Waterman Cao
Out-of-Box Problem Solver, Leader, Thinker & Doer, Integrator, Program management, Product development & Manufacturing expert in both the US and China, MBA, PMP
- Role
- President CEO at Aubo Robotics Usa
- Location
- Knoxville, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Waterman Cao
Over 20 years of proven success in Global Consumer Goods development, sourcing, and manufacturing Management across the US and China. History of exceeding budget/KPI by building strong multi-functional, Multi-culture, and multi-regions teams, project/program management, driving data-based decisions, and improving processes.Out-of-Box problem resolver, thinker, and doer. Created over 10% EBITDA improvement by tariff avoidance for the corporation, was highlighted in CEO’s 2018 year-end memo.Operations Leader. Led 50+ NPD from concept to production(including 3 IoT products), across 20+ Contract Manufacturer partners, and 30+ key 2nd tier suppliers. Expanded strategic supply base in different fields: plastic/molding, metal, rubber, EMS, textile, chemical, and mineral across regions and continuously optimizing it. Supported product lines growth doubled annual revenue in 5 years.Respected leader with leadership and interpersonal skills. Top 12 Future Leaders of the corporation employees) and sent to Executive Development program by the University of Tennessee. Top employee satisfaction 6 years in a row (Great Place to Work survey).
Experience
President CEO
Aug 2022 — Present · Detroit, MI, US
Made in the U.S.A\" & #reshore, we all want it, talk about it, but how I can help?I have been actively looking for opportunities to bring manufacturing back to the US (#reshore) from a worldwide leading consumer products company for the past 7 years. There were successes but more roadblocks. Cost, capacity, and capability were the 3 major ones. During this process, I also gained a deep understanding of American manufacturers\' challenges.With a passion of Enabling the US made, I joined Aubo Cobots. We will support my American manufacturer fellows to improve manpower utilization efficiency and improve product quality consistency, eventually achieving competitive cost, quality, and lead time. Only in this way, we gain more business, reinvest more into capability and capacity, and attract more people and funding to the US-made, one day, we will make America the worldwide manufacturing leader again!Aubo was started in 2010 and is the No.1 cobot solution provider in China market. We have the strongest R&D in this industry and we accumulated great industrial application knowledge from China. We will drive transferring that application knowledge we have, collaborate with my America manufacturing fellows, and customize solutions to really bring you the total value together, and eventually see YOU succeed!
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management
Executive Course, Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Executive Development Certificate, Leadership Development Program
Xiamen University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
Chongqing Technology and Business University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical Engineering
Skills
- Integration
- Supply Chain
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean Manufacturing
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Product Development
- Team Leadership
- Erp
- Manufacturing
- Project Management
- Change Management
- Six Sigma
- Quality Assurance
- Process Improvement
- Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Product Management
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