Gregory P. Grogan
Awards and Accomplishments
- Revenue growth of an Automotive Tier One from $70 to $120 million
- Highest score ever achieved for a Supplier Quality Audit for Rolls Royce Aerospace Engines
- Recognized as best Lean Aerospace Manufacturing Plant in the United States by Boeing
- Reduced total inventory from $9 million to $3 million in an Automotive Tier One
- Negotiated numerous labor contracts to successful results. Have negotiated to impasse, negotiated effects bargaining, negotiated concessionary bargaining, bargained a plant relocation, and have testified in front of the National Labor Relations Board.
- Only division in a $3 Billion Public Aerospace Manufacturing company to win “Company of the Year” twice
- Reduced Quality Claims from $ 2.4 million to less than $ 200,000 while growing Revenues from $80 million to $ 115 million – Metal Fabrication Company
- President of largest Locker Manufacturing company in the world
- Implemented many ERP systems including Visual Manufacturing, Epicor Vantage, and Manage 2000-----utilized SAP, Syteline, Oracle, and MAPICS ERP systems
- Crafted Strategy to open 16 Quickship Distribution Warehouses in North America that drove a surge in Revenue and increased margins by 30%
- Led turnaround of an unprofitable Group of Manufacturing companies improving Cash Flow by $21 million per year
- Won two Amazon.com warehouse shelving projects, each in excess of $ 3 million in Revenue
- Landed the largest ever warehouse shelving project in the country, for the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis Missouri ---$ 12 million project
- Identified, evaluated & executed multiple international acquisitions
- Opened new business in Shanghai China
- Identified, evaluated & executed an acquisition of a North American e-commerce company
- Crafted strategy and executed the movement of assembly of CNC Milling Machines from Taiwan to US
- Record showing of $ 20 million in orders at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS)
- Executed turn-around of a multi-plant aerospace company taking the company from Boeing’s 10 worst suppliers list to the top suppliers list in nine months.
- Led nineteen Operations Executives and companies ( $ 900 million) in aerospace manufacturing best practices
- Implemented ISO 9000 certification at three companies
- Rebuilt Plant Infrastructure in dozens of plants around the world-Air Compressors, Water, HVAC, Roofs, Floors, Electricity, Environmental Health & Safety
- Have negotiated numerous labor contracts with the UAW, USWA, Teamsters, and Carpenter and Joiners
- Led major public corporation 9 month Rationalization Project that resulted in two companies being closed, two companies being sold and five companies being expanded.
- Won numerous customer awards for best in class performance for on-time shipments, quality, lead-times, and communication.
- Led a transformer manufacturing operation to increase Operating Income by 100% driven by implementation of Daily Metrics, Lean Manufacturing techniques, and management training.