Bio

Senior Leadership professional, with broad-based global experience in Strategy Development and Execution, Global Purchasing, Lean Logistics, Materials & Logistics Management, Inventory optimization, Aftermarket Distribution, Supplier Quality & Development, and New Product Introduction (NPI), within the automotive, heavy truck, agricultural, and high tech electronics industries. Twenty five years of result-oriented leadership experience, in positions of increasing responsibility, focused on long term strategic optimization, leadership development, innovation, and change management on a global basis. Highly self-motivated, entrepreneurial spirited, visionary, coach, and change agent, with well-established strengths and qualifications in the areas of: • Developing and leading the implementation of functional strategies across global supply chains in support of short and long term strategic visions. • Leadership development and mentoring of high potential professionals to enable the realization of underlying talent within the organization. • Organizational transformation, focused on improving company results based on the implementation of innovative processes, tools, and collaboration across global functions. • Extensive international experience, including negotiation, sourcing, integration, partnership development, restructuring and leadership development activities across the world. • Collaboratively leading complex ERP, TMS, and DRP software implementations across multiple regions.