Victor  Taylor

Victor Taylor

Servant Leader | Advanced Manufacturing |

Nissan Motor Corporation•Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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Experience26+ Years
LevelLeadership

Executive Overview

Certified Lean Six Sigma black Belt with leadership on multiple capital projects and initiatives with cumulative cost of over $1.5 billion with current capital initiatives expected to produce savings of $800M. Experience in project management, data analysis, process improvement, and process implementation with 20 plus years of engineering /Business/Operational management. Proficient in gathering, analyzing and defining business and functional requirements; creating metrics,(KPI’s) trend charts and other decision-making tools; leading process-mapping initiatives; and designing/re-engineering processes, workflows and technology solutions for production environments.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Jun 2022–Present· 4 yrs 4 mos
    • Division Vice President, ManufacturingCurrent
      Dec 2025–Present
    • Vice President, Operations
      Dec 2023–Dec 2025
    • Sr. Director of manufacturing
      Jun 2022–Dec 2023
  • Oct 2020–Jun 2022· 1 yr 8 mos
    • Sr. Director Operations Body & Stamping
      Oct 2020–Jun 2022
  • Jul 2016–Oct 2020· 4 yrs 3 mos
    • Director, Product Engineering
      Mar 2020–Oct 2020
    • Advance manufacturing Technology
      Oct 2018–Oct 2020
    • Engineering Trim & Chassis
      Jul 2016–2020
  • Sep 2010–Jul 2016· 5 yrs 10 mos
    • Director, Engineering
      Sep 2010–Jul 2016
  • Sep 2007–2010· 2 yrs 4 mos
    • Senior Manager, Information Technology
      Sep 2007–2010
  • 2006–Sep 2007· 1 yr 8 mos
    • TPM Manager /Project specialist
      2006–Sep 2007
  • 2003–2006· 3 yrs
    • TL2
      2003–2006
  • 2001–2004· 3 yrs
    • Tank Leader
      2001–2004
  • 2000–2001· 1 yr
    • Set assembly supervisor
      2000–2001

Education

leadership & applied science

Organizational Leadership

Vanderbilt University

executive mba

Business Administration and Management, General

Millsaps College

six sigma black belt

Mathematics and Statistics

Villanova University

MBA

business

California State University, Stanislaus

Engineer’s Degree

Industrial engineering

Alcorn State University

Executive Relationship Map

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Victor Taylor
Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

20 of 20 skills
SPCProject ManagementEngineeringMicrosoft OfficeLeadershipSix SigmaLean ManufacturingVendor ManagementManagementTeam BuildingBusiness Process ImprovementHealthcareProgram ManagementContinuous ImprovementStrategic PlanningCross-functional Team LeadershipQuality AssuranceBudgetsProcess ImprovementIntegration