Chief Operating Officer, Vice President Operations & Supply Chain, Global Director Capacity Planning

Directed Supply Chain operations for 9 production sites across Europe and Asia; led 12 direct reports, 125 employees in production planning, materials management and distribution functions for 3 strategic business segments generating €700M annual net sales; developed supply chain configurations and service level agreements aligned to business go-to-market strategies; managed site and regional capacities to ensure improved production and delivery performance; optimized €45M in inventories; designed and implemented standardized S&OP process.

Production Leader - Led the Manufacturing, Assembly, Test, Warehouse and Shipping operations for a €60M revenue
industrial pump production facility; responsible for 110 employees, daily production output to meet customer on-time
delivery commitments, materials and manufacturing throughput improvements and revenue commitments.

Operational Excellence Leader - Assessed operational performance and supported business leaders to develop
improvement initiatives and strategies for on-time delivery, lead time reduction, and throughput acceleration; consulted
and trained business leaders and their operational teams in the application of Lean methodologies for improved supply
chain, manufacturing and transactional operations performance; coached, led, trained and facilitated continuous
improvement project teams in the deployment of Lean and operational improvement projects.

Developed strategic concepts and consulted client senior management teams in use of Six Sigma and Lean for overall business process performance management and improvement; led and mentored team of consultants in management consulting projects related to strategy development, process improvement and process management.

Led Lean and Six Sigma deployment to deliver significant financial growth opportunities and cycle time, defect and
cost reductions in fleet maintenance and operations processes across Europe; developed and implemented key
performance indicators and aligned process improvements with strategic business plans; led team of 5 Black Belts and
mentored projects that delivered significant process improvements at local and national level.

Directed Supply Chain operations for a $225M Aerospace repair service center in Europe; led 6 direct reports and 70 employees in the repair and overhaul materials procurement, strategic sourcing, logistics, indirect sourcing and IT functions; developed and implemented strategies and programs to improve engine and components repair cycle times, global supplier base performance, logistics network velocity; optimized purchase base of $125M and operational budget of $9.5M.

Developed Quality Program deployment plans, led and mentored Six Sigma Quality and Transactional / Service Lean projects to optimize Indirect Sourcing processes across multiple GE businesses in Europe; led business Quality teams in Change Management and Quality Project management.

Developed and implemented all maintenance, transportation, supply and procurement plans and programs to support 700 soldiers, equipment valued at $580 million, 48 advanced attack helicopters and 200 vehicles.

fleet of 30 advanced attack helicopters and support equipment.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SUPPLY CHAIN, OPERATIONS AND LEAN

* Improved production on-time delivery performance across key sites by 12%, from 80% to 92%
* Implemented business-wide demand and supply planning processes (S&OP), enhancing forecasting accuracy by 50%, material
availability by 25%
* Designed and implemented multi-year outsourcing strategy for assembly of major locomotive structures, valued at $9.6 million
annually; negotiated reduced assembly costs, coordinated daily production and managed material inventories
* Led teams to improve manufacturing throughput by average 30% and on-time delivery by average 40%
* Designed and deployed Lean Daily Management Systems and Factory Visual Management techniques