Sandor Kekesi

Oversees site operations generating $2.5B in annual revenue, managing 40+ customers and 5 production segments across 4 buildings, including 3 large-scale manufacturing facilities. Champion all aspects of facility operations, aligned strategies with company objectives and customer expectations. Steer policy development, forecasting, and budget management in line with compliance regulations and quality standards. * Turned site performance from negative to positive, leading a workforce of 10K employees across multiple segments including the Automotive, Healthcare, and Digital Commerce , Warehouse Automation sectors. * Spearheaded development of next-generation Automated Vision Systems with AI solutions, advancing manufacturing accuracy, speed, and quality control. * Rolled out a fully automated production line of 800 interconnected machines, ramping output from 1K units to 7.5K units in under 6 weeks. * Deployed RFID solutions for end-to-end material traceability and introduced dozens of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to replace manual material handling. * Led digitalization projects that replaced manual work with real-time data capture and launched next generation High-Level Assembly (HLA) technologies including automated warehouse and humanoid robot manufacturing * Lead Site level Automation projects resulting in the elimination of 500 full-time-equivalent (FTE) roles annually. * Consolidated 11 warehouses into 3 high-efficiency hubs and streamlined logistics operations to improve space utilization, material flow, and overall supply chain performance through technology and process redesign.

Directed all operational activities for a $1B+ revenue, multi-complexity manufacturing site, supporting 18 unique customers across 5 production areas and 4 buildings, ensuring strategic alignment between daily execution, financial targets, and customer expectations. Focused on production optimization, cost reduction, and operational excellence while maintaining quality and safety standards. Oversaw site structure, finance alignment, and cross-functional business collaboration. * Reversed site performance from negative to positive, strategically leading 4.2K employees across segments including Automotive, Industrial, CTO/BTO, Healthcare, and Telecommunications. * Successfully managed diverse production of Low Volume Low Mix (LMLV)/ High Volume High Mix (HMLV) product lines, balancing resource allocation and efficiency across variable customer requirements. * Enhanced productivity and operational visibility by overseeing transformation from manual processes to automated, real-time data capture and implementing plant-wide, next generation automation strategies across the site, scaling a Site Automation team and replacing 300 FTE roles annually. * Delivered personalized coaching to senior manages and launched the ‘Fit for Future’ program to cultivate emerging leaders, and improved workforce strategy by building a Training Center for direct labor onboarding and retention and initiating a coaching-based leadership model using TWI concept. * Delivered YoY manufacturing cost reductions of 20%, outperforming forecasts through focused Lean initiatives and delivering hard savings 20% above annual targets.

Held a pivotal leadership role, driving strategic growth, operational excellence, and financial performance for a 4K-person facility handling 5K+ product types for 18 customers. Led planning and execution of cost control, customer engagement, and efficiency initiatives. * Established, measured, monitored, and analyzed key performance indicators (KPI) to track progress toward organizational goals defined relevant KPIs, evaluated performance against metrics, and adjusted strategies and processes as needed. * Developed, coached, and empowered next level Engineering team members. * Reengineered site layouts and optimized material flow to improve operational efficiency by 30%, reducing cycle times and enhancing production capacity. * Introduced strategic engineering roadmaps outlining technical steps and timelines for product development, and guided engineering efforts, tracked and analyzed progress, and identified potential roadblocks.  * Improved core KPIs including Overall Line Efficiency (OLE) and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by more than 10% through focused asset utilization, maintenance strategy, and operator engagement.

Led site-wide quality improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with global quality standards. Partnered with quality managers and engineering leaders to develop and execute quality strategies, support crisis resolution, implement corporate initiatives, Supervised 8+ indirect reports * Established a robust customer satisfaction management (CSM) process, gathering, analyzing, and translating customer feedback into actionable customer satisfaction and retention strategies. * Unified quality and operational strategies across All European Jabil plants (8) by driving standardization, accelerating best practice adoption, and improving inter-site communication and execution speed. * Elevated site quality performance by improving key tactical KPIs including yield, scrap rate, customer complaints, and CRR.