I am a Senior Executive with 25+ years of experience in CEO, Senior Vice President, equivalent to a Group President role, Vice President, General Manager, and Plant Manager positions. Valuable mix of operational and financial expertise working with publicly-traded, privately owned, and private equity-owned companies. Expert at executing manufacturing systems/processes and operational excellence initiatives, while enhancing performance, improving quality, reducing costs, and generating sustainable revenue/EBITDA gains.NOTABLE CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS:Strategic Planning & Implementation - Planned and executed move-to-market based pricing strategy; increased earnings EBITDA in one year by 32% and $5M+. - Conceptualized, implemented, and managed $18M capital foundry improvement that increased labor efficiency by 37%, increased total efficiency by 44%, and reduced scrap by 74%. - Conceived and modified marketing and sales strategy to pursue and retain loyal clients resulting in raising margins and reducing risk of customer concentration in fewer customers. Process Improvement / Large-scale Project Management - Executed strategies that raised gross revenue by 42% over approximately eight year period. - Improved efficiency in machining and assembly operations by 51% and 27% while increasing production by 32%. - Led many successful business transactions as Advisor and Acquirer from onset through integration into parent business. - Directed implementation of $2M BAAN MRP/MPS manufacturing software and system hardware upgrade. Organizational Development - Reorganized, enhanced and developed safety and health group that developed and implemented safety systems producing a reduction in recordable incident rates from 15.7 to 3.1 in three years. - Led multiple operating divisions; introduced Lean Manufacturing systems including Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen Blitz.Complex Negotiation - Negotiated 7 labor union contracts such as United Steel Workers (USW) and International Association of Machinist (IAM). - Influenced NYSEG and New York state’s decision to reduce power rates, saving approximately $800K per year. SIGNATURE STRENGTHS:- Operational Leadership - Total P&L Responsibility- Revenue & Profit Growth- Complex–Problem Solving - Lean Manufacturing- Change Management- Financial Planning & Analysis - Resource Optimization- Human Resource Development- Environmental, Health, Safety Oversight
Listed skills include Manufacturing, Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Lean Manufacturing, and 46 others.