Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area
Email: [email protected] I am a results driven, strategic thinking, leader with extensive experience and progressive growth in all aspects of leadership, engineering, product management, supply chain management, and manufacturing. I have an engineering degree, MBA and 20+ years of expertise to tackle complex problems. My product design and manufacturing background from earlier in my career plus the leadership and business acumen in the middle of my background uniquely position me with the skills necessary to drive profitable growth. I have strong personal integrity and am passionate about developing highly engaged teams who consistently exceed company objectives. My servant leadership style coupled with motivational management helps my ability to manage and cultivate strategic relationships cross-functionally around the globe. ♦ Global Leadership ♦ Product Engineering ♦ Product Management ♦ Should Cost Modeling ♦ Global Sourcing ♦ Manufacturing ♦ Procurement Optimization ♦ Strategic Thinking ♦ Design to Value Engineering ♦ Private Branding ♦ Employee Development ♦ Quality
Lead a global team of IT professionals, sales engineers, quality engineers and procurement managers to manage our organization’s technology infrastructure, develop and support innovative LED lighting products, provide technical and sales support, improve quality and manage suppliers
Lead a global team of product managers, sales engineers, quality engineers and procurement managers to develop and support innovative products, provide technical and sales support, improve quality and manage suppliers. • Key member of leadership team that sets strategic direction for the company • Grew from one brand with two product categories to five brands and a dozen product categories • Achieved over 60% reduction in warranty returns • Lower product costs by design improvements and negotiations • Moved 30% of purchases to mitigate supply chain risks due to geo-political pressures • Launched sales engineering team • Lead legal initiatives including patent and product liability concerns • Responsible for compliance with safety, performance and regulatory requirements including UL, CSA, ETL, DLC, FCC, EnergyStar, NSF • Leads, coaches, recruits, and mentors direct and indirect reports • Manages department budget including planning and implementation • Work collaboratively and cross functionally with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Logistics and Finance
• Achieved over 30% reduction in warranty returns • Improved product designs leading to high customer satisfaction and lower returns • Improved the new product design process leading to faster introductions
Led team of 30 managers, engineers and technicians to develop performance and design specifications, evaluate products, drive design and manufacturing improvements, ensure compliance, qualify suppliers, and provide technical support for over 85,000 globally sourced private label products that generate $1 Billion in sales in all MRO product categories. ♦ Built Grainger engineering capabilities to optimize product procurement resulting in saving of $51.5M (12%) on $416M in spend. ♦ Created should cost modeling team that developed over 150 models to generate negotiating leverage ♦ Enhanced Grainger capability for value engineering in addition to improving product quality ♦ Led product qualification team with extensive evaluation capabilities across a wide range of products and technologies to support product transitions in multiple categories, coordinating across a global team ♦ Decreased warranty returns from 1.7% to 1.0% in 24 months resulting in $800K annual savings and higher customer satisfaction ♦ Led several special projects to improve the designs and manufacturing processes of key product lines. Analyzed and identified root causes, visited suppliers in India, China and Taiwan, developed action plans, improved the training, testing capabilities and equipment of the engineering team to validate improvements ♦ Drove the consolidation of national brand products to private branded products to grow exclusive brands from 25% to 30% of sales ♦ Managed the product quality life cycle from 800 global suppliers in over 30 countries
Managed and set strategic direction for HVACR, lighting, electrical and pneumatics private branded products from world class suppliers around the globe, qualified factories, negotiated contracts, coordinated engineering and merchandising teams, reviewed lines to reduce costs and improve offering, managed projects from concept to delivery ♦ Successfully managed and developed the product strategies for lines that contributed $230M in sales ♦ Significantly grew Grainger sales of private label products in lighting and electrical from $35M in 2006 to $96M in 2011 with gross profit increasing from 57% to 65% ♦ Negotiated commodity contracts leading to $500K in annual savings ♦ Achieved $400K in annual saving from an industrial fan product line review ♦ Leader on LEAN project to improve cycle time on new product launches by 20%, ISO Internal Auditor ♦ Managed over 50 quality global suppliers from China, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, Brazil and USA
Tested and qualified products, provided technical customer support, created technical specifications for product procured by Grainger, supervised QA activities, investigated and solve customer complaints, resolved product quality issues ♦ Technical management of HVAC, lighting, electrical, safety, tools, electrical motors, and power transmission private label products ♦ Successfully coordinated the production transfer of over 600 electrical motor models ♦ Created and maintained ISO-9000 processes and documentation and leading member of team to achieve ISO certification for division ♦ Managed team of three technicians to exceed all goals and objectives for my group
Design of new products, Technical customer support, Document management, Engineering software and computer network, Manufacturing support for plants in multiple locations, Coordinate qualification projects with outside laboratories, Aid procurement in vendor selection and qualification ♦ Implemented cost reductions of over $750,000 ♦ Streamlined production of made to order explosion proof circuit breaker enclosures ♦ Managed one drafter and coordinated manufacturing teams at four locations
Managed highly complex contract manufacturing projects for computer companies Dell, Intel and Noratel. Coordinated quoting, progressive die and injection molding tooling, production lines, procurement activities, sampling and customer approvals. ♦ Successfully launched production of Dell server computer chassis ♦ Managed the rapid prototyping run and tooling for a rack mounted Dell server & Nortel router ♦ Led cross functional teams from engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and quality
Led team of three engineers and seven technical staff. Mechanical design of new products, material selection, vendor qualification, technical sales support, stress analysis, mechanical and environmental testing, ISO 9001 compliance, cost reduction initiatives on current products, manufacturing support, MRP support ♦ Managed the transfer of production from UK to the US of cellular base station antennas. ♦ Implemented and integrated engineering and manufacturing into a new MRP system. ♦ Reduced cost on current antennas of up to 40%. ♦ Designed and oversaw manufacturing layout of technologically advanced planar antennas.