Richard Blong
- Role
- Vice President Global Engineering & Product Management at Xylem
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Blong
Performance Excellence in General Management, Product Strategy & Development, and…
Experience
Vice President Global Engineering & Product Management
Oct 2017 — Present
Lead the Engineering and Product Management function for Xylem\'s Applied Water Systems Growth Center. Portfolio of products represents $1.6 billion in revenue. Products range from residential pumping systems, to hydronic pumping/heating/circulating equipment, to pumps/drives/motor solutions for Industry. Responsibilities; Engineering New Products, Optimize margin for existing portfolio, localize products in Emerging Markets, and advance portfolio for individual products to SMART and Intelligent Product Combinations and Solutions. Key Metrics; Revenue, Orders, Standard Margin, New Product Vitality Index, and On-Time Performance for Product Developments.
Education
University at Buffalo
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering
1982 — 1986
Rochester Institute of Technology
Masters of Business Administration, Operations Management
1996 — 1998
Skills
- Dmaic
- Kaizen
- Logistics Management
- Global Product Management
- Value Stream Mapping
- Six Sigma
- SEO Audits
- Writing
- Iso
- Industrial Engineering
- Start-Ups
- Process Improvement
- Logical Thinker
- Process Engineering
- Website Building
- Logistics
- Analytics
- Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Article Creation
- Strategy
- Valves
- Think Tank
- Website Promotion
- Risk Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
- Blogging
- Operations Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Water Treatment
- Start-Up Formation
- Transportation
- Root Cause Analysis
- Marketing Management
- Commercial Management
- Warehousing
- Supply Chain Management
- Continuous Improvement
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