Geoffrey Jansen
Portland,OR
Summary
Accomplished executive at Battle Motors and former Vice President at Daimler Trucks North America, who excelled in operations excellence and entrepreneurial leadership. Spearheaded the increase of build volume significantly, boosting revenue to $400M, and mastered the launch of innovative technologies. Skilled in change management and strategic thinking to drive substantial growth and operational efficiency.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
SVP Battle Production Systems
Battle Motors
10.2022 - Current
- Officer and member of the Executive Committee
- Responsible for Operations including Production, Quality, Materials, Application Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Continuous Improvement, New Production Introduction, Material Planning, and Scheduling.
- Directly responsible for 350 employees and $200M capital budget
- Rapidly increased build volume from 675 in 2022 to 2,000 in 2024 with trajectory for 3,500 in 2025
- Increased revenue from $100M in 2022 to $400M in 2024 with trajectory for $700M in 2025
- Increase contribution margin from $4,000 per truck in 2022 to $22,000 in 2024 through efficiency improvements and material cost downs
General Manager Daimler Truck Innovation Plant
Daimler Trucks North America, DTNA
02.2022 - 10.2022
- Full oversight of plant operations and new technology change management
- Multi-site responsibilities for truck manufacturing, light fabrication, and logistics warehousing
- Responsible for manufacturing networks production readiness for new products, safety systems, and manufacturing technologies
- Process and equipment development and SOP launch of electric, autonomous, and hydrogen fuel cell trucks
- Development and validation of manufacturing control systems, logistics control systems, digitalization, automation, high voltage commissioning processes, and functionality testing
- Brownfield project transforming existing truck manufacturing plant into multi-purpose site specializing in vocational, prototype, and SOP for new product and technology launches.
Vice President of Operations Western Star Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America, DTNA
04.2018 - 02.2022
- Head of Operations for $1.1 billion annual revenue Business Unit inside of Daimler Trucks North America
- Head of Operational readiness for class 8 Electric truck production
- Responsible for strategic operational direction of Western Star Trucks and manufacturing alignment with Freightliner brand inside Daimler Trucks North America
- Plant Manager for vocational Western Star class 8 truck assembly and manufacturing operations with direct responsibility for assembly, supply chain and inbound logistics, quality, manufacturing engineering, safety, LEAN/Continuous Improvement, facilities and environmental engineering, HR/Training, and controlling
- Directly responsible for 1,000 employees
- Increased build volume by 20% while reducing operating costs by 10%
Senior Manager - Aftermarket Service Support
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
03.2014 - 04.2018
- Responsible for Western Star Service Engineering
- Create budgets, measurement processes, and visual management systems for Aftermarket Field Operations
- Manage Western Star field issues, campaigns, parts procurement, communication channels, and high dollar escalation events in North America
- Fleet Service Manager responsibilities for larger Western Star customers
- Analyze quality feedback streams to determine emerging issues and apply countermeasures for resolution
- Improved product issue resolution response time by 30%
Senior Manager - Plant Operations
Daimler Trucks North America, DTNA
02.2007 - 03.2014
- Full responsibilities for production, logistics, and Manufacturing Engineering
- Implemented LEAN principles and behaviors in fast-paced, low volume, high product variability environment to achieve sustainable cost reductions and quality improvements.
- Lead short and long term plant operation planning
- Successfully developed and executed four model launch strategies
Operating Unit Manager - Chassis Line & Offline
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
03.2004 - 02.2007
Materials Supervisor
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
12.2002 - 03.2004
Design Engineer
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
06.1998 - 12.2002
Education
MBA - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Portland, OR2010
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN1998
Skills
- LEAN mentorship from Toyota Sensei
- Operations Excellence
- Change Management
- New Product Launch
- Strategic thinking
- Innovation management
- Entrepreneurial leadership
- Organizational development
Accomplishments
- Increased revenue by 400% in two years for start-up truck manufacturer
- Increased market share from 3% to 23% in two years for start-up truck manufacturer
- Launch of electric battery power class 8 truck (eCascadia)
- Transform Brownfield plants into benchmark, digital factories in two different companies
- Led plant turnaround in 2018 with two major build rate changes, historic supply chain shortages, and an industry wide workforce shortage
- First manufacturing plant in Daimler Truck network to achieve carbon neutral operations
Timeline
SVP Battle Production Systems
Battle Motors
10.2022 - Current
General Manager Daimler Truck Innovation Plant
Daimler Trucks North America, DTNA
02.2022 - 10.2022
Vice President of Operations Western Star Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America, DTNA
04.2018 - 02.2022
Senior Manager - Aftermarket Service Support
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
03.2014 - 04.2018
Senior Manager - Plant Operations
Daimler Trucks North America, DTNA
02.2007 - 03.2014
Operating Unit Manager - Chassis Line & Offline
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
03.2004 - 02.2007
Materials Supervisor
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
12.2002 - 03.2004
Design Engineer
Daimler Trucks North America LLC
06.1998 - 12.2002
MBA - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
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