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Chicago, IL, US

Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Directly reported to the Senior Vice President of the Product Business Unit, leading 2 Product Management, 2 Engineering, and 2 Test Lab teams and a Global Compliance team of 54 employees collectively over 2 locations.
• Led a Product Management team of 15 across 14 product lines, coordinating product forecasts to improve the demand planning across all product lines, managing the P&L of $420M in annual revenue with an $8.78M annual.
• Managed product forecasting, inventory levels, and sales, utilizing the S&OP process and assessing the rolling forecast cycle monthly and collaborating with the S&OP Manager to train the Product Managers on.
• Implemented a product line rationalization process, utilizing 80/20 principles, identifying 65K obsolete parts, and eliminating $414K+ in unused inventory
• Appointed as the Product Management Leader during a company restructuring process, absorbing 5 Product Leader roles and shifting 50% of the product management team to create a Product Strategy and Development team.
• Engaged in employee succession through relationship cultivation and mentorship, developing 2 Engineering Managers, 1 Product Group Manager, and 1 Lab Manager

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Managed a team of 18 employees, overseeing the investment
• Managed 7 direct reports, 30 indirect staff across 5 Engineering departments, 1 Compliance Engineering, and 2 Product Test Labs, overseeing the product engineering and development for the electrical product lines by.
• Led the reorganization for the product group consolidation, combining the Engineering, Compliance, and Test labs into 1 Product Development and lifecycle team and condensing the 3 product test labs, reducing the.
• Collaborated with the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to minimize the Product Test Lab audit costs, resulting in a 50% reduction of $11K+

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Directed a team of 13 Engineers, managing new product development, materials research, product testing, and manufacturing capital improvements, developing 100+ new products in 2 years and launching the company's 1st.
• Implemented process improvements, formulation changes, improved extrusion equipment efficiencies, and vendor negotiations, utilizing Lean principles and streamlining tools, reducing the annual costs by $850K+ in 2 years
• Oversaw the legal assessment, documentation, and patent application submittals for new product designs, securing various US patents
• Successfully achieved Lean Six Sigma Level 1 Certification, enhancing performance and efficiencies for the company

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Mentored a team of 6 Product Design Engineers, creating innovative products and achieving patents for new designs, developing 50+ products in 2 years

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Spearheaded a team of 6 Manufacturing Engineers, overseeing manufacturing efficiency improvements through capital project justification, equipment selection, and implementation to reduce maintenance costs by 20% and.

Canton, Michigan, US

• Selected by company leadership to lead a 25 employee team in start-up of a new $50 million spin-off.
• Led a new supervisory staff through a very challenging spin-off and strenuous labor re-organization.
• Managed Quality and Customer Claims in addition to Manufacturing Manager duties.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Selected by Executive Staff to lead a 24-member manufacturing team in self-directed, team based work center.
• Increased equipment up time by 20% and cut machine changeover times by over 50%.
• Implemented team owned quality inspection; facilitated all training in Process Control Techniques.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Managed daily and long range planning for $7 million maintenance storeroom; (6) employees.
• Reduced asset inventory by $1.5 million and reduced contracted machine shop services by $500,000.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

Mba, Business And Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering