The Leadership

Peter C. Napier, Team Member

Driving change with senior level leadership

Background

Peter Napier is a successful World Class Manufacturing Operations leader, consultant and interim executive. He has extensive experience setting up and directing low risk and cost effective production facilities in over 20 countries. Peter is a turnkey navigator to the often daunting task of off-shore sourcing in emerging markets.

He is a former Vice President and Director of Global Operations for Gillette, Schering, and P & G. As an International Consultant, he offers budget cost analysis of complex sourcing problems supported by his worldwide network of foreign associates.

Peter is a world traveler and linguist and has also lectured at colleges and companies in Europe and the United States.

Expertise 

• Established new International manufacturing operations and successfully directed facilities in over twenty countries.
  

• Developed and directed implementation of off-shore sourcing ventures
  

• Provided public company leadership in developing strategic solutions for International manufacturing operations.
  

• Identified targets, negotiated and led global mergers, acquisitions, green field manufacturing start ups.
  

• Led turnaround situations which focused on increased revenues, and shareholder savings through company manufacturing operations restructuring.
  

• Directed and led manufacturing operations turnarounds achieving World Class standards.
  

• Led  multi-national, multi-discipline project  teams for establishing, transferring, consolidating or closing International plants.
  

• Initiated and oversaw start-up, integration and consolidation of newly acquired manufacturing operations.
  

Experience

• Interim VP Operations for Mooney Airplane Company, a US aerospace manufacturer of sports planes
  

• President and Founder, Napier International Consulting
  

• Director of International Operations of American Saw & Manufacturing,   a Division of Newell Rubbermaid Corporation
  

• Senior Vice President of Operations, Tambrands Inc., later a Division of    Procter & Gamble
  

• Director of Europe, Africa & Middle East Operations for Schering – Plough                                         
  

• Director of Manufacturing Operations for Europe , Africa & Middle East for The Gillette Company
  

• Corporate Director of Planning for the Gillette Company.
  

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