Laura McVay
Engineering Director
Cincinnati ,OH
Summary
Accomplished Engineering Director at Procter and Gamble, demonstrating exceptional project management and organizational leadership. Experienced across multiple businesses, global and regional, and innovation and execution throughout 18yrs of experience resulting in a well rounded leader ready to tackle new challenges. Spearheaded innovative solutions and strategic planning across several products, led global capital forecast surpassing Free Cash Flow targets, drove productivity improvements, and ensures stewardship and compliance across several plants. Excelled in fostering team collaboration and overall organizational leadership delivering on retention, improved gender equality, and renewing equity and core behaviors to drive improved culture and acceleration of growth throughout the organization.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Director- Home Care Engineering Leader
Procter and Gamble
09.2023 - Current
- Cultivated a positive work environment that fostered employee engagement, increased retention rates, and boosted overall team morale.
- Implemented innovative solutions to solve complex problems, resulting in increased productivity and streamlined operations.
- Improved project efficiency with strategic planning, resource allocation, and time management practices.
- Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.
Engineering Director
Procter and Gamble
01.2020 - 08.2023
- Led scale up up new product and process innovation delivering technical success in demonstration of new transformation, manufacturing scale up, and business targets aligned across cost, throughput, and commerical metrics for national launch.
- Developed best-in-class capital effectiveness work process to deliver against capital affordability targets.
- Delivered vendor strategies for all major equipment areas through rigorous landscape assessment, proof of principle testing, and overall competitive analysis across major vectors including cost, schedule, quality, and proven track record of success.
- Proactively identified potential risks and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize negative impacts on projects or business operations.
Engineering Director- Capital Systems Manager
Procter and Gamble
05.2017 - 12.2019
- Successfully lead the Global Capital Forecasting process to deliver 1% Accuracy to plans ensuring Free Cash Flow targets were met.
- Led company benchmark program for Lean Integrated Project Management adoption and acceleration for our sector delivering a new way of project execution driving reduction in capital, increased speed to market, and increased collaboration across all parties.
- Drove 20% productivity improvement across capital systems through digitization, work process improvements, and simplification.
- Ensured strong stewardship globally across all sector plants.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 05.2001 -
Skills
Project Management
Initiative Leadership
Innovation and Project Execution
Organizational Leadership
Integrated and Strategic Leadership
Engineering and Operations Work Processes
Timeline
Engineering Director- Home Care Engineering Leader
Procter and Gamble
09.2023 - Current
Engineering Director
Procter and Gamble
01.2020 - 08.2023
Engineering Director- Capital Systems Manager
Procter and Gamble
05.2017 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
The Ohio State University
05.2001 -
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