Anthony Sokell

Reporting to the Director of Program Management-Commercial Aircraft, serving as primary point of contact and is responsible for program performance and business relationship between Collins and Airbus for both current production, in service and new development programs for Landing Gear

• Managed $40M annual program revenue plan in addition to New Product development introduction of $30M for new variants (A350)
• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration to optimize end-to-end value stream performance.
• Contract Management including communication of contractual requirements to the appropriate functional areas of the organization, insuring requirement flow down and incorporation to vendor contracts, monitoring customer and Collins performance to these requirements, and initiate corrective actions as required
• Served as an escalation point for critical issues within the value stream, driving timely resolution and mitigating potential negative impacts.
• Lead the development of program plans, schedule, and budget; track and report performance to these plans and budgets; manage and monitor progress from order entry through shipping and billing of product; lead initiatives in managing claims, cost tracking and driving cost reduction actions
• Monthly preparation and presentation of comprehensive financial program reviews and status reports with Collins Senior Leadership as well as quarterly program reviews to be presented to Airbus leadership at scheduled intervals
• Drive actions regarding program sales, profit/loss, inventory levels and all financial metrics
• Risk assessment and management, identifying problems and concerns within the organization and processes that impact customer delivery and serve as a change agent where necessary
• Responsible for leading the Change Management process to effectively manage change through the assessment and implementation phases
• Manage all phases of customer returns, warranty, and claim negotiation and settlement

• The company has established itself as a global automotive leader having invented and developed key accessory drive, timing drive, and vibration control technologies used globally by virtually every automaker
• Founded in Canada, Litens has annual net sales of $1.0B+, with 1700 employees world wide
• Manage the global of the Program Management and Warranty Centre teams, analyze and implement all Global Engineering changes
• Oversee the global program management function for Product Engineering including systems, methods and staff, and ensure global methodology for program control is adhered to and adapted to regional markets
• Activities involve management and oversight of 200+ active programs
• APQP champion for Global Product Engineering, and responsible for integrating AIAG principles and guidelines into Oracle Agile Product Collaboration system
• Product Engineering leader for integration and launch of Oracle Agile system, Product Portfolio Management
• Ensure new program launches, including project cost, timing, and resources
• Allow for system driven budget constraints, and real time cost tracking against each program
• Reporting directly to the Vice President of Engineering, providing monthly progress presentations on program status for each region (India, Germany, Brazil, China, and Canada)
• Manage and oversee all engineering projects with key forecast information related to timing, volume and award probability
• Program list to provide contrast with Sales forecast and provide capacity planning detail for Manufacturing Engineering and Operations
• Design and construction of Global Return Parts Analysis Database compatible with all products, web-based, and real time
• Replaced 5 regional systems and globalize and centralize return parts data to allow for live global metrics, and real-time corrective measures
• Resulted in $500K annual cost saving in reduction of administration and maintenance
• Responsible for Customer Warranty Center and staff
• Weekly reporting status to customer, signing off for warranty cost once fault is established, and recover warranty costs from the customer
• Operate as Global Change Analyst for all Engineering changes within the Oracle Agile environment, to oversee each change for cost impact, complexity and risk assessment