Leanne Jones

Executive transformation leader with more than 30 years of experience leading global manufacturing and technology organizations to improve operational performance, rebuild customer confidence, and develop high-performing teams across North America, Asia, and Latin America. Recognized for leading complex operational transformations, rebuilding executive and customer trust, developing leadership capability, and creating sustainable operational excellence. Repeatedly recruited to lead organizations through periods of change, growth, operational stabilization, and business transformation.

Combines strategic leadership with a practical, hands-on approach that improves execution, strengthens accountability, develops leaders, and enables organizations to achieve measurable business results.

Senior Vice President, Operations – Americas at RECONEXT (2025 – Present)

Selected by executive leadership to rebuild customer confidence and stabilize one of the organization’s most critical customer relationships by strengthening operational discipline, executive credibility, and accountability.

• Lead multi-site manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, planning, procurement, logistics, inventory management, and customer operations with full P&L accountability.
• Rebuild strategic customer relationships through executive engagement, operational transparency, and disciplined execution.
• Drive operational transformation through AI-enabled business tools, KPI governance, automation, inventory optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Build high-performing leadership teams while aligning operational strategy with long-term customer and business objectives.
• Ensure operations maintain compliance with ISO 13485 requirements, reinforcing regulatory compliance, product quality, and customer confidence.

Vice President of Operations at XP POWER (2023 – 2025)

Recruited to integrate manufacturing, engineering, quality, planning, logistics, and supply chain into a unified operating model supporting improved execution and business performance.

• Unified cross-functional operations to improve manufacturing readiness and organizational effectiveness.
• Improved operational performance through KPI management, capacity planning, inventory optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Strengthening leadership accountability while improving cross-functional decision-making.

Country Manager of Operations at ENCORE REPAIR SERVICES – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (2019 – 2023)

Selected to lead and transform an 80,000-square-foot repair and remanufacturing operation with full P&L accountability and responsibility for manufacturing, engineering, automation, supply chain, quality, and business support functions.

• Directed manufacturing, engineering, automation, supply chain, quality, HR, IT, maintenance, facilities, and security operations.
• Held full P&L and forecasting responsibility, aligning operational execution, resources, and financial performance with business objectives.
• Implemented KPI-driven governance and continuous improvement initiatives that strengthened accountability, operational performance, and profitability.
• Led cross-functional teams to improve productivity, quality, service execution, and customer satisfaction.

Vice President, Global Supply Chain at BOSSA NOVA ROBOTICS (2017 – 2019)

Recruited from the company’s contract manufacturer to build the global supply chain and manufacturing capability required to commercialize an autonomous robotics platform and scale the startup from design and development into volume production.

• Led supply chain and manufacturing scale-up from product design and development through design validation, NPI, supplier qualification, manufacturing transfer, and high-volume production.
• Built the commercialization supply chain infrastructure, including strategic sourcing, supplier development, planning, procurement, logistics, inventory, and production readiness.
• Partnered with Engineering, Quality, and manufacturing teams on DFM, product transfer, capacity, quality, cost, delivery, and production ramp.
• Led the evaluation, selection, and transition of manufacturing to Flex, establishing a scalable contract manufacturing model supporting commercialization and long-term production growth.

Vice President, Supply Chain & Operations at FABRINET (2015 – 2017)

Recruited by a former executive colleague after a 15-year professional relationship to establish the company’s U.S. manufacturing operation and deliver production readiness within a 90-day timeline.

• Built the U.S. manufacturing organization, operational infrastructure, and leadership team.
• Delivered production readiness within the committed launch schedule.
• Established a culture of accountability and operational discipline supporting long-term growth.

Director of Operations | Director, Supply Chain & Materials at JABIL (2009 – 2015)

Advanced through increasingly senior leadership assignments by consistently delivering operational improvements, strengthening customer partnerships, and developing high-performing teams.

• Led manufacturing, operations, and supply chain organizations supporting more than $300M in annual revenue and approximately 700 employees.
• Earned expanded executive responsibility through consistent operational performance and trusted customer relationships.
• Selected to lead the Arizona facility transition while maintaining business continuity following an international leadership assignment in Malaysia.

Operations & Supply Chain Leadership at FLEX (1993 – 2009)

Built the operational foundation for a global executive career by developing expertise in manufacturing operations, customer management, and supply chain leadership within a world-class contract manufacturing environment.

BTEC National Diploma in Business & Finance – Gwent College of Higher Education

Applied Agentic AI for Organizational Transformation (In Progress) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Effective Negotiation Across Cultures – Stanford Graduate School of Business