasing terms at all levels. Consolidated the supply base from the Porter Cable/Delta acquisition.

Relationship-owner for eleven suppliers delivering ongoing production and new product development.Responsible for new product program success, productivity, delivery, compliance, contracts, and quality.Conducted detailed contract negotiations with Japanese, Taiwanese and Chinese business owners.Program Manager on multiple teams made up of engineering, manufacturing, and marketing.Launched DeWalt Table Saw, Chop-saw, Portable Band Saw, Compressor, and Fluorescent Light.Used Design-For-Six-Sigma to tie measurable customer requirements to critical design features and ensured long-term manufacturing capability.Implemented new products in Asia that comply with global legislative requirements: UL / CE / RoHS etc.

Established the Asia sourcing strategy for turned-steel parts, plastic parts, stampings and castings.Traveled to Asia to review, qualify and develop suppliers for the US factory with the help of local Engineers.Tracked, managed and reported on all Asia projects and delivered $3.6 million in 2002. New Products Purchasing Manager: With 2 direct reports, ensured all parts were on time, at cost and to quality specification while design changes did occur. Launched three new products introduced in 2002.

Rose from Design Engineer to Engineering Manager in the Power Tool Accessory businessCompleted my X-MBA while also being closely involved in raising our small childrenResearched, Designed-for-Manufacture then Qualified: Carbide Saw Blades, Router Bits, Wet/Dry Diamond Blades, Sand Paper, Jig and Reciprocating Saw BladesImplemented Design for Six Sigma tools: ANOVA, Reliability analysis, QFD, SPC, t-Test, etc.

Design, prototype, and test high performance fabric systems for Air Force, Navy and NASA programs.

Computer programmer: Assembly TI9995, BASIC