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Shelby Edwards is the General Manager of Constellium’s Automotive Structures business in North America. With more than 20 years of management experience in international companies, he worked for Intel Semiconductor, Vallourec, and ArcelorMittal, among others. In 2017, he joined Constellium as the Operations Director leading the maintenance, engineering and operations team consisting of ~1,200 employees in the packaging and automotive aluminum coil production plant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. In 2020, Shelby became the Plant Manager for the Automotive Structures facility in Van Buren, Michigan, as a Tier 1 supplier of machined and assembled extrusion components to automotive OEMs. Since the Fall of 2020, Shelby has been the General Manager of Automotive Structures North America, with full P&L responsibility of all the North American plants in multiple locations.
SHOW SPONSORS
American Collectors Insurance • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
Things are looking brighter in the future for manufacturing.
CHALLENGES
Early on during Covid, there was tremendous stress to workers who did show up and perform their duties. “Every challenge brings an opportunity.” – Shelby Edwards
SPECIAL VEHICLE
2020 Porsche 911 4S
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Never quit learning. The minute you start saying “I know” to other people’s solution you should realize you are no longer open to new ideas.
WHERE TO FIND SHELBY
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