John Buchan

John Buchan is the Chief Operations Officer/Vice President of Operations for Autocam Precision Components Group of NN Inc (formerly Autocam Corporation). He has been with Autocam for 15 years and is responsible for over 20 customer accounts, 14 manufacturing sites and 2500 associates in North America, South America, Europe and Asia generating over $375 Million in revenue. Prior to Autocam, John worked 12 years at Benteler Automotive in various technical leadership roles culminating as Executive Vice President of the Exhaust Products Group. John started his career with General Motors Central Foundry and Rochester Products Divisions.

Mr. Buchan has spent his entire career in Operations related roles. He has held a variety of technical leadership positions and has led international organizations to best in class performance. These recognitions include; Automotive News’s Pace Award and Utah State University’s prestigious Shingo Prize. In addition, John has considerable global experience with greenfield startups, acquisition integration, project launches and turnaround situations.

Mr. Buchan also serves or has served on many non profit organization including: MichiganWorks Workforce Development Board, West Michigan Junior Achievement Board, West Michigan’s Right Place Manufacturer’s Council, West Michigan World Affairs Council Board, Grand Valley State University’s Engineering Advisory Committee, Western Michigan University Industrial Engineering Advisory Committee, Kent ISD’s Pre-Engineering Advisory Committee, Kent County and Caledonia Township Officer’s Compensation Committees and is a former Board President of the Wyoming Economic Development Council.