Leah Vilkanskas Cohen

About Leah Vilkanskas Cohen

Experienced change leader, leveraging collaboration and empowerment to develop and implement value-adding operations and customer satisfaction strategies. Extensive background in people leadership, team development, continuous improvement, manufacturing technology, end-to-end supply chain, and new product development and implementation. Extremely passionate about working to find a company\'s ideal combination of strengths that can be used together to form a competitive advantage.

Experience

1. General Manager Competency Center Manager

   Freudenberg Sealing Technologies

   May 2025 — Present · Manchester, NH, US

   Accountable for the P&L of Freudenberg\'s Static Sealing Gaskets division in North America. Lead a ~390-person site in Manchester, NH and the start-up and ongoing operation of gasket production in Querétaro, Mexico. Fully responsible for top- and bottom-line results, cross-functional team leadership and development, work culture, team safety, product quality. Partner with Freudenberg\'s numerous global locations and varied divisions to share best practices, improve the vertical supply chain, and grow and strengthen the company\'s full sales footprint.

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering

  2006 — 2010

• The Wharton School

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2016 — 2018

Skills

• Lead Change
• Team Leadership
• Quality Assurance
• Design for Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Team Building
• Supply Chain
• Leadership Development
• Operations Management
• Strategic Planning
• Change Management
• Safety Management Systems
• New Product Implementations
• Engineering
• Process Efficiency
• Value Stream Mapping
• Lean Manufacturing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Culture Change
• Mechanical Engineering
• 5s
• Operational Planning
• Mixed Model
• Strategy
• Customer Experience
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Six Sigma
• Strategic Sourcing
• Project Management