James Whitaker

Manager Contract Manufacturing - Production Steering @Henkel

Leading multiple manufacturing sites totaling $9M in annual spend Influencing Plant Leadership at Contract Manufacturing sites to increase efficiencies resulting in 53T CONs of laundry product annually Create strong collaborative environment among Henkel Teams and Contract Manufacturers Improved efficiencies by 30% at Contract Manufacturers through reducing internal complexities to support new business requirements Identify and resolve safety and procedural gaps created root-cause and corrective actions Leading weekly cross-functional team meetings with each Contract Manufacturer and internal partners to review production, new projects, inventory issues, KPIs, and safety Leading on-boarding or exiting sites Member of Henkel Black Alliance Employee Resource Group