Manufacturing & Quality Leader | Global External Supply & Supplier Audit Expert | Lean, ISO/HACCP, cGMP & FDA Interface

Overview

Manufacturing and quality professional with deep experience leading global operations, supplier networks, and quality systems across North America, Europe, and Asia. Career focus includes building external supply capability at scale, strengthening quality culture and performance across multi-site manufacturing networks, and leading challenging contract manufacturing start-ups. Consulting work centers on supplier quality requirements, audit readiness, Lean and QA practices, and implementation of SOPs and validation approaches for equipment and processes.

Short Bio

Manufacturing, engineering, and quality leader with 36 years of experience in global consumer products operations and external supply systems. Continues to advise suppliers and manufacturers on quality requirements, audits, Lean practices, and compliance-driven manufacturing start-ups.

What I Bring

36 years of end-to-end manufacturing, safety, and quality leadership across global operations
Proven capability building for external supply networks at enterprise scale (140+ sites; multi-billion-dollar output)
Supplier audit execution and audit training to improve readiness and compliance
Hands-on start-up leadership for complex contract manufacturing and mixing/production centers
Practical quality systems design: SOPs, management systems, incident reduction, shipment performance recovery
Deep training and facilitation experience (Quality, External Supply, Lean, cGMPs, Food Safety)
Global multi-site quality leadership with demonstrated culture and performance improvement

Key Technologies & Product Expertise

ISO implementation and certification
HACCP and Food Safety systems
cGMP compliance and training
FDA interface management
Supplier quality requirements, audit assessment, audit training
Lean manufacturing / continuous improvement
Validation approaches for new production equipment
SOP development and quality/management system implementation
Consumer products manufacturing (Fabric & Home Care; broad consumer product areas)
Battery manufacturing quality (alkaline cells; global manufacturing sites)
Packaging supplier compliance for pharmaceutical requirements

Titles Held

Manufacturing and Quality Assurance Consultant, Consumer Products (Independent), 2015-Present
Manufacturing / Global Capability Leader, The Procter & Gamble Company, 1979-2015

Career Highlights

Built external supply capability across 140+ sites globally; staffed the organization and developed capability delivering $4B+ in externally supplied products
Developed and scaled training for external supply partners; program reapplied companywide across geographic regions
Led quality for global alkaline cell manufacturing across five sites in North America, Europe, and Asia; strengthened quality capability and culture across the supply chain while improving performance
Supported supplier mixing center start-up; implemented SOPs and quality/management systems to address chronic missed shipments and recurring quality incidents
Provided hands-on leadership for complex contract manufacturing start-ups including contractor assessment, staffing, manufacturing capability, and quality requirements
Served on global quality capability initiatives including training/qualification of site QA and plant leadership companywide
Delivered training in Quality, External Supply, Lean, cGMPs, and Food Safety; led a global training program for external supply systems

Education & Professional Certifications

MS, Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 1979
BS, Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 1977
Advanced Studies in Quality and Statistics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1984
Deming School of Quality and Productivity, 1985

Languages

English- Native

Impact

Delivered global external supply capability enabling $4B+ in externally supplied products through organization build-out and scalable partner training
Strengthened multi-continent manufacturing quality performance and culture across five alkaline cell sites and broader global supply chains
Improved supplier reliability and compliance by implementing SOPs, management systems, and quality processes that reduced recurring incidents and shipment misses
Elevated enterprise quality capability through companywide training and qualification of QA and plant leadership