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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Inovair - Leading US-based manufacturer of centrifugal blower systems focused on the wastewater treatment and aircraft ground support applications. Engineering Manager Direct and lead strategic initiatives for organization. Manage and develop a team of Professional Engineers, Mechanical & Controls Engineers and customer-facing Technical Service Engineer. Accountable for sales support activities, budgeting, purchasing, new product development, prototype testing, transitioning development into operations, customer service and support. Collaborate with executive management, sales, and production teams to align engineering work plans to achieve organizational objectives and deliver best in class systems to customers. Support of dynamic customer base comprising of, Jacobs, Black and Veatch, JCI, and multiple city municipalities across the US and Canada.

R&D Leverage - Leading product development firm, manufacturer, and supplier of a variety of mold types for the food and beverage, personal care, and healthcare markets. Vice President, Operations (2018-2020) Directed Operations strategy for a company with 250 employees. Managed and developed a team of 121 highly skilled employees with 7 direct reports. Led all areas of operations ensuring development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet current and future needs. As a member of the Executive Management Team, collaborated to create strategic business and align organization goals and resources to achieve those plans.

Led the New Product Engineering Team and Product Solutions Lab. Managed a team of engineering and technical employees with two direct reports. Collaborated with Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Accounting, Purchasing and Maintenance. Dynamic project development for leading Brand Owners and Packaging Manufacturers such as Unilever, P&G, Plastipak, Berry Global, Invitrogen/Thermo Fisher Scientific and Inoac Packaging Group.

Accountable for developing and refinement of project scope, cost, resource requirement, risk identification and timeline. Accustomed to high level project refinement and stakeholder alignment. Regularly consulted and involved in projects which were outside company wheelhouse or expertise. Reported progress and presented to large, multinational teams. Strategic customer base included Sony DADC, InBev and North American Lighting.

Six Sigma Champion Certified (Sscc), Lean

Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certified, Lean

Pmp Certification 1343197, Project Management Professional

Master Of Science (Ms), Project Management

Ms/Engineering In Technology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Plastics And Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician