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Hillsboro, Oregon, US

Hillsboro, Oregon, US

Norwalk, CT, US

Transformation role, responsible for developing capability, standards, and enterprise technology solutions to integrate product and services information with ecommerce, salesforce, and other supporting systems for the delivery of a world class digital customer experience.

Addison, Texas, US

-Full P&L responsibility for ~$30M Business Unit (130 people), including manufacturing, sales, engineering, marketing, hr, financeHired to transition a tribal-knowledge-based manufacturer into a standards-based platform for scale in the enclosed cargo trailer space. Set business on a 10% growth trajectory in a market that was down 10%.Built a balanced.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Portfolio role, responsible for General Management of $60M EMEAR parts P&L, transformation of Cranes Parts globally, New Product Development Project Management Office (NPD PMO), and Safety (EH&S).Restructured $60M.
• Consolidated 4 owned European distribution centers into a single 3PL hub in The Netherlands, reducing the number of legal entities and ERP & WMS operating systems.
• Implemented online electronic parts catalogs and online ordering, reducing order support headcount in 3 locations.
• Consolidated planning team into global org for a 5% fill rate increase & 25% headcount reduction.
• Outsourced union-protected work content from warehouses in Germany, Italy, and France.
• Expanded parts gross margin by $3M for the Cranes group on captive part pricing action.Assembled a cross-functional team to carve-out and retain a core French Cranes business during a $1B divestiture.

Norwalk, CT, US

Implemented Swiss principal legal entity structure, related information systems and business process transformation for $1B Cranes Business Unit. Resulting structure simplified customer experience and improved tax efficiency of the business.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Operations GM and integration leader of a $40M acquisition in Brazil
• Built a manufacturing and engineering leadership team with a few key external hires.
• Right-sized the organization from >500 to <300.
• Initiated lean journey with a model line in the aerials business unit.
• Deployed X-Matrix/Hoshin-based strategic planning process.
• Learned Portuguese sufficiently to communicate with my team and present to suppliers.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Dual role, responsible for site materials function and for developing lean materials distribution systems for new and transferred production lines.
• Steered materials organization through an 80% drop in business. Consolidated teams for 2 plants while maintaining Quality, Cost, and Delivery with a spotless Safety record.
• Developed Make to Stock strategy for portable aluminum product lines ($50M revenue) to guarantee a 99.5% fill rate from stock and reduce lead times from 5 weeks to 5 days for 60% of the business.
• Led North Campus team through 400% ramp up in 2011 with a 99.8% on-time delivery rate.

US

• Managed a team of 100, responsible for inbound transportation, on site consolidation center, materials service, inventory control, packaging, and shipping for a 3 shift 600 employee plant.
• Key designer & implementer at a green field site of Honda’s first pull manufacturing system.
• Integrated ERP, line control, production scheduling, material service systems, MRP, and WMS.
• Resulting materials replenishment process provided the flexibility to alter the production scheduleup to 5 minutes prior to a changeover, a 3 hour reduction from the pre-existing US plant.
• Reduced indirect labor by 55%, reduced direct labor by 22% over existing plant, achieved 99.2%inventory accuracy, real-time supply chain visibility, and 100% electronic lot traceability.
• Designed and developed Plan-For-Every-Part (PFEP) db for Value Stream Optimization. The systemsupported ROI story for packaging change that reduced transportation & handling cost by $300k/yr.

US

Columbia, South Carolina, US

• Managed production planning & inventory control for the 4-plant, $80 million connectors business unit of Hubbell Power Systems.
• Negotiated and implemented consignment agreements with raw materials vendors. Reduced company owned raw inventory by $500k.
• Supervised team of master schedulers, responsible for diverse product line of 1200 stocking items and more than 11,000 MTO catalog items.
• Drove a $2M (15%) reduction in total inventory through scheduling process improvements, MRP refinements, and disciplined execution of planning policy.

San Jose, California, US

• Held positions of progressing responsibility in the corporate supply chain department. Assignments supported plant supply chain operations worldwide.
• Managed simultaneous hub provider change at 2 Mexico locations. Project moved 300 truckloads of 500 sku’s for 60 vendors in 10 days. In 30 days, all vendors signed new hub agreements, and new facilities & systems were.
• Scoped and delivered IT project to match demand with excess supply. Trained more than 40 plants on the application. More than $6M of materials were transferred during my tenure.
• Responsible for project management of Global Logistics Agreement negotiation with 70+ participating vendors for the start-up of a $1.9B options fulfillment operation. Timelines were maintained for new hub start-ups in.
• Developed and implemented a balanced supply-chain scorecard at the customer level for the company’s top 6 customers. Inventory turns improved from 4 to 9.
• Prepared case for customer disposition of more than $20M in excess inventory.

Bs, Industrial Management

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