Business Chief USA August 2019

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in-house sets Lee apart within the
industrial space. Self-performing as
many different functions as they do,
allows the company to control every
aspect of its projects, from design
and cost to scheduling and quality.
For Senior Operations Manager,
Andrew Keilman, who joined the
company in 2014, the company’s
emphasis on an exceedingly high
standard for in-house capabilities is
what attracted him in the first place.
“When I saw the operations, the people
and how everything was organized,
I wanted to be a part of it. Lee has the
best people in each respective trade
that we work in,” he explains.
We sat down with Hahn and Keilman
to discuss Lee’s corporate strategy,
competitive advantages, and how the
next steps in Lee’s digital transformation
journey will allow it to continue putting
people, partners and clients at the
center of everything it does.
“We’ve won Supplier of the Year for
General Motors two years in a row,”
notes Hahn. One of the key drivers
behind Lee becoming General Motors’
Supplier of the Year is the way the
company handles safety, project
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