Jon Stroup

LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonstroup1

Mifflinburg, PA 17844
Cell: 570-850-8079 joncstroup@gmail.com

Executive Profile
Visionary Operations Executive with solid International experience managing all levels of business,
including results-driven continuous improvement initiatives. Adept at business turnarounds, start-ups,
and driving profitable growth. Demonstrated ability to deliver mission-critical results; create strategic
alliances with customers and suppliers; build and retain high performance teams by hiring, developing
and motivating skilled professionals. US citizen, as well as UK citizenship.

Core Competencies

International success in utilizing skills: USA, Europe, UK, South America, Canada
Creating, Leading, and Motivating successful Continuous Improvement Lean Teams
Budgeting/Financial Statement Expertise, including Profit and Loss responsibility
Product Development; Project Management; Business Operations organization
Negotiating experience; Relationship building expertise; Supply Chain Management

Professional Experience/Accomplishments
Chief Operating Officer - Interim

November 2014 - present

CPC, LLC Middleburg, PA

Recruited by the owner to consult for his manufacturing businesses in November. In January became
COO of CPC, roof truss and component manufacturing business, to evaluate and reorganize (fix, close,
sell) the business.
Successful start at re-organizing the business Sales, Manufacturing, Design, Business
Systems and Purchasing.
Achieved a 20% increase in efficiencies via time and motion and lean practices.
Increased gross profit by 10%.

Vice President of Operations

July 2013 to August 2014

JELD-WEN, Inc. Klamath Falls, OR

Improved the overall performance of 14 manufacturing facilities. 1 in the United Kingdom, 2 in South
America, 5 in Canada, and 6 in the USA. Total revenue of $380 Million and material purchases of $230
Million. Board member of JELD-WEN South America.
Increased profits of our $15M Chilean Business from break-even to 15% net profit.
Accomplished this through recognizing the need to diversify our product offering to enhance
profitable sales growth, manufacturing improvements, and motivating our team.
Led a corporate initiative to enhance our business towards World Class by way of a continuous
improvement - lean program.
Led our engineering (best practice) team in successfully retrofitting 4 factories - $12M project.
Increased our efficiencies by 20-40% in 2 start-up facilities, saving $1.2M.
Implemented Visual Standard Work into 5 factories, improving quality and saving $850,000.

European Operations Director

May 2009 to June 2013

JELD-WEN, Inc. - Sheffield, United Kingdom

Enacted change, improving the operations of 24, culturally diverse, factories in 10 European Countries.
Developed and led a Continuous Improvement Program in Europe.
Turnaround: Accomplished this turnaround by establishing and motivating a skilled team,
transforming the business towards world-class performance, and driving customer loyalty.
Results took a $35M factory from loss making to surpassing profit expectations in 18 months.
Developed and led a $20M annual Capital Expenditure budget for equipment.
Led a cross-functional continuous improvement team increasing productivity 10-40%.
Implemented scrap reduction programs resulting in material cost savings of $3.8M.
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 A key success to our improvement programs was integrating our material and equipment
suppliers into our team; allowing us to develop better relationships, develop new products more
effectively, while decreasing overall costs.
Led new product development, introducing higher margin products leading to $5M in increased
sales for a new market segment.
Supply Chain/Sales Expertise: Completed a yearlong initiative with what is now our largest
customer in Europe, a $50 million dollar account. To be awarded this 5-year contract, we had to
prove to this potential customer that we could provide them with long-term security of supply,
which meant a thorough vetting of our supply chain from raw material to finished product,
internationally.

Vice President of Manufacturing

July 2005 to May 2009

JELD-WEN, Inc. - Sheffield, United Kingdom

Successfully turned around our struggling factories in the United Kingdom.
Led a restructure of our Door business, which included consolidation of factories; building and
developing a successful manufacturing, sales, and supply chain management team.
Increased overall productivity by 50%, via continuous improvement training and techniques.
Reduced material costs by over 22% while improving quality and relationships with our
customers and suppliers.
Patents developed - Methods and systems for the automated manufacture of composite doors.

Assistant Vice President of Manufacturing

June 2003 to June 2005

JELD-WEN, Inc. - Sunbury, PA

Profit/Loss improvement responsibility for 6 manufacturing facilities on the East Coast.

Led our acquisition team to integrate acquired companies into our company structure.
Key member of our team responsible for developing and implementing our MRP system.
Successfully developed customer relationships by driving customer loyalty in our organization.
Accomplished warranty reduction of 20%, material cost reductions of 10-25%, and labor cost
reductions of over 20%.

General Manager

June 2001 to May 2003

Feb. 1988 to May 2001

Various Successful Management Positions

JELD-WEN, Inc. - Sunbury, PA
Starting my career with Young Door (acquired by JELD-WEN in 1990) in 1988 as a Supervisor, I went
on to successfully hold positions of Buyer, Office Manager, Production Manager, and Site General
Manager responsible for a $40 Million business.
As Production Manager and General Manager, I was able to build and lead a team that
increased the profitability of the business from break-even to an 11% Net Profit in 3 years.
Full Profit/Loss responsibility
PA Army National Guard, 1984-1990, Sergeant First Class Infantry, several awards earned
YMCA Board President Volunteer Fund raising Chairman
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Volunteer Fund Raising Chair
Pennsylvania Cystic Fibrosis Inc. Past Vice President Volunteer

Education
Bachelor of Science: Operations Management and Human Resource Management
Susquehanna University - Selinsgrove, PA, USA
-Graduated Cum Laude
-Member of APICS
-Achievement Award for writing a paper on "Motivating Management"
-Competitive Racquetball Player
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