Ian Kaye

Award-winning Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain with experience leading cross-functional teams to meet and exceed performance metrics and strategic objectives in public and private companies. Track record of delivering high quality products on time to customers worldwide in the Chemical, Semiconductor, Air Filtration, Industrial Flow Control and Consumer Goods industries. Effective leader, team builder, talent coach and mentor. Selected areas of greatest strength include: Manufacturing Leadership: consistent success in building high performance teams able to meet SQDIC-based objectives and deliver world class operational performance. Create safety-first culture by connecting with employees at all levels of an organization to rapidly reduce TRIR and sustain safe work environment. P&L leader with experience attaining key financial goals for $25M - $60M organizations comprised of international, multisite manufacturing operations. Supply Chain Optimization: accomplished in leading a diverse team to meet cost, quality and delivery goals across the procurement, purchasing, sourcing, inventory control, supplier quality, freight, and logistics functions. Able to craft and implement a comprehensive supply chain strategy that balances inventory levels, freight cost, on-time delivery and PPV to ensure the best overall value creation for the organization. Lean Continuous Improvement: possess an innate passion for problem-solving, and enjoy working with all members of the organization to constructively criticize the current state process and identify transformational opportunities using a kaizen mindset. Proven ability to rapidly improve business performance by conducting 80/20 analysis of key data to develop and execute action plan that focuses team resources on most impactful and important activities. Uniquely able to identify the operational components of a business’s value moat and translate them into organizational-level goals, then cascade through the Operations team by creating individual performance objectives and employee incentive programs using a Hoshin Kanri framework. Mergers and Acquisitions: history of successfully integrating manufacturing and supply chain operations resulting from mergers and acquisitions into parent organization. Led and executed global operational footprint rationalizations resulting in insource/outsource decisions that drove significant value and positioned business to better serve key customers while reducing overall operating costs.