Responsible for managing the Plant Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, Materials, Industrial Engineering, Safety, Scheduling, and Quality Departments for the Batavia Assembly Plant. Products produced include plastic injection molding, extrusion, and blow molding machinery.Accountable for leading the continuous improvement activities to drive performance in safety, quality, on time delivery, inventory, and cost reduction.

Responsible for leading a staff of 75 salary and 310 hourly associates in a vertically integrated production operation with external sales totaling $160 million.Accountable for business metrics in the areas of safety, customer satisfaction, quality, productivity, and inventory.

Responsible for leading a technical staff of 80 salary employees in 13 locations across the U.S. and Mexico supporting new product development.Lead all new product launch activity in North America including design for manufacturability, pilot and start-up production management, and capital spending.

Responsible for leading a technical staff of 21 salary and 75 hourly associates in the Manufacturing Engineering, Automation Controls, Tool Engineering, Toolroom, and Equipment Maintenance groups.Primary department responsibilities included supporting daily production, driving plant productivity programs, reducing W.I.P. and finished goods inventory, and managing the plant capital budget.

Responsible for leading a technical staff of 12 salary and 14 hourly associates in the Manufacturing Engineering, NC Programming, and Maintenance Project groups. Relocated 3 major product lines with annual sales totaling $150 million into the facility within a 2 year period.

Researched and implemented new manufacturing processes into the North American electrical equipment product plants to drive productivity improvements.

Managed a $12 million annual shop cost budget for the F404 high pressure turbine nozzle.

Lead Manufacturing Engineer on a cross-functional development team in the New Product Introduction group.

A two year leadership development program consisting of four cross-functional manufacturing assignments and related training.