Jon Stroup is a visionary Operations Executive with solid International experience managing all levels of business, incl...
Jon Stroup
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonstroup1 Mifflinburg, PA 17844 Cell: 570-850-8079
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Executive Profile Visionary Operations Executive with solid International experience managing all levels of business, including results-driven continuous improvement initiatives. Adept at business turnarounds, start-ups, and driving profitable growth. Demonstrated ability to deliver mission-critical results; create strategic alliances with customers and suppliers; build and retain high performance teams by hiring, developing and motivating skilled professionals. US citizen, as well as UK citizenship.
Core Competencies
International success in utilizing skills: USA, Europe, UK, South America, Canada Creating, Leading, and Motivating successful Continuous Improvement – Lean Teams Budgeting/Financial Statement Expertise, including Profit and Loss responsibility Product Development; Project Management; Business Operations organization Negotiating experience; Relationship building expertise; Supply Chain Management
Professional Experience/Accomplishments Chief Operating Officer - Interim
November 2014 - present
CPC, LLC – Middleburg, PA Recruited by the owner to consult for his manufacturing businesses in November. In January became COO of CPC, roof truss and component manufacturing business, to evaluate and reorganize (fix, close, sell) the business. Successful start at re-organizing the business – Sales, Manufacturing, Design, Business Systems and Purchasing. Achieved a 20% increase in efficiencies via time and motion and lean practices. Increased gross profit by 10%.
Vice President of Operations
July 2013 to August 2014
JELD-WEN, Inc. – Klamath Falls, OR Improved the overall performance of 14 manufacturing facilities. 1 in the United Kingdom, 2 in South America, 5 in Canada, and 6 in the USA. Total revenue of $380 Million and material purchases of $230 Million. Board member of JELD-WEN South America. Increased profits of our $15M Chilean Business from break-even to 15% net profit. Accomplished this through recognizing the need to diversify our product offering to enhance profitable sales growth, manufacturing improvements, and motivating our team. Led a corporate initiative to enhance our business towards World Class by way of a continuous improvement - lean program. Led our engineering (best practice) team in successfully retrofitting 4 factories - $12M project. Increased our efficiencies by 20-40% in 2 start-up facilities, saving $1.2M. Implemented Visual Standard Work into 5 factories, improving quality and saving $850,000.
European Operations Director
May 2009 to June 2013
JELD-WEN, Inc. - Sheffield, United Kingdom Enacted change, improving the operations of 24, culturally diverse, factories in 10 European Countries. Developed and led a Continuous Improvement Program in Europe. Turnaround: Accomplished this turnaround by establishing and motivating a skilled team, transforming the business towards world-class performance, and driving customer loyalty. Results took a $35M factory from loss making to surpassing profit expectations in 18 months. Developed and led a $20M annual Capital Expenditure budget for equipment. Led a cross-functional continuous improvement team increasing productivity 10-40%. Implemented scrap reduction programs resulting in material cost savings of $3.8M. Page 1 of 2
A key success to our improvement programs was integrating our material and equipment suppliers into our team; allowing us to develop better relationships, develop new products more effectively, while decreasing overall costs. Led new product development, introducing higher margin products leading to $5M in increased sales for a new market segment. Supply Chain/Sales Expertise: Completed a yearlong initiative with what is now our largest customer in Europe, a $50 million dollar account. To be awarded this 5-year contract, we had to prove to this potential customer that we could provide them with long-term security of supply, which meant a thorough vetting of our supply chain from raw material to finished product, internationally.
Vice President of Manufacturing
July 2005 to May 2009
JELD-WEN, Inc. - Sheffield, United Kingdom Successfully turned around our struggling factories in the United Kingdom. Led a restructure of our Door business, which included consolidation of factories; building and developing a successful manufacturing, sales, and supply chain management team. Increased overall productivity by 50%, via continuous improvement training and techniques. Reduced material costs by over 22% while improving quality and relationships with our customers and suppliers. Patents developed - Methods and systems for the automated manufacture of composite doors.
Assistant Vice President of Manufacturing
June 2003 to June 2005
JELD-WEN, Inc. - Sunbury, PA Profit/Loss improvement responsibility for 6 manufacturing facilities on the East Coast.
Led our acquisition team to integrate acquired companies into our company structure. Key member of our team responsible for developing and implementing our MRP system. Successfully developed customer relationships by driving customer loyalty in our organization. Accomplished warranty reduction of 20%, material cost reductions of 10-25%, and labor cost reductions of over 20%.
General Manager
June 2001 to May 2003 Feb. 1988 to May 2001
Various Successful Management Positions JELD-WEN, Inc. - Sunbury, PA Starting my career with Young Door (acquired by JELD-WEN in 1990) in 1988 as a Supervisor, I went on to successfully hold positions of Buyer, Office Manager, Production Manager, and Site General Manager responsible for a $40 Million business. As Production Manager and General Manager, I was able to build and lead a team that increased the profitability of the business from break-even to an 11% Net Profit in 3 years. Full Profit/Loss responsibility PA Army National Guard, 1984-1990, Sergeant First Class – Infantry, several awards earned YMCA Board President – Volunteer – Fund raising Chairman Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Volunteer Fund Raising Chair Pennsylvania Cystic Fibrosis Inc. – Past Vice President – Volunteer
Education Bachelor of Science: Operations Management and Human Resource Management Susquehanna University - Selinsgrove, PA, USA -Graduated Cum Laude -Member of APICS -Achievement Award for writing a paper on "Motivating Management" -Competitive Racquetball Player Page 2 of 2
