Background
European business with sales, margin and operational challenges.
Actions and results
- Targeted sales growth with price increases
- Drove operational improvement, challenged the established company culture and improved process stability in UK facility
- Simplified business through exiting of unattractive product development program
- Supported expansion of business areas to supply major bus OEMs
- Led project to close French plant to consolidate European cylinder production at UK site
- Delivered and exceeded 2017 and 2018 budgets