Vice President - Lean Enterprise, Center of Excellence

Multi-functional and site management experience in both domestic and international environments within the automotive industry; Twenty eight (28) years of leading organizational development by applying best practices and processes to improve strategic growth, improved revenues, cost control and reduction, competitive maneuvering, project management, and operational innovation. Designed, implemented and drove operational excellence within a company and industry resulting in customer satisfaction and shareholder value. Interest includes providing leadership and technical capability across the complete enterprise in both public and private sector environments. Core Competencies: Operational Leadership: Management of global, diverse and multi-functional staff areas including lean enterprise, manufacturing, supply chain/materials management, purchasing, engineering management and information technology focusing on principles of: safety, quality, delivery and cost. Primary responsibility included staff selection, supplier/vendor management, and customer interface and product/platforms management. Center of Excellence/Continuous Improvement & Training: Designed and instituted Corporate Lean Enterprise Operating System covering the basis of three (3) internal business value streams: concept to launch; material to delivery and order to cash. Developed set of documents titled Bill of Process & Bill of Equipment detailing the required phases, elements & sequence of best practices. Authored additional lean deployment tools/applications related to concepts - manufacturing system design and design for manufacturability along with performance metrics and scorecards.

Senior Manager, Functional Excellence

Canfield, OH