John Killian

About John Killian

International strategic growth and change agent who takes business to next level by…

Experience

1. Gm Director of China and Oem Alliances

   General Motors

   Jan 2018 — Present

   Role expanded to head China & OEM alliance activities as part of lean global Corporate Development and M&A organization with team of 5 executives and 37 other staff in developing enterprise-wide, cross-functional strategies to identify opportunities and execute programs to deliver efficiency, growth, and profitability targets in rapidly changing markets. Seeks out and builds new partnerships to share expertise and resources while divesting assets not aligned to future demand. Manages OEM partnerships with Wabtec, Komatsu, Isuzu, Navistar, and Ford. • Assumed leadership position of Navistar truck joint venture to fix cost overruns and quality problems, negotiating new agreement and repairing partner relationship; plans in place to stabilize product, increase sales and profitability. • Led the purchase of Isuzu\'s equity share of the GM DMAX engine joint venture to end an extremely successful Joint Venture with both partners having realized 500% return on original investments. I also had the privilege to establish this JV 25 years ago. • Supports critical, strategic expansion of GM / Honda collaboration to significantly scale up development and production of electric batteries and vehicles, directly leveraging Chinese partners\' lower-cost expertise and access to forecast dominant EV market. • Drove major component\' of GM\'s strategic switch to EV focus by directing sale of diesel assets to Austrian partner Punch, retaining GM access to diesel engine products and services while eliminating long-term costs of ownership. • Developed innovative strategy and new processes allowing GM to share products with competitor Ford to leverage savings and internal competencies using simple leadership scorecard to keep efforts and contributions balanced. • Received GM President\' Award for success in Isuzu JV restructuring, Fiat JV liquidation, and SGM IP royalty negotiations.

Education

• University of Michigan-Flint

  Master's of Business Administration (MBA)

• Michigan State University

  Bachelors of Science Mechanical Engineering (BSME)

• University of Michigan

  General Motors Executive Training

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  International Executive Training

Skills

• Automotive Engineering
• Kaizen
• Product Development
• Product Management
• Process Improvement
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Global Sourcing
• Engineering Management
• Project Management
• Apqp
• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Relationship Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Materials Management
• Six Sigma
• Business Process
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Fmea
• Purchasing
• Value Stream Mapping
• Automotive
• Supplier Quality
• Ppap
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Powertrain
• Vehicles
• Strategic Planning