Functional Skills

Change Management / Org Design
Business Planning
Cost Reduction
Compliance and risk
ERP Implementation

Software Skills

SAP
Python
Tableau
Microsoft Office
PowerBI

Certifications

Six Sigma Green Belt

Sector Experience

Automotive
Business Services
Industrials
Manufacturing
Transportation & Logistics

Languages

English
Italian
Polish
Russian

Experience

Detroit Management Consulting Management Consulting
President, Principal Consultant
6/2019 - Present
Provides operations excellence, performance improvement, turnaround and crisis management consultant service for manufacturing
companies in USA and Europe.
Adler Pelzer Group Corporate Strategy & Development
Chief Operating Officer NAFTA
10/2015 - 5/2019
Recruited to lead the turnaround of North American operations, reversing a $12M loss. Held full P&L responsibility for $350M
operation with 2,000 employees, 9 manufacturing plants, and 2 technology centers, supplying to 14 OEMs including FCA, GM, and
Ford.
Defined and established the North American manufacturing strategy that reduced costs, consolidated technologies, improved products
design and aligned to processes quality standards. Led business model change at all levels of operation.
Faurecia Automotive Seating Operations
Sr Director of Engineering
10/2014 - 10/2015
Directed team of 70+ engineers and 3 direct reports (department directors) in developing systems, processes, machines, and equipment for
automotive seat assembly in JIT industrial environment representing $11M R&D sales. Managed $4.5M expense budget and $25M Capex
budget.
LEAR CORPORATION Operations
Vice President of Operations
3/2014 - 9/2014
Managed operations of 3 plants: Russia plant with 500 employees and $40M in sales, Moldova plant with 1,500 employees and $54M in sales, and Romania plant with 300 employees and $10M in sales.
LEAR CORPORATION Operations
Vice President of Operations South America
1/2012 - 2/2014
Held P&L responsibility for the $990M organization and a total workforce of 5,000 employees with 11 direct reports, across 7 facilities in Brazil and Argentina supplying seating systems to GM, Ford, Fiat, VW, and PSA.
JZ BUSINESS CONSULTING Management Consulting
Consultant
8/2008 - 12/2011
Owned and operated consulting service for the automotive industry, providing performance improvement, turnaround, and crisis management. Clients included Lear Corporation, Magna Seating, Ernst & Young, Maflow, Solaris, Nord-Glass, and private equity firm Enterprise Investors.
LEAR CORPORATION Operations
Director of Operations and Business Development CEE
8/2006 - 6/2008
Held P&L responsibility for $350M organization with 4 plants in Poland and Russia.
LEAR CORPORATION Other
Director of Cost Reduction North America
8/2004 - 8/2006
Relocated to USA HQ Central Engineering to leverage expertise in reducing costs and drive engineering cost-reduction initiatives throughout the organization.
LEAR CORPORATION Operations
Managing Director and Operations Director EE
4/1998 - 7/2004
Reporting to VP of European Operations, charged with relocating and consolidating 3 plants in Poland into a single location with one management team. Led the $140M operation with 2,100 employees in 3 countries (Seat metal frames, seat assembly, Cut&Sew, PUR foam). Directed 4 separate legal entities and 5 plants.