Jim is a vice president in Oliver Wyman’s Automotive and Manufacturing Industries practice, based in Detroit. He brings nearly 30 years of automotive consulting and industry experience, with a focus on manufacturing performance, benchmarking, and operational improvement.
For more than 20 years, Jim has helped lead The Harbour Report, an annual benchmarking study focused on manufacturing productivity and performance across the global automotive industry. His role spans participant engagement, methodology development, database oversight, and working groups focused on emerging topics such as manufacturing ecosystems, electric vehicles, battery pack assembly, and electric engine production.
Benchmarking creates the most value when it goes beyond the numbers. The real opportunity is to understand what drives performance, share what works, and help manufacturing leaders turn those insights into measurable improvement
Over the course of his career, Jim has assessed more than 350 automotive, commercial vehicle, and supplier manufacturing operations. He leads global plant tours, shares observations with plant leadership, and presents benchmarking insights and improvement opportunities to senior manufacturing executives.
His broader experience includes plant organization design, sourcing strategy, material and logistics engineering, manufacturing due diligence, and brownfield and greenfield plant assessments.
Jim holds a BS in Finance and an MBA from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.