HIGHLIGHTS:
-Led 4 divestitures, 2 acquisitions, and helped greenfield a China-based plant
-Introduced global transfer pricing policy, resulting in compliance of inter-company transactions for goods, services and intangibles
-Delivered $200K in new profit after minimizing global tax liability
-Spearheaded Lean strategy and continuous improvement to develop proprietary product lines, more competitive pricing on custom products, and improve in-sourcing from make vs. buy decisions
-Researched, selected and implemented new international currency payment procedure, achieving $50K annual savings leveraging multilateral netting, savings on exchange rates, and transaction fees
-Saved $20K in utility costs, per plant, annually after researching and capitalizing on deregulation of utilities in Illinois