Jeff Frost

Responsibilities:

As Director of Business Development, Jeff leads strategic initiatives for the business development team to deliver transformational solutions to manufacturing clients across Indiana. Jeff partners closely with internal teams to address critical business challenges and drive sustainable financial and operational results for Purdue MEP clients. Leveraging his manufacturing background and experience, Jeff brings a practical, results-driven approach to helping organizations achieve their long-term objectives.

Background:

Jeff has 20 years of manufacturing experience, including vice president of operations and logistics, and has also served as a supply chain manager, quality manager, safety manager, operations group leader, and many front-line logistics and operations supervision roles. Jeff has also served as a Lean project manager, running complex projects that created large savings and efficiency gains for the corporations he served. Jeff’s experience has spanned working in both large Fortune 500 companies, as well as small to mid-size companies.

His manufacturing experience has included: manufacturing supervision, supply chain management, plant management, quality management, safety management, manufacturing engineering, and project management.

In addition to the manufacturing leadership background, Jeff is trained and certified in Lean Six Sigma. He has served as project leader, project champion, and executive sponsor for multiple continuous improvement and operational excellence projects. Jeff graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.

Skills & Expertise: 

• Change Management

• Project Management

• Organization Management

• Creative Thinking/Innovation

• Supply Chain Optimization

• Quality Management

• HR/Labor/Workforce Development

• Leadership

• Facility Layout

• Inventory Optimization

• Operations Planning/Scheduling

• Talent Management

• Coaching and Development

• Capital Utilization