Mike Coubrough

Vice President, Operations, Transportation Solutions at TE Connectivity

Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Vaud, Switzerland

About

Mike is an accomplished transformational executive with over 30 years of end-to-end supply chain operations leadership in Advanced Technology, Aerospace, Automotive, and Industrial sectors. Committed to building operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and shareholder value, at Cisco ($50B) Mike and his team were named the Gartner #1 Supply Chain for three consecutive years, enabling hyperscalers and other data center customers with rapid, large scale technology build-out efforts. Mike has a proven record of success as a plant manager, multi-site leader, procurement director, manufacturing strategy leader (footprint planning, make vs. buy, financial modelling, etc.), M&A integrations, and in developing world-class talent and teams. Mike has extensive international experience collaborating across diverse cultures, having lived and worked in 8 countries across Europe, Asia, North and South America and the Middle East.

Experience

  • TE Connectivity (Full-time · 3 yrs 5 mos)
    • Vice President Operations, Transportations Solutions
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for leading the global integrated supply chain and operations in a $11B segment of the company. Portfolio businesses include automotive, industrial & commercial transportation, and sensors as well as production tooling encompassing 53 sites and 35,000 employees globally. Accountable for the overall operational and financial performance as well as strategy development and successful deployment to enable profitable business growth

    • Vice President, Operations Transformation
      Feb 2023 - Dec 2023 · 11 mos

      Leading the global supply chain strategy implementation and transformation within the $10B Transportation Segment of TE Connectivity. Providing strategic vision leadership, influence, and bringing hands-on engagement to enhance growth and productivity improvements in operations and the end-to-end supply chain processes, efficiencies, inventory management, logistics DCs and flows, as well as talent identification and development.

  • Bain External Advisor at Bain & Company
    Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

  • Health and well-being at Career Break
    May 2022 - Jan 2023 · 9 mos

    I was fortunate enough to be able to take some time off to reflect and recharge. Great memories of spending more time with my wife and children, as well as visiting with old friends. I hired a personal trainer, finally got to those books I had been wanting to read, and even made it to cooking school in Greece!

  • Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing & Logistics at Cisco
    Jan 2020 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Named Gartner #1 Supply Chain 3 years in a row! Responsible for leading Cisco’s $50B global manufacturing, materials, and logistics operations – including the enablement and improvement of global manufacturing, global logistics, materials, and global manufacturing engineering. Leads the teams responsible for the design of Cisco’s global operational manufacturing network, Cisco’s forward and reverse logistics, and the business management of Cisco’s operational partners. Mike is also a leader in supporting Cisco’s strategic efforts in key growth markets.

  • Senior Vice President, Global Operations & Procurement at ABB
    Sep 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Leading in a newly created role to integrate operations from a fragmented and decentralized operating model to a clear end-to-end operational accountability approach. Enhance ABB’s agility and responsiveness to meet customer requirements while increasing operational efficiency. Building a new organization whose responsibilities include production, procurement, health, safety & environment (HSE), quality, manufacturing engineering, planning & fulfillment, logistics, and manufacturing footprint strategy globally across 31 plants with 8,000 employees.