General Manager / Operation Director

(Textile Fibre Industry - Turnover $27M - 110 Employees)

Mission:

• Establish operation business case study, moving historical factory to new plant
• Responsible for program execution

Achievements:

• Set up project scoping including; Capex ($6M), road map & risks assessment
• Managed day to day project activities involving architect, contractors, midmanagement
• Successfully met project target (Lead time, cost and productivity improvement)
• Developed empowerment approach for mid-management

(United Technologies Corporation)

Mission:

• Managed 2 operation P&L's
  • Prague: Direct/Indirect reports: 80, CSH: 86.000, Turnover $90M
  • Rotterdam: Direct/Indirect reports: 40, CSH: 25.000, Turnover $30M
• Determined long term operation strategy for EMEAR and Asia regions
• Spearheaded operation projects (China/US: $4M)

Achievements:

• Set up new operation plant in Czech Republic (Capex: $8M)
• Grew personnel from 20 to 80, and delivered revenue growth from $19M to $90M
• Developed EH&S culture and behaviours
• Improved productivity by 10% (Labour efficiency + Material productivity)
• Reduced quality defect losses by 15%

Mission:

• Responsible for the execution and management of $65M low cost sourcing spend, for keys commodities (Plastic, Die casting, Electrical Components, sheet metal...)
• Tasked with setting up a new Supply Chain organization (10+ direct reports) to meet low cost sourcing rate (30%), and reduce product costs

Achievements:

• Established global supply chain partnerships to increase operational readiness and support worldwide factories low cost sourcing strategy (150+ components sourced).
• Successfully met or exceeded material cost reduction goals 18%
• Achieved 95% on time worldwide factories delivery rate while also reducing inventory levels by $4M, supported by 3PL initiative

Mission:

• Managed production plant (Direct/Indirect reports: 50, CSH: 45.000, Turnover $48M)

Achievements:

• Established 3 new production lines (Capex: $5M)
• Developed new ERP (SAP) and S&OP process
• Deployed lean manufacturing concept & quality control management
• Implemented successfully skill matrix concept and certification process

Mission:

• Spearheaded product development to meet worldwide customer demand
• Manage multicultural and transversal project team (20+ team members)

Achievement:

• Developed and released complete product range, dedicated to low cost market place; Latin American, Central Europe and Asia (run rate production: 7.000 units)
• Enhanced global sourcing strategy for 3 production sites
• Delivered product cost improvement by 15%, achieving program road map & cost target

Mission:

• Responsible for managing product line up & long-term strategy for EMEA market
• Lead teams of 10+, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance in all phases of custom product solutions delivery

Achievement:

• Designed, developed and successfully launched 3 new products; increasing performances (+10%), reliability (+50%) and annual revenues (+$3M)
• Developed creative marketing campaigns to drive market share in new and emerging market (Eastern Europe)

Mission:

• Developed and carried out training programs encompassing basic and advanced technical skill for European service network and sales force

Achievement:

• Set up new European training centre (1000m2, Capex: $1M)
• Recruited & Managed a team of 5 trainers
• Generated an optimal training deployment plan covering EMEA service centres (150+)

(Daikin Industries LTD division)

Achievement:

• Performed preventative maintenance and repair of air conditioning systems for various customers; individual residence, hospital, Stores
• Actively involved in identifying instrument failures and providing detailed failure analysis in the field to help improve overall field efficiency, customer satisfaction