·         Vision, strategies, supporting tactics to enable a transformational strategy to achieve world-class levels of performance

·         Roadmap development for the journey to operational excellence

·         Comprehensive planning  to achieve a “BHAG” (a "Big Hairy Audacious Goal", from Jim Collins' "Good to Great" book) like Industry Week's Best Plant award in ‘X’ years

True Change Agent. Experience Leading/Driving Cultural Change. Can manage by Metrics. Experienced with establishing quantifiable goals; communicate same to all employees; know how to measure results achieved (scorecards) and derive action and decisions from metrics to close gaps.

World-class Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing skills:

·         Lean-sigma leadership: sponsor lean initiatives, drive execution from Value Stream Maps to eliminate waste and improve productivity and velocity/lead-time; identify and sponsor 6-sigma initiatives to eliminate variability and produce predictability

·         Problem solving: DMAIC, A3, MBF (Manage By Fact) processes to solve problems the first time

·         Capacity improvements: OEE studies, SMED for quick Change-over, TPM for improvements in asset utilization

·         Policy deployment (Hoshin Kanri) to align all teams in achievement of corporate objectives, and deliver results consistent with expectation

·         Productivity improvements: 8 to 15% Year over Year (maybe as high as 25%)

·         Quality improvements: 50% Year over Year from true root cause analysis, formal corrective action systems, effective problem solving with verification, and accountability

·         Factory velocity improvements from reduction of WIP and creation of Flow/Pull, leading to improved deliveries and customer satisfaction

·         P&L management

·         Budget setting and management

·         Goal and commitment setting

·         Delivery of organizational commitments

·         Plant management

·         Leadership of factory functions

·         Process optimization

·         Team based approach; empowered and energized, committed, aligned employees

·         Effective on the factory floor as well as on executive leadership team