Senior executive manager position in an industrial manufacturing company. Financial Turnaround expert. Lean Manufacturing expert. Metals fabricating expert. M&A experience. Multi-plant experience.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
Watson Furniture Group	VP Operations	9/2008 - 10/2009
Guardian Automotive	Plant Manager	1/2005 - 3/2008
GKN Sinter Metals	Plant Manager	4/2002 - 1/2005
Advanced Tubuar Products	President	12/1999 - 7/2001
ERG industries	VP Manufacturing	6/1996 - 12/1999

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Michigan State University	Engineering	1978	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

Seven successful financial turnarounds. Multiple Lean Manufacturing implementations. Organizational development. Supply chain management. Managed several metals fabrication facilities (Casting, extrusion, stamping, machining, forging, roll-forming, welding, heat-treating, painting, coating, assembly). Quality system and ERP implementation successes. Plant/company start-ups. Plant expansions. Union management and union negotiations as well as union avoidance. Sales building. Robotics installation and utilization.

Companies I like:

Federal Mogul, Allied Tube, Faurecia, Dana, Nucor, GKN Sinter Metals

P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership

• General Manager
• Plant Manager
• Turnaround expert
• Lean Manufacturing expert
• Organizational development
• Supply chain expert
• ERP expert
• Quality system expert
• Metals fabrication knowledge
• Vice President of Manufacturing
• President
• Company startup
• Plant startup

I can manage all functions of a manufacturing company. Full P&L responsibility. In addition to all manufacturing functions, I have Sales and Marketing experience as well as new product development experience.