Richard Saad

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VP of Operational Excellence and Automation @ Marmon Holdings, Inc.
Detroit, MI, US
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Detroit Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
About Richard Saad

P&L Operations | Integrated Supply Chain | Manufacturing | Strategy & Planning | Operational Excellence | Culture Transformations | Organization Effectiveness | Agile Transformation | IoT Automation & Industry 4.0 | Product | Design Thinking | Innovation | Program Management | Change Catalyst │ Value Creation | Rapid Growth | Distressed Organizations | Sustainability | M&A Acquisition Due Diligence to Merger IntegrationProven Operations Leader known for vision to develop strategies then credibility to implement strategies, get into operational details focused on what to optimize, understanding levers, drivers of performance, underlying economics. Recognized as a hands-on coach with a shop floor approach for guiding an operational excellence culture to engage and empower people to optimize and sustain their own processes & results. Best known to leverage passion in dynamic environments to engage stakeholders and tenacity to over-deliver with relentless execution to realize shared targets and ambitions on the operational excellence journey.•Sought out to be VP of Operations at AJM PACKAGING to double efficiency at multi-site entity, surpassed goal in 6 weeks to target of 6 months directing from floor daily, coaching accountability culture, earning credibility to lead all Plants to improve YOY efficiency by 13% and reduce severe injuries.•Champion ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV Global Operations Excellence owner team. Coach in field methods. Delivered $1B savings target with best in class EBITDA, COS, CAGR.•McKINSEY & COMPANY recruited to be Sr Operations Practice Expert to coach, partner and deliver across industries. Reduced $6M for 2 major programs at appliance manufacturer optimizing product. Benchmark, develop & share industry best practices.•Restructured 3 GENERAL MOTORS business units increasing line efficiencies up to 55%. Led 8 group managers & 300 employees.•Invited to strategically launch & operationalize mobility startup, AFREECAR, and guide an international humanitarian (AMERICAN RED CROSS) leadership team with planning & executing operational excellence mandate. •Honored with industry, government, academia and peer recognition as a subject matter expert & strategic thought leader; sought out to lead future trend & policy workshops, keynote C-Level Strategy & Innovation events, join Business & Operational Excellence panels.OTHER SPECIALTIESHR/People Engagement, Capability Building, KPI Metrics, Balanced Scorecard, Audit, Compliance, PMO, Public Policy, Government Relations, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, IL6S, FMCG/Food-Bev, CPG/Paper/Packaging

Richard Saad's Current Company Details
Marmon Holdings, Inc.

Marmon Holdings, Inc.

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VP of Operational Excellence and Automation
Detroit, MI, US
Richard Saad Work Experience Details
  • Marmon Holdings, Inc.
    Vp Of Operational Excellence And Automation
    Marmon Holdings, Inc.
    Detroit, Mi, Us
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  • Marmon Holdings, Inc.
    Vp Of Operational Excellence And Automation
    Marmon Holdings, Inc. 2021 - Present
    Chicago, Il, Us
    A Berkshire Hathaway Company with over $12B Revenue | 120+ AUTONOMOUS COMPANIES. 11 DYNAMIC GROUPS. ONE TEAM.
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  • Afreecar Llc
    Head Of Operations & Strategy
    Afreecar Llc Jan 2019 - Present
    Requested to head up Afreecar.org strategy & operations by the startup founder, an Automotive Hall of Fame inductee, to bring mobility to the world’s poorest people. Rich is involved in all parts of the startup to strategically launch & operationalize the business; strategy, operations, design, patent/IP development, prototypes, software, business development, partner models, apply/receive grants & funding, supply chain, and IoT/Industry 4.0. Rich is cultivating partnerships across the value chain with incubators, suppliers, OEMs, industry, and government.
  • Umbrex
    Principal Consultant And Industry 4.0 Certified Siri Assessor
    Umbrex Jan 2017 - Present
    Management consultant and advisor delivering for clients across industries top-line enterprise growth strategies as well as bottom-line change transformations optimizing business processes & systems during interim, short or long-term assignments. Leveraging experience across Operations and E2E Supply Chain designing then executing & leading Operational Excellence cultures enabled by Industry 4.0 (Industrial IoT, Robotics, Automation, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Materials, Additive Manufacturing, as well as Modeling, Simulation, Visualization & Immersion).•Optimize business process/systems across operations, E2E supply chain, leverage digital/IoT/Industry 4.0.•CPG/FMCG restructure & turnaround; PE/VC research & due diligence; charter school network strategy. •Partner with American Red Cross HQ to create & execute a strategy for global operational excellence.•1 of 1st 10 Industry 4.0 Certified SIRI Assessors (CSA) in North America. {more about Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) siri.gov.sg/about].Umbrex ("UMBRella of EXcellence") is the first global community connecting top-tier independent management consultants with one another. The primary mission of Umbrex is to create opportunities for independent consultants to meet, build relationships, share lessons learned, and collaborate. Additionally, Umbrex helps clients achieve their challenging objectives by connecting the client with the right individual or team of independent consultants. Umbrex membership is highly selective with over 600 members in 30 countries, 85% of whom are alums of McKinsey, Bain, or BCG. Visit www.umbrex.com to learn more.
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  • Ajm Packaging Corporation
    Vp Of Operations
    Ajm Packaging Corporation Jan 2017 - Aug 2018
    Us
    Hands-on coach directing operations at one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of branded and private label products. Bottom line P&L focused with responsibility for end to end supply chain, manufacturing, strategic planning, purchasing, product development, maintenance, engineering, and safety/ quality/ environmental compliance. • Plants are high volume 3 shift operations strategically located across US to supply diverse retailers, wholesalers, foodservice, institutional and QSR companies.• Personally identified opportunities and executed optimization initiatives at worst plant doubling and sustaining efficiency in first 6 weeks on the ground.• Cultivating relationships across silos with Sales & Marketing, Finance and HR, to seek a more collaborative approach and shared success.• Designed and implementing broad scale transformation focused on cultural change beginning with safety, quality of life, morale & engagement, recruiting top talent, systems and processes.• Streamlining and standardizing across 3 generations with over 60 years of institutional & tribal knowledge developed in a fast paced entrepreneurial environment.• Prioritizing and directing large capital investments, OEM vendor sourcing & selection, site evaluation, plant expansion or new construction.
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  • Anheuser-Busch Inbev
    Sr. Director Global Supply & Operations Integration
    Anheuser-Busch Inbev Dec 2015 - Dec 2016
    Leuven, Be
    Led the Supply & Operations activity for the SAB M&A, supporting synergy opportunity definition, planning value capture, integration, carve-outs, execution, and establishing & leading PMO.• Led diagnostic of Best of Both Operational Excellence programs, plan long-term convergence.• Designed organization blueprint, including team and asset evaluations.• Plan and execute “Day 1” activities, including: communication, compliance policies, governance, KPI & reporting, meeting routine & readiness, process & ways of working, and divestiture readiness.
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  • Anheuser-Busch Inbev
    Sr. Operations Director, Global Supply & Operational Excellence
    Anheuser-Busch Inbev Dec 2009 - Dec 2015
    Leuven, Be
    Reduce & Sustain $14B Variable Cost budget using ZBB, VA-VE as functional leader and reference for 40 Operations Directors by leading Operational Excellence programs at 200 plants, 500 sales/distribution sites & corporate functions providing means to overachieve $1B savings, and deliver best in class EBITDA, COS, CAGR. Champion team of global functional owners in Safety, Environment/Sustainability, Quality, Brewing, Packaging, Maintenance & Reliability, Automation/IoT Industry 4.0, Planning & Logistics, Distribution & Merchandising, Transport, Financial, Innovation, HR/People.• Detect corporate gaps through benchmarking; develop strategies to mitigate risks transparently, execute leveraging high change agility, analytics & business intelligence, lean six sigma, operational improvement, capital initiatives, best practice, knowledge management, PMO, Project Management.• Create and implement end-to-end strategies to manage more complexity driven by top-line innovation growth including make-buy, co-pack & contract manufacturing, new product development flow, design thinking, innovation stage-gate, sales & marketing, S&OP, supply planning, demand planning, footprint.• Initiate use of industry methodologies, created simple templates, embedded into internal toolkit; establish functional competency model for roles on career paths, host & instruct at annual Plant Manager Academy (Lean Six Sigma, WCM, ISO, FMC, SMED, TPM, DMAIC, DFMA DFSS, DTV, FMEA, HACCP, GFSI, FSMA, FDA, Leader Standard Work).• Oversee Business Shared Services Center way of working, sharing KPI targets; assess performance Greenfield/Brownfield, major expansion, M&A, joint venture, startup commissioning & certification. • Reduced LTI’s 63%, Number of Days Lost 29% since 2009, 2010 1st year without fatality inside sites.• Reduced Water Usage 19%, Energy Usage 12%, GHG emission 16%. • Improved Gross Line Yield 5%, LEF 9%, Consumer Complaints 37%, Plant Network Productivity 33%, Recycle Rate to 99.2%.
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  • Mckinsey & Company
    Senior Expert Management Consultant, Operations Practice
    Mckinsey & Company Jan 2009 - Dec 2009
    Us
    Recruited to join Operations Practice as an experienced Senior Expert Consultant to partner with senior internal firm and external industry clients how to develop and lead sustainable operations, with high customer focus. Focus areas include operational excellence, strategic frameworks & planning, enterprise improvement, E2E supply chain transformation, network configuration, information management, scenario planning, analytics & business intelligence, reliability & maintenance, capital productivity, distressed turnaround, operational improvement, capability building.Management Consulting Case Examples:• Reduced capital expenditures for 2 major appliance programs at durable/white goods manufacturer optimizing product design, technical requirements, sub-assembly. Benchmark & competitive product tear-down to develop & share industry best practices in design, functionality, performance. Improved process & product design, brand strategy, component make vs. buy, manufacturing, supplier operations, supply chain, low-cost country sourcing.• Created organization transformation plan for private non-profit that has been actively impacting economic development for 40 years. Benchmark similar organizations globally; landscape & stakeholder analyses; Shaped new mission, vision, branding and guiding principles; Developed options for new organization model, studied potential impact with scenario planning, considering public and media implications.
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  • General Motors
    Global Program Innovation Strategy & Planning
    General Motors May 2007 - Jan 2009
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    Entrepreneurial drive to create product manufacturing vision & strategy; benchmark and “deep sensing” of global mega-trends. Provoke “Plant of the Future” scenario development to assess future impacts, analysis of global drivers, then prioritize innovation portfolio of hundreds of projects, led by hundreds of engineers and researchers. Developed and led PMO to ensure focused Portfolio Management, Program Management, and Project Management ensuring relevance.• Established global sustainability council; led corporate manufacturing sustainability program.• Licensed technologies to customers driving new business development, organic growth and revenue.• Industry subject matter expert to public policy groups and US government agencies (NIST, DOE, DOC, Federal Labs) to develop manufacturing research technology roadmaps.
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  • General Motors
    Business Unit Manager - General Assembly
    General Motors Mar 2006 - May 2007
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Recruited to turnaround 3 different business units resulting in production quota attainment increases of 25% to 55%.• Coach, develop and lead 8 group managers and support staff to exceed performance targets for 300-employee production unit. • Develop and achieve strategic turnaround plans to return units to goal attainment in throughput, quality and budget.
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  • General Motors
    Lead Strategic Planner
    General Motors Sep 2005 - Mar 2006
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Managed cross-functional team of 10 Strategic Planners. • Developed and managed annual strategic plan for future products & programs, human resources, marketing, scheduling and $400M operating budget. • Led collaboration between purchasing/sourcing, product development, market research, advertising, media, sales, service and industry analysts.
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  • General Motors
    Business Unit Manager - Paint
    General Motors Jul 2004 - Sep 2005
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Outstanding year over year improvements for all 5 quality KPIs ranging from increases of 22% to 80%.• Developed and managed BU strategic business plan which allowed department to surpass budget goals for 8 straight months after missing goals for 9 of 12 months.• Achieved 10K additional annual units without increasing manpower, through lean processes and cultural changes. • Led training and implementation activities for competitive manufacturing initiatives for hourly and salary personnel.
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  • General Motors
    Strategic Planner - Paint
    General Motors Sep 2003 - Jul 2004
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • “Best of Best” prize-influenced from 40% to 100% to wear uniform; $260K savings, best 1st time quality.• Spearheaded effort to improve primed panel process realizing $400K annual reductions in material and labor. • Successfully supported changing market demands by making early vehicle color palette changes. • Paint Launch Manager for Pontiac Bonneville GXP, Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne programs.
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  • General Motors
    Manager Of Advanced Manufacturing Innovation
    General Motors Sep 2002 - Sep 2003
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Principal member of multi-organization team that developed national political strategy and successfully lobbied for the creation of the Assistant Secretary of Manufacturing cabinet position by US President. • Developed and implemented corporate globalization strategies for Global Manufacturing Engineering Council. • Drove strategic process and product improvements based on market demands at Advanced Technology Council. • Subassembly and components from injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming, composites, metal stamping, roll forming, paint & polymers.• Led cross-functional advanced manufacturing & engineering team to develop a stage-gate process for new technology & innovation development. • Led creation of global process for strategically evaluating technology sharing with joint ventures & alliance partners. • Coached and facilitated Value Stream Mapping workshops for global, cross-functional activities.
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  • General Motors
    Gm Sponsored Education Leave - Mba & Mem At Kellogg School Of Management, Northwestern University
    General Motors Sep 2000 - Sep 2002
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    GM Sponsored Education Leave to pursue full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) & Master of Engineering (MEM) at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
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  • General Motors
    Total Vehicle Integration Engineer
    General Motors Jan 2000 - Sep 2000
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Directed design engineers and suppliers to identify and resolve product launch integration issues.• Resolved chassis integration issues ensuring no impact to product timing, throughput, or quality.
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  • General Motors
    Business Strategy Planner, Production Control And Logistics
    General Motors Jun 1999 - Jan 2000
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Sourcing, negotiations and supply/demand forecasting for outsourcing distribution activities netting a 40% cost reduction. • Negotiated reduction of 9 hourly classifications to only one with labor union, enhancing employee flexibility.
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  • General Motors
    General Supervisor/Team Leader, Prototype Vehicle Assembly Center Launch
    General Motors Dec 1998 - Jun 1999
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Managed team that doubled production volume and throughput enabling manpower reduction of 65%.• Maintained 100% of all production quotas while relocating all activities of 3 assembly centers to new facility.• Resolved product integration issues working with manufacturing, engineering, and suppliers of injection molded parts, electrical modules & harnesses, interior & exterior trim, and stampings.
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  • General Motors
    Project Manager, Southeast Michigan Renovation Team
    General Motors May 1998 - Dec 1998
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Honored with “Award of Excellence” for successful layout development and construction of 5 manufacturing facilities. • Negotiated 50% project cost reduction with union while avoiding outsourcing; win-win for management and union.
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  • General Motors
    Senior Industrial And Packaging Engineer, Materials Management
    General Motors Oct 1997 - May 1998
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Proposed and managed $43M cost reduction consolidating 11 distribution centers -- Received “Show me the Money” award. • Led engineering team to design and engineer reusable containers for vehicle, engine and transmission operations.
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  • General Motors
    Team Leader, North America Preproduction Distribution Center
    General Motors Mar 1997 - Oct 1997
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Managed all distribution center employees and activities in a 1.3M square foot facility: docks, warehousing, packaging, inventory, kitting, transportation, logistics and supply chain. • Implemented RFID tracking of material within facility. • Led Competitive Manufacturing teams that decreased kitting time from 7 to 4 days and reduced required floor space by over 35% allowing for consolidation of 3 distribution centers into one without increasing headcount.
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  • General Motors
    Supervisor, Prototype Shop And Powertrain Engineering Center
    General Motors Sep 1996 - Mar 1997
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Supervised skilled employees at Powertrain Engineering Vehicle and Component Build.
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  • General Motors
    Industrial Engineer Intern, Distribution Center
    General Motors May 1995 - Aug 1996
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    • Designed layout for new facility and planned move activities for relocation.
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  • Ibm Global Services
    Business Development Consultant Intern, Mobile & Wireless E-Business Services Strategy
    Ibm Global Services Jun 2001 - Sep 2001
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Led strategic analysis of B2C global wireless payments market for a proposed product line; including investment forecasting, opportunity sizing, planning & footprint, value chain analysis, evaluated potential M&A targets, and expected ROI.• Created B2C strategy report addressing wireless payments market that evaluated early adoption and obsolescence curves, payment patterns by geography, market landscape, competitive analysis, and types of product offerings.• Developed internal B2C core capability product plan for enterprise wireless infrastructure; constructed future business models and identified product opportunities to exploit existing competitive advantage.• "Skunk works" team approach within internal consulting group, to develop corporate strategy for IBM’s offerings in wireless market.• Collaborated with internal and external experts: technical R&D, e-commerce & web developers, financial/banking services, business/product development mobile platform, and hardware & security.
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Richard Saad Education Details

  • Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
    Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
    And E-Commerce
  • Northwestern University
    Northwestern University
    Supply Chain Management
  • University Of Michigan
    University Of Michigan
    Lean Manufacturing

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Richard Saad works for Marmon Holdings, Inc.

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Richard Saad's current role is VP of Operational Excellence and Automation.

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Richard Saad attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management, Northwestern University, University Of Michigan.

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