Fred Slezak

Background

About Fred Slezak

Executive Summary: Industrial and Automotive Supply Chain, Operations and Manufacturing Executive with 20 years experience in leading organizations to deliver strong business results through developing capable people, building organizational strength and implementing sustainable business solutions. Focus on building collaborative relationships that deliver both operational and financial performance and support profitable growth. Extensive leadership experience across the entire value chain: Global Sourcing, Production, Quality, Planning, Warehousing and Logistics. Hands-on leadership style focused on mentoring and coaching employees while building a team that delivers results through establishing clear objectives, metrics and accountability. Comfortable working with all levels across organization to achieve objectives. Core Competencies: Team player and problem solver who utilizes root cause analysis to resolve critical issues impacting department performance. High sense of urgency to meet competitive demands in a fast-paced high mix/low volume and high volume manufacturing environments. Supplier development including, selection, auditing, qualification and driving team consensus resulting in sourcing of complex electrical and mechanical components and assemblies. Logical, systematic approach to finding opportunities for improvement within supply chain resulting in improved margins. International travel and negotiations with suppliers located in Asia, Europe, North and South America. Multi-site responsibilities, supervision and mentoring, budget responsibility, Forecasting, Development and Analysis of Key Metrics to achieve goals. Participated in multiple company Kaizen events targeting waste and inefficiencies, improve cycle-times, lead-times, and cost reduction. Used Lean principals to assist suppliers and uncover opportunities for improvements. Implemented department procedures to comply with ISO9001, ISO14001 and TS16949.